Little shop of errors: an innovative simulation patient safety workshop for community health care professionals.

Continuing education for health care workers is an important mechanism for maintaining patient safety and high-quality health care. Interdisciplinary continuing education that incorporates simulation can be an effective teaching strategy for improving patient safety. Health care professionals who attended a recent Patient Safety Academy had the opportunity to experience firsthand a simulated situation that included many potential patient safety errors.

Equine-facilitated psychotherapy with adult female survivors of abuse.

This qualitative study examined the stories of 5 women who experienced abuse and participated in equine-facilitated psychotherapy (EFP) as part of their recovery. Anecdotal accounts support the effectiveness of EFP with women who have experienced abuse, but there is a lack of supporting research. This study was designed to examine the effectiveness of EFP in the treatment of women who have experienced abuse.

Rural African American women's descriptions of mammogram quality.

The voices of rural women are frequently absent in discussions of quality healthcare. This study utilized a phenomenological research design to examine rural African American women's descriptions of mammogram quality. Twenty-three women in rural Georgia communities were interviewed.