Nurse Leader Perspectives and Experiences on Caregiver Support Following a Serious Medical Error.

Objective: This study explored nurse leaders' perspectives and experiences in supporting nurses following a serious medical error.

Background: Appropriate support is crucial for nurses following an error. Authentic leadership provides an environment of psychological safety and establishes a patient safety culture.

Nurse Leader Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Medical Errors.

Objective: This study aimed to explore nurse leader attitudes and beliefs about medical errors.

Background: The perfectibility model suggests errors are avoidable if nurses are trained and follow safety guidelines. This impacts how nurse leaders approach medical errors.

Eliciting the Functional Processes of Apologizing for Errors in Health Care: Developing an Explanatory Model of Apology.

The purpose of this article was to analyze the concept development of apology in the context of errors in health care, the administrative response, policy and format/process of the subsequent apology. Using pragmatic utility and a systematic review of the literature, 29 articles and one book provided attributes involved in apologizing. Analytic questions were developed to guide the data synthesis and types of apologies used in different circumstances identified.

Implementing differentiated practice: personal values and work satisfaction among hospital staff nurses.

This project was part of a collaborative model for nursing staff development and student education. Personal values and work satisfaction of 49 staff nurses working on three hospital units were compared. One of the units employed differentiated practice.