Impact of nurse's worked hours on medication administration near-miss error alerts.

Long working hours have been shown to negatively impact adverse events in health care. In this study, a retrospective correlational design was used to evaluate the relationship between working hours and near-miss medication error alerts. During a two-year period, 5372 nurses triggered 420,706 near-miss alerts on 9, 285, 786 medication administrations.

A sitter-reduction program in an acute health care system.

Maintaining quality while being financial stewards is essential in today's health care climate. One strategy considered effective for keeping patients safe is the use of sitters. However, research supporting the effectiveness of this intervention for reducing certain patient safety outcomes is limited.