Barriers to Medical Error Reporting for Physicians and Nurses

Soydemir D., SEREN İNTEPELER Ş., MERT H.

WESTERN JOURNAL OF NURSING RESEARCH, cilt.39, sa.10, ss.1348-1363, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/0193945916671934
  • Dergi Adı: WESTERN JOURNAL OF NURSING RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1348-1363
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: physicians, nurses, nurses as participants, medical error, ATTITUDES
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The purpose of the study was to determine what barriers to error reporting exist for physicians and nurses. The study, of descriptive qualitative design, was conducted with physicians and nurses working at a training and research hospital. In-depth interviews were held with eight physicians and 15 nurses, a total of 23 participants. Physicians and nurses do not choose to report medical errors that they experience or witness. When barriers to error reporting were examined, it was seen that there were four main themes involved: fear, the attitude of administration, barriers related to the system, and the employees' perceptions of error. It is important in terms of preventing medical errors to identify the barriers that keep physicians and nurses from reporting errors.