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- Title
REASONS REGISTERED NURSES REPORT SERIOUS WRONGDOINGS IN A PUBLIC TEACHING HOSPITAL.
- Authors
KING III, GRANVILLE; SCUDDER, JOSEPH N.
- Abstract
This study examined reasons a registered nurse would report a wrongdoing within a public teaching hospital. Of a group of 238 initial respondents, 30% reported they had observed a wrongdoing in the past year, with 68 nurses indicating they had reported a wrongdoing in the past year. The latter group was the focus of this study. They indicated through a self-report survey that incidents threatening the well-being of patients and their professional ethics were more likely to be reported within their organizations. Observer anonymity was perceived to have a small, but important effect on nurses reporting a wrongdoing in this sample. A manipulation check of the initial 238 respondents revealed a very strong tendency for nurses to overlook a serious mistake by a close peer who had a reputation of being a "competent" nurse.
- Subjects
REPORTING of medical errors; NURSING ethics; NURSES; MEDICAL errors; TEACHING hospitals &; ethics; ETHICS; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Psychological Reports, 2013, Vol 112, Issue 2, p626
- ISSN
0033-2941
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2466/21.13.PR0.112.2.626-636