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European medical conferences 20164/6/2023 ![]() But the evidence is growing and consistent and strong evaluated against the Bradford-Hill criteria of causation (1965), showing that mechanisms are well understood, can be replicated across populations and settings and are time and dose-response related. This is mainly because the evidence is recent and mainly based on observational data. In the follow-up of the report of the Institute of Medicine on “to err is human”, the crucial role of nurses in patient safety is highly underestimated. Again, this is explained by nurse staffing, education, working environment and non-nursing tasks to be performed. As an example, one out of four nurses say that they didn’t have the time to perform proper patient surveillance. Secondly there are some slips and lapses in execution because of a too high workload. ![]() Relating this finding to the human error theory of James Reason, there seem to be a knowledge problem in early detecting of risks and adverse events. And every 10% increase in bachelor’s degree nurses is associated with a decrease in this likelihood by 7%. One of the main results is that an increase in a nurses’ workload by one patient increases the likelihood of an inpatient dying within 30 days of admission by 7%. It is one of the largest databases in the world on nurses staffing and its impact on patient safety. It is mainly on the second role of nurses that the EU funded RN4CAST project is focusing.ĭata from more than 33,000 nurses and 11,000 patients in 500 hospitals from 12 European countries were collected from 2009 until 2011. On the other hand nurses play a vital role as guardians of patient safety. ![]() On one hand, they provide care to patients who are not able to take care of themselves. Nurses have a twofold role in healthcare. ![]() K1 Understanding the role of nurses in patient safety: from evidence to policy with RN4CAST Walter Sermeus Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, Department of Public Health & Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium European Academy of Nursing Science 2016 Summer ConferenceīMC Nursing volume 15, Article number: 67 ( 2016) ![]()
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