The effect of executive walk rounds on nurse safety climate attitudes: A randomized trial of clinical units

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Authors

Eric J. Thomas · University of St. Thomas - Texas

J. Bryan Sexton · Johns Hopkins University

Torsten B. Neilands · University of California, San Francisco

Allan Frankel · Prudential Financial (United States)

Robert L. Helmreich · The University of Texas at Austin

Abstract

EWRs have a positive effect on the safety climate attitudes of nurses who participate in the walk rounds sessions. EWRs are a promising tool to improve safety climate and the broader construct of safety culture.

Topics & Keywords

Patient Safety and Medication Errors Occupational Health and Safety Research Quality and Safety in Healthcare

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Health Services Research

Volume 5, Issue 1, pp. 28-28

DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-28

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