Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , February 2010

To report or not to report: A descriptive study exploring ICU nurses’ perceptions of error and error reporting

  • Sherry Espin

      Affiliations

    • Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 2K3
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 416 979 5000x7993; fax: +1 416 979 5332.
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  • Abigail Wickson-Griffiths

      Affiliations

    • Ryerson University, Canada
    • Address: 109 Westmount Avenue, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5E 1X6. Tel.: +1 905 990 1104.
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  • Michelle Wilson

      Affiliations

    • Hospital for SickKids, Toronto, Canada
    • Address: 54 Old Oak Lane, Markham, ON, Canada L6B 0K7. Tel.: +1 905 554 1647.
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  • Lorelei Lingard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Canada
    • Address: Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1.

,Accepted 21 October 2009.

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PII: S0964-3397(09)00101-3

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.10.002

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , February 2010

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