A Study on the Reporting Intention of Medical Incidents: A Nursing Perspective

Li-Chin Chen, Li-Hsiang Wang, Bernice Redley, Ya-Hui Hsieh, Tsung-Lan Chu and Chin-Yen Han

Clinical Nursing Research, 2018, vol. 27, issue 5, 560-578

Abstract: Medical incidents threaten patients’ lives and health, increase medical costs, and can lead to medical disputes. A high proportion of medical incidents are not reported. The aim of this study was to explore the factors influencing nurses’ reporting of medical incidents. The cross-sectional survey design used a self-administered 47-item questionnaire to survey 835 nurses in three hospitals in Taiwan between January and December 2014. The intention among nurses to report medical incidents was high (3.86/5); nurses’ intention to report medical incidents was positively correlated ( r = .34, p

Keywords: reporting medical incidents; attitude; intention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773817692179

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