Nursing Errors: A Study of the Current Literature

Abstract

Objective:to characterize what the current literature states about nursing errors, with a specific review on how these errors are communicated to society by the media.Method: a qualitative documental research, characterized as an integrative literature review, performed using four databases and guided by a formal protocol, in the period from 2011 to 2015, by two independent collaborators. The analysis of the studies occurred through the analysis of thematic content articulated with the resources of the Atlas.ti software.Results: 32 studies were analyzed and organized into two macro categories: main errors practiced by the nursing team; reported forms of prevention to avoid errors. Such categories reveal that most of the errors are made with medication, the main causes are related to work overload and management problems, and the main sources of prevention are to improve working conditions, continuing education and safety culture. ERROS DE ENFERMAGEM: O QUE ESTÁ EM ESTUDO 1 RESUMOObjetivo: caracterizar o que a literatura atual versa a respeito dos erros de enfermagem, em especial de como esses erros são comunicados à sociedade pela imprensa.Método: pesquisa qualitativa, documental, caracterizada como revisão integrativa de literatura, realizada em quatro bases de dados e orientada por um protocolo formal, no período de 2011 a 2015, por duas colaboradoras independentes. A análise dos estudos encontrados se deu por meio da análise de conteúdo temática articulada com os recursos do software Atlas.ti.Resultados: foram analisados 32 estudos e organizados em duas macrocategorias: principais erros praticados pela equipe de enfermagem; e causas relatadas e formas de prevenção para evitar os erros. Tais categorias revelam que a maioria dos erros é de medicação, as principais causas estão relacionadas à sobrecarga de trabalho e a problemas do âmbito da gestão, e as principais fontes de prevenção são a melhoria das condições de trabalho, a educação continuada e a cultura de segurança.Conclusão: os erros de enfermagem são multideterminados e seu enfrentamento requer medidas no âmbito profissional e institucional. DESCRITORES: ERRORES DE ENFERMERÍA: QUÉ ESTÁ EN ESTUDIOObjetivo: caracterizar lo que la literatura actual versa sobre los errores de enfermería, en especial de cómo estos errores son comunicados a la sociedad por la prensa.Método: investigación cualitativa, documental, caracterizada como revisión integrativa de literatura, realizada en cuatro bases de datos y orientada por un protocolo formal, en el período de 2011 a 2015, por dos colaboradoras independientes. El análisis de los estudios encontrados se dio por medio del análisis de contenido temático articulado con los recursos del software Atlas.ti.Resultados: se analizaron 32 estudios y organizados en dos macrocategorías: principales errores cometidos por el equipo de enfermería; Y las causas relatadas y formas de prevención para evitar los errores. Estas categorías revelan que la mayoría de los errores son de medicación, las principales causas están re...

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