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  • Nursing Practice and Healthcare Management
  • Workplace Safety and Error Analysis

Background:

  • Ethical-disciplinary actions against nursing staff often arise from errors.
  • Understanding the root causes of these errors is crucial for improving patient safety and professional conduct.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the errors made by nursing staff workers involved in ethical-disciplinary actions.
  • To identify the underlying conditions and circumstances contributing to these errors.

Main Methods:

  • A document, exploratory, quanti-qualitative research approach was employed.
  • Data from 13 ethical-disciplinary actions (1995-2010) concerning nursing staff errors were analyzed.
  • Quantitative data used descriptive statistics; qualitative data utilized Human Error Theory and Sociology of Work.

Main Results:

  • Nursing technicians and assistants were involved in the majority of cases.
  • The health institution, via nursing service coordination, was the primary complainant.
  • Daytime shifts were most frequently associated with reported errors.

Conclusions:

  • Error-producing conditions are prevalent in the context of nursing staff errors.
  • Understaffing and work intensity were identified as the most recurrent contributing circumstances.
  • Addressing these systemic issues is vital for error prevention in nursing.