Background A critical characteristic of effective teams in any setting is when each member is
willing to speak up to share thoughts and ideas to improve processes. In spite of attempts by …

Workplace bullying is strongly associated with negative nursing outcomes, such as work
dissatisfaction, turnover, and intent to leave; however, results of studies examining …

PROMOTING PARTNERSHIP FOR HEALTH This book forms part of a series entitled
Promoting Partnership for Health publishedin association with the UK Centre for the …

Interprofessional education (IPE) is an increasingly popular educational model that aims to
educate health care students to be better collaborators by enabling them to learn with, from …

BACKGROUND: Efforts to reduce adverse event rates in healthcare have revealed the
importance of identifying the essential non-technical (cognitive and social) skills for safe and …

Purpose Disruptive behaviour, which we define as behaviour that does not show others an
adequate level of respect and causes victims or witnesses to feel threatened, is a concern in …

Background Despite widespread emphasis on promoting 'assertive communication'by care
givers as essential to patient-safety-improvement efforts, little is known about when and how …

The aim of this study was to describe operating theatre nurses' experiences of teamwork
within the surgical team in regard to achieving patient safety. Safe surgery for patients is …

Background Communication is extremely important to ensure safe and effective clinical
practice. A systematic literature review of observational studies addressing communication …

Background Poor communication among healthcare professionals is a pressing problem,
contributing to widespread barriers to patient safety. The word “communication” means to …