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Recovered Medical Error Inventory.
- Source :
- Journal of Nursing Scholarship; 2010 3rd Quarter, Vol. 42 Issue 3, p314-318, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Purpose: To describe the development and psychometric testing of the Recovered Medical Error Inventory (RMEI). Design and Methods: Content analysis of structured interviews with expert critical care registered nurses (CCRNs) was used to empirically derive a 25-item RMEI. The RMEI was pilot tested with 345 CCRNs. The data set was randomly divided to use the first half for reliability testing and the second half for validation. A principal components analysis with Varimax rotation was conducted. Cronbach's alpha values were examined. A t test and Pearson correlation were used to compare scores of the two samples. Findings: The RMEI consists of 25 items and two subscales. Evidence for initial reliability includes a total scale alpha of .9 and subscale alpha coefficients of .88 (mistake) and .75 (poor judgment). Conclusions: The RMEI subscales have satisfactory internal consistency reliability and evidence for construct validity. Additional testing is warranted. Clinical Relevance: A tool to measure CCRNs’ experiences with recovering medical errors allows quantification of nurse surveillance in promoting safe care and preventing unreimbursed hospital costs for treating nosocomial events. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PREVENTION of medical errors
ANALYSIS of variance
CONTENT analysis
STATISTICAL correlation
EXPERIMENTAL design
FACTOR analysis
INTENSIVE care nursing
INTERNET
RESEARCH methodology
RESEARCH evaluation
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
STATISTICS
T-test (Statistics)
WORLD Wide Web
INFORMATION resources
DATA analysis
SCALE items
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15276546
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Nursing Scholarship
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 105089474
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1547-5069.2010.01356.x