Models and methods of work system design need to be developed and implemented to
advance research in and design for patient safety. In this paper we describe how the Systems …

Healthcare practitioners, patient safety leaders, educators and researchers increasingly
recognise the value of human factors/ergonomics and make use of the discipline's person-…

Human factors systems approaches are critical for improving healthcare quality and patient
safety. The SEIPS (Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety) model of work system …

High workload of nurses in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) has been identified as a major patient
safety and worker stress problem. However, relatively little attention has been dedicated to …

Checklists are common tools used in many industries. Unfortunately, their adoption in the
field of medicine has been limited to equipment operations or part of specific algorithms. Yet …

Background The heavy workload of hospital nurses is a major problem for the American
health care system. Nurses are experiencing higher workloads than ever before due to four …

Objectives. To study the impact of performance obstacles on intensive care nurses' workload,
quality and safety of care, and quality of working life (QWL). Performance obstacles are …

Background: Although nurse staffing has been found to be related to patient mortality, there
has been limited study of the independent effect of work schedules on patient care outcomes…

Aims and objectives To examine the relationships of work‐related factors (eg autonomy, work
schedule, supervisory and peer support) to nurses' job satisfaction and intent to leave their …

In this paper, we review the literature on nursing workload in intensive care units (ICUs) and
its impact on patient safety and quality of working life of nurses. We then propose a …