Room of hazards: a comparison of differences in safety hazard recognition among various hospital-based healthcare professionals and trainees in a simulated patient room.
Wang M, Banda B, Rodwin BA, et al. Room of hazards: a comparison of differences in safety hazard recognition among various hospital-based healthcare professionals and trainees in a simulated patient room. J Patient Saf. 2022;18(6):624-629. doi:10.1097/pts.0000000000001043.
Prior studies have examined students’ ability to recognize safety hazards in patient rooms using simulation; however, most of these studies focus on a single type of healthcare provider (e.g., medical or nursing students). This study compared physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers and found that nurses identified more hazards than other providers. All healthcare workers were challenged to identify hazards of omission and those requiring two-step thinking.