The Institute of Medicine's report Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses determined that which of the following factors in nurses' work environments may have a significant negative impact on patient outcomes?
a. Education level c. Status
b. Experience d. Culture
C
One of the contributors to medical errors discussed by the Institute of Medicine's 2003 report is
"counterproductive hierarchical communication patterns that derive from status difference.". Some
medical practitioners, often perceived by others as having a higher status due to their education and
profession, tended to ignore valuable information from nurses or others they perceived as being lower
status members of the health care team, which contributed to an increased tendency toward medical
errors. In addition, nurses also have been found to withhold pertinent information needed for diagnosis
and treatment from medical practitioners.
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