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Learning from Errors: Critical Incident Reporting in Nursing
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Gartmeier, Martin; Ottl, Eva; Bauer, Johannes; Berberat, Pascal Oliver – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize error reporting as a strategy for informal workplace learning and investigate nurses' error reporting cost/benefit evaluations and associated behaviors. Design/methodology/approach: A longitudinal survey study was carried out in a hospital setting with two measurements (time 1 [t1]:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Error Patterns, Error Correction, Critical Incidents Method
Level-I Trauma Center Effects on Return-to-Work Outcomes
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Prada, Sergio I.; Salkever, David; MacKenzie, Ellen J. – Evaluation Review, 2012
Background: Injury is the leading cause of death for persons aged 1-44 years in the United States. Injuries have a substantial economic cost. For that reason, regional systems of trauma care in which the more acutely injured patients are transported to Level-I (L-I) trauma centers (TCs) has been widely advocated. However, the cost of TC care is…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Injuries, Patients, Probability
The Value of a Master's Degree to Recreation Professionals
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Hodge, Camilla J.; Hill, Brian J.; Brinton, Christian – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2012
This study assessed the nature of the relationship between earning advanced degrees and career outcomes such as salary, job satisfaction, social capital, and human capital among professionals in the parks and recreation field. The sample (n = 196) was drawn from parks and recreation agencies located in the United States. Agencies, excluding…
Descriptors: Masters Degrees, Job Satisfaction, Human Capital, Social Capital
The Role of School Board Social Capital in District Governance: Effects on Financial and Academic Outcomes
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Saatcioglu, Argun; Moore, Suzanne; Sargut, Gokce; Bajaj, Aarti – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2011
Social capital refers to the nature of ties within a social unit, as well as the unit's external relationships. We draw from organizational sociology and political science, and also build upon existing insights in school board research, to offer an approach that address the effects of "bonding" (internal ties) and "bridging"…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Social Capital, Governance, Board of Education Role
Efficiency Study of the NLS Sample Design. 22U-884-3.
Moore, R. P.; Shah, B. V. – 1975
An efficiency study was conducted of the sampling design used for the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS), and the change variables used in the first followup. Nine alternative designs were compared, using a cost model based upon the number of schools and students sampled. Fourteen change variables and eight domains…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Efficiency
Achievement Expectations: A Survey of Professional Opinions.
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Bradley, Paul A. – 1972
This survey attempted to obtain data on the probability of improving student achievement when a new instructional program is implemented in an elementary school. The purpose of estimating the variable probability of improving student achievement was for use in the specification of a decision model whose purpose is to rank educational goals in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Administrator Attitudes