R
René Schwendimann
Researcher at University Hospital of Basel
Publications - 102
Citations - 7335
René Schwendimann is an academic researcher from University Hospital of Basel. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Nursing care. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 97 publications receiving 6160 citations. Previous affiliations of René Schwendimann include Duke University & National Patient Safety Foundation.
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First evidence on the validity and reliability of the Safety Organizing Scale-Nursing Home version (SOS-NH).
TL;DR: Initial evidence regarding validity and reliability of the SOS-NH supports its utility in measuring safety behaviors and practices among a wide range of NH staff members, including those with low literacy.
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Fall Prediction by Nurses’ Clinical Judgment: Differences between Medical, Surgical, and Geriatric Wards
Koen Milisen,Joke Coussement,Johan Flamaing,Ellen Vlaeyen,René Schwendimann,Eddy Dejaeger,Kurt Surmont,Steven Boonen +7 more
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Nurse staffing, patient turnover and safety climate and their association with in-patient falls and injurious falls on medical acute care units: a cross-sectional study
TL;DR: By linking nurse staffing variables to in-patient falls and fall injuries, the current study’s findings partly confirm those of previous research and further investigation will be necessary to isolate key factors influencing the association at the unit level between safety climate and in- patient falls.
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Addressing Patient Safety Hazards Using Critical Incident Reporting in Hospitals: A Systematic Review
TL;DR: To make a CIRS a useful tool for improving patient safety, the focus must be put on its strength of providing new qualitative insights in unknown hazards and on the development of tools to facilitate nomenclature and management CIRs events, including corrective actions in a more standardized manner.
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Variation in detected adverse events using trigger tools: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Luisa C Eggenschwiler,Anne W S Rutjes,Sarah N. Musy,Dietmar Ausserhofer,Natascha M. Nielen,René Schwendimann,Maria Unbeck,Michael Simon +7 more
TL;DR: Estimates of AE studies using trigger tool methodology vary while explaining variation is seriously hampered by the low standards of reporting such as the timeframe of AE detection.