CoCo-Safety: Complexity of Communication – a Challenge in Patient- and Client Safety
Funders
Main funder
University of Eastern Finland - Itä-Suomen yliopisto
The University of Eastern Finland funds the PI's Postdoc researcher position
Leaders
Figure: Coco-Safety research project
CoCo-Safety research project is a postdoctoral research project consisting of four sub-studies. The purpose is to enhance medication-, patient- and client safety from a communication perspective.
Communication skills are core competencies in nursing. However, communication challenges are among the most common factors contributing to medication incidents. Communication training needs for nurses have also been recognized in the literature. Research evidence is lacking regarding critical communication challenges relating specifically to serious medication incidents.
Also, language challenges among nursing staff are discussed increasingly in Finland while national statistics show an increase in the migrant workforce in healthcare, posing potential language skill challenges. This may raise the risk for medication safety. Research evidence of language challenges’ contribution to medication incidents is scarce. Also, evidence is needed about the interventions concerning language skills in nursing.
This descriptive postdoc study responds to these research gaps by describing critical risk points in medication communication, language skill challenges and interventions in medication care. The evidence can be used to develop continuous communication training for nurses and managers and intervention development in clinical nursing.
The research group members are from the University of Eastern Finland, Monash University and Deakinin University in Melbourne Australia, and the Helsinki University Hospital in Finland.
Cooperation
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Professor Elizabeth Manias
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Associate Professor Debra Kerr
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Chief of patient safety and security Jaana Inkilä
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Professors
Other group members
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Elizabeth Manias Professor, RN BPharm, MPharm, MNStud, PhD, DLF-ACN, MPS, MSHPA, FAAN Medication Management Review (MMR) Accredited Pharmacist, Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. -
Debra Kerr Associate Professor, PhD, MBusLeadership, GCResMethods, GCTertEduc, BN, RN -
Jaana Inkilä Chief of patient safety and security PhD, RN -
Sanna Metsovaara-Sipari Master of Health Sciences -candidate