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<p>Efforts to encourage error reporting and voicing concerns about patient safety always have faced the hurdle of staff and physicians fearing there will be repercussions. Risk managers and patient safety officers have tried to address that fear in various ways, but new research suggests a “one-size-fits-all” approach won’t work because doctors and nurses have significantly different fears.</p>

Fear of repercussions different among nurses and doctors, report says

Efforts to encourage error reporting and voicing concerns about patient safety always have faced the hurdle of staff and physicians fearing there will be repercussions. Risk managers and patient safety officers have tried to address that fear in various ways, but new research suggests a “one-size-fits-all” approach won’t work because doctors and nurses have significantly different fears.