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Mary A. Blegen, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor in Community Health Systems and
Director of the Center for Patient Safety
UCSF School of Nursing
2 Koret Way, #N-707
San Francisco, CA 94143-0608
Telephone: 415-476-2599
Fax: 415-476-1644
Email: mary.blegen@nursing.ucsf.edu
My program of research has focused on the organization of healthcare institutions and how that affects the work environment and, most importantly, the quality and safety of patient care. Early work looked at nurses job satisfaction and commitment to the organization. Several recent studies described the impact of nurse staffing levels on the quality of care; others have examined the working conditions and work environment effects on quality improvement processes and patient safety.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2006-08
Quality Care on Acute Inpatient Units
Funded as part of the RWJF INQRI initiative, this project will examine the validity of the National Quality Forum (NQF) indicators and the relationships between nurse staffing and patient outcomes.
Role: Principal Investigator
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, 2005-2007
Triad to Improve Patient Safety
This pilot project develops and tests a set of interventions to improve the Safety Culture in acute care hospitals and to involve all healthcare disciplines and patients in the effort to promote patient safety.
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
5 R01 HS11966-02 Pepper (PI), 2001-2006
AHRQ - The Effect of Health Care Working Conditions on Quality of Care
This project will describe the full scope of nurses' functions in medication administration, safety climate on patient care units, and the relationships among medication safety, safety climate and nurses and working conditions.
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
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Blegen, M., & Vaughn, T. (1998). A multisite study of nurse staffing and patient occurrences. Nursing Economic$, 16, 196-203.
Blegen, M.A., Goode, C.J., & Reed, L. (1998). Nurse staffing & patient outcomes. Nursing Research, 47(1), 43-50.
Wakefield, B., Wakefield, D., Uden-Holman, T., & Blegen, M. A. (1998). Nurses' perceptions of why medication administration errors occur. MedSurg Nursing, 7(1), 39-44.
Wakefield, D., Wakefield, B., Uden-Holman, T., Borders, T., Blegen, M. A., & Vaughn, T. (1999). Understanding and comparing differences in reported medication administration error rates. American Journal of Medical Quality, 14(2), 73-80.
Wakefield, D., Wakefield, B., Uden-Holman, T., Borders, T., Blegen, M. A., & Vaughn, T. (1999). Understanding why medication administration errors may not be reported. American Journal of Medical Quality, 14(2), 81-88.
Blegen, M. A. (2001, spring). Health care challenges beyond 2001: Nurse staffing for the quality of care. Communicating Nursing Research, 34, 3-16.
Blegen, M. A., Vaughn, T., & Goode, C. J. (2001). Nurse experience and education: Effect on quality of care. Journal of Nursing Administration, 31(1), 33-39.
Wakefield, B., Blegen, M., Uden-Holman, T., Vaughn, T., Chrischilles, E., & Wakefield, D. (2001). Organizational culture, continuous quality improvement and medication administration error reporting. American Journal of Medical Quality, 16(4), 128-134.
Blegen, M.A., Vaughn, T., Pepper, G., Vojir, C., Stratton, D., Boyd, M., & Armstrong, G. (2004). Patient and staff safety: Voluntary reporting. American Journal of Medical Quality, 19 (2), 67-74.
Stratton, K.M., Blegen, MA, Pepper, G. and Vaughn, T. (2005). Reporting of Medication Errors by Pediatric Nurses. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 19, 385-392.
Blegen, M.A., Pepper, G.A., & Rosse, J. (2005). Safety climate on hospital units: A new measure. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation, Agency for Health Research and Quality, Vol 4, pgs 429-443.
Blegen, M.A. (2006,). Patient safety in hospital acute care units. Annual Review of Nursing Research, Vol 24.
Carlton, G. & Blegen, M.A. (2006). Medication Related Errors. Annual Review of Nursing Research, Vol 24.
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