Nurses’ Experiences of the Most Common Medical Errors in the Intensive Care Unit and the Coronary Care Unit: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study from Palestine

Human error occurs in every occupation. Medical errors may result in a near miss or an actual injury to a patient that has nothing to do with the underlying medical condition. Intensive care has one of the highest incidences of medical error and patient injury in any specialty medical area; thought to be related to the rapidly changing patient status and complex diagnoses and treatments.