Feb 25, 2026
Interruptions can increase risks for errors. The Stay SAFE interruption management strategy aims to mitigate errors. Dr. Ginger Schroers describes her multisite study to determine nursing students’ interruption management behaviors before and at multiple assessments after learning Stay SAFE. Four study sites (and 60 students) were included. Data were collected over 10 months via direct observation, self-report, and semi-structured interviews. Prelicensure nursing students independently completed 8 simulated scenarios with embedded interruptions. Interruptions occurred during medication administration and handoff. A majority (93-100%) of the students used Stay SAFE in the posttests. This is an intervention we should be teaching in all of our schools of nursing. The article on Stay SAFE is open access: read and share with your faculty and health system colleagues. You also can read more about the development of Stay SAFE in other articles by Dr. Schroers available at her website.