by
marycarney May 19, '12
Do any of your institutions factor in fatigue as a contributor to errors? If so, can you share what documentation might look like, and HOW they account for this? Thanks!
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May 20, '12 by
Ashley, PICU RN
Our incident report forms (and our forms for unplanned extubation) have a section where the nurse can write in "contributing factors" to the incident. If the nurse felt that fatigue was a contributing factor, then that is where he or she would include that information.
Last edit by Ashley, PICU RN on May 20, '12
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May 20, '12 by Esme12We have placed it apart of the incident report if they felt fatigue was a factor.
May 20, '12 by Ashley, PICU RNOur incident report forms (and our forms for unplanned extubation) have a section where the nurse can write in "contributing factors" to the incident. If the nurse felt that fatigue was a contributing factor, then that is where he or she would include that information.Last edit by Ashley, PICU RN on May 20, '12 : Reason: spelling
May 21, '12 by MunoRNFor errors, near misses, and injuries we track; length of shift, at what hour in the shift it occurred, number of consecutive days worked prior, amount of time off prior to the workweek in question, and overtime and/or extra shifts worked (either if that shift was extra or if they had worked extra shifts prior to that).
May 21, '12 by classicdamewe tracked OT hours with staff and agency and tried to find a correlation with med errors and incident reports in general. Result: More errors occured with our own staff on OT. Lesson learned.
