new nursing practice in you hospital - patient safety ?

[shosho99]

hi friends ,

let's exchange and share experiences about the newest practices applied in your work area that emphasis on patient safety issues?

are there any practice that you consider it as needed one , and what is weakness points in patient safety in your hospital

let's discuss this ?

[dudette10, MSN, RN]

I wish all staff--including doctors, phlebotomy, and housekeeping-- would be expected to answer bed alarms. I ran from one end of a hall to another, apologizing to the patient I was in the middle of discharging, for a bed alarm. However, standing right outside that room were two housekeepers chatting while putting stuff away in their carts. Residents also stand in the hall and don't respond to bed alarms. Patient safety is everyone's business, not just the employees with "nursing" on their badges. The good: one floor I float to does a quick safety huddle at the beginning of shift, where very high fall risks ( mobile confused patients who cannot follow directions), NPOs, and wandering dementia patients are pointed out, among other things.

[shosho99]

i agree with that call bell should be answered by everyone not only nurses, coz its exusting to 1 staff to answer tens of call of her 5 or 6 pt , thus patient safety reduces ,, thnx for reply ^^

[DoeRN]

i agree with that call bell should be answered by everyone not only nurses coz its exusting to 1 staff to answer tens of call of her 5 or 6 pt , thus patient safety reduces ,, thnx for reply ^^[/quote']

Oh it gets answered. The person will go in and say let me get your nurse instead if refilling a water pitcher. And yes the patient could be on fluid restrictions, NPO etc. But in this case the patient isn't. Just thirsty.

[dudette10, MSN, RN]

I was talking about bed alarms, not call bells. :)

[dee78]

This week we have had an unusually large number of mentally altered patients and our bed alarms have been malfunctioning. Not a good combination.