Patient Safety Issues

Patient safety is a critical component of the care Nurses deliver as we endeavor to prevent harm. Topics will include fall preventions, how to improve documentation, implementing strategies to intercept medication errors, assessment and follow-up, wrong-site surgery, nurse-to-patient ratios as well as other issues that place our patients at risk for harm.

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  2. Nurse2332

    Sit to stand lifts

    Last reply by Raulthatool
    • 4 replies
  3. Mary Block

    One nurse to cover 2 locked units simultaneously?

    Last reply by delrionurse
    • 4 replies
  4. sherlee

    PO liquid potassium vs. PO tablet potassium??

    Last reply by offlabel
    • 10 replies
  5. rnsteph87

    1 nurse 1 patient on a floor?

    Last reply by amason2021, CNA
    • 5 replies
  6. Kelly Buckner

    Untrained staff taking Residents out to smoke

    Last reply by amason2021, CNA
    • 4 replies
  7. Tigerlily8

    Unlicensed personnel performing RN functions

    Last reply by DNPStudy, MSN
    • 5 replies
  8. SafetyNurse1968

    The Wrong Dose - A True Story of Medication Error

    Article
    Last reply by SafetyNurse1968, BSN, MSN, PhD
    • 38 replies
  9. Kricole

    New onset DKA - PICU

    Last reply by ETCO2_, BSN, RN
    • 3 replies
  10. OR_RN

    Compounding Medications

    Last reply by scrubs12
    • 10 replies
  11. Katherine Sawyer

    How to Safely Administer an Intramuscular Vaccine in Adults

    Article
    Last reply by JackWein
    • 8 replies
  12. NKICU

    Safe Patient Limits bill

    Last reply by canoehead, BSN, RN
    • 3 replies
  13. CamdenRN

    Recapping Contaminated Needles

    Last reply by CamdenRN
    • 0 replies
  14. Robbie8121

    Hospice morphine overdose

    Last reply by No Stars In My Eyes
    • 21 replies
  15. Tami707

    CNE Expects Code Nurses To Leave Patients Under Direct Care

    Last reply by Tami707
    • 9 replies
  16. Vee D

    In Home Care Working Beside Nurse Who Goes Against Order

    Last reply by Vee D, ADN
    • 20 replies
  17. Succubus

    Med administration

    Last reply by kbrn2002, ADN, RN
    • 3 replies
  18. Mr12RN

    Tylenol through G tube

    Last reply by Tegridy
    • 3 replies
  19. milo65

    Turn Team

    Last reply by hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I
    • 1 reply
  20. ka2rn

    Have any of you ever been stuck by a needle and not felt it?

    Last reply by Oncnurse76
    • 15 replies
  21. ladmire87

    Crashing MSU pt with no ICU

    Last reply by FiremedicMike, BSN, RN, EMT-P
    • 3 replies
  22. rnrazzil

    Guns at the Bedside

    Last reply by JohnHood, BSN
    • 33 replies
  23. poolnurse

    Operating Room Narcotics

    Last reply by Maizie Wilharm, BSN
    • 2 replies
  24. SNgirl21

    LTC Nursing/Skilled Rehab RN Ratios (Ohio)

    Last reply by kbrn2002, ADN, RN
    • 1 reply
  25. dinobiceps

    Question about time management

    Last reply by rac1, ASN, BSN, RN
    • 10 replies
  26. J.Adderton

    More States Legalize Fentanyl Test Strips

    Article
    Last reply by NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN
    • 4 replies