Patient Safety Issues - Page 11

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. sgregory0020

    getting reported to the board of nursing

    by sgregory0020,
    • 2 replies
  3. adra

    comfort care order med dilemma

    by adra,
    • 4 replies
  4. achapman763

    Worried about skill mix

    by achapman763,
    • 5 replies
  5. RiskManager

    2% of physicians account for half of the malpractice payments

    by RiskManager,
    • 2 replies
  6. Spartacvs

    Staffing Ratios - New York

    by Spartacvs, BSN,
    • 9 replies
  7. mikasa

    K and mag values overlooked

    by mikasa,
    • 8 replies
  8. josephadn

    Patient's threatening violence

    by josephadn,
    • 7 replies
  9. Leno182

    Nursing Safety and Passing NCLEX

    by Leno182,
    • 10 replies
  10. nfeese

    chest tube and cvad

    by nfeese,
    • 4 replies
  11. Gyurkiv

    Flu shot and GBS

    by Gyurkiv,
    • 8 replies
  12. NeuroRNny

    Using Equipment with no Training?

    by NeuroRNny,
    • 10 replies
  13. Cmtz108

    Is my safety compromised?

    by Cmtz108,
    • 13 replies
  14. callienewh

    What Can Be Done to Avoid this error?

    by callienewh,
    • 11 replies
  15. caffeinatednurse

    Would you report this error?

    by caffeinatednurse, BSN, RN,
    • 32 replies
  16. CaliGena

    Whistle blower/terminated

    by CaliGena,
    • 12 replies
  17. fizzydrinks

    nurse call response times in Ontario hospitals

    by fizzydrinks,
    • 76 replies
  18. Beldar_the_Cenobite

    Wrong side for amputation(loss of license)

    by Beldar_the_Cenobite, CNA,
    • 47 replies
  19. BeenThere2012

    Senate act for minimum nurse to patient ratios.

    by BeenThere2012, ASN, RN,
    • 5 replies
  20. lulu_mata11

    Urinary Catheter

    by lulu_mata11,
    • 3 replies
  21. lapizius

    Forbidden Extremity Sign and VTE in Arm

    by lapizius,
    • 7 replies
  22. CNSnurse

    AMA safety

    by CNSnurse,
    • 5 replies
  23. x3divine

    CPAP, a talk with my charge, and an unhelpful RT

    by x3divine,
    • 16 replies
  24. ppsmi

    CPR Universal Precautions

    by ppsmi,
    • 8 replies
  25. Magnoliaflowers

    Medicare fraud

    by Magnoliaflowers,
    • 4 replies
  26. rubyagnes

    Cath Lab Code Blue

    by rubyagnes, BSN,
    • 4 replies