Patient Safety Issues - Page 2

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. Erianne1074

    Hourly Rounding

    Last reply by sauconyrunner
    • 119 replies
  3. AndreaMichael

    Falls Risk Assessment Tools

    Last reply by kimperkins1985
    • 10 replies
  4. LilpoRN

    Mistakes we have made

    Last reply by msjellybean
    • 84 replies
  5. Smitty,RN

    opened multidose vials- when to discard??

    Last reply by barefootlady, ADN, RN
    • 16 replies
  6. mommy2anangel

    Can you give blood and antibiotics both at the same time through a triple lumen cath?

    Last reply by blondy2061h, MSN, RN
    • 15 replies
  7. plinytheRN

    ER nurses not calling report anymore...

    Last reply by Guest03/15/15, BSN, RN
    • 246 replies
  8. jane82

    I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

    Last reply by Cmanursestudenta
    • 82 replies
  9. stelarRN

    Call in sick, or risk getting patients sick?

    Last reply by Guest03/15/15, BSN, RN
    • 39 replies
  10. elysium

    Urine Sample from Foley

    Last reply by Seishiro
    • 30 replies
  11. OnlybyHisgraceRN

    False documentation... more common than you think.

    Last reply by OrganizedChaos, LVN
    • 107 replies
  12. MommaNurse08

    Huge IV med error!

    Last reply by Merced
    • 17 replies
  13. Mama2-3

    Med error,I'm suspended,I need advice,please!

    Last reply by SmilingBluEyes
    • 115 replies
  14. PaulG

    No lift policy

    Last reply by hollierncrrn
    • 52 replies
  15. MChambers

    Meds. via Dobhoff feeding tubes

    Last reply by med/oncRN
    • 11 replies
  16. Lady Sapphire

    artifical nails off..angry nurse

    Last reply by sarah_bellum
    • 160 replies
  17. futurern4

    Administering IV Lasix & Albumin

    Last reply by Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN
    • 10 replies
  18. Nrscass

    Diazepam IV - clarification

    Last reply by NurseMelly11
    • 16 replies
  19. Laura in Canada

    Cellulitis post pneumococcal vaccine

    Last reply by Silverdragon102, BSN
    • 25 replies
  20. mikeynizm

    Blue Pigtail on Nasogastric Tube

    Last reply by Mavrick, BSN, RN
    • 44 replies
  21. luce2008

    nonrebreather-how long, and what should be next

    Last reply by sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN
    • 18 replies
  22. heyday

    Does "snowing" really exist?

    Last reply by neneRN, BSN, RN
    • 12 replies
  23. ar.en.greta

    why nurses cannot have a nail polish..?

    Last reply by amygarside
    • 53 replies
  24. Phoenix2541

    Well.. I guess I am going to be canned

    Last reply by adventure780, BSN, MSN, RN, APN
    • 126 replies
  25. Lynn Ran

    Dual lumen PICC lines

    Last reply by meownsmile, BSN, RN
    • 10 replies
  26. gonzo1

    nitroglycerin drip

    Last reply by GilaRRT
    • 3 replies