Patient Safety Issues - Page 66

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. Lady Sapphire

    artifical nails off..angry nurse

    by Lady Sapphire,
    • 160 replies
  3. limabean

    IV potassium

    by limabean,
    • 20 replies
  4. NRSKarenRN

    DE-crowding the ED

    by NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN,
    • 0 replies
  5. katlpn6

    I was fired for refusing to give injections incorrectly!

    by katlpn6,
    • 67 replies
  6. sweetyjen

    What do you think is a major problem in nursing?

    by sweetyjen,
    • 100 replies
  7. LPN47331

    Supervisor ignored a DNR status

    by LPN47331,
    • 6 replies
  8. CseMgr1

    Losing It at Work

    by CseMgr1, ASN, RN,
    • 2 replies
  9. rntg

    Scanning meds/computer charting

    by rntg,
    • 31 replies
  10. Ms.RN

    Please i need help

    by Ms.RN,
    • 14 replies
  11. blessed02

    Staffing issues-

    by blessed02,
    • 8 replies
  12. BJ, LPN

    Phasing out LPN's.

    by BJ, LPN,
    • 186 replies
  13. VizslaMom

    Trauma patients and not ordering ETOH/drug screens in ER.

    by VizslaMom,
    • 4 replies
  14. diane1970

    Tracheal Suction Technique

    by diane1970,
    • 12 replies
  15. wanna_b_nurse

    Can a misdemeanor possesion charge keep me from getting my nurses license?

    by wanna_b_nurse,
    • 8 replies
  16. SarasLPN

    MLT? Anyout here?

    by SarasLPN,
    • 20 replies
  17. lil_miss_attitude

    Was I wrong to say anything?

    by lil_miss_attitude,
    • 40 replies
  18. CTonkinRN

    Bite sticks???

    by CTonkinRN,
    • 4 replies
  19. SusanJean

    Fda Med Watch

    by SusanJean,
    • 1 reply
  20. pjdouble

    Any hospitals out there using discharge lobbies/lounges?

    by pjdouble,
    • 7 replies
  21. NurseFirst

    Tattoos and health professionals...

    by NurseFirst,
    • 21 replies
  22. robin_nicole

    I need help with a managment paper about answering call lights

    by robin_nicole,
    • 10 replies
  23. katzrkool

    timing of meds

    by katzrkool,
    • 5 replies
  24. URO-RN

    Keep an eye on those Rx pads!

    by URO-RN,
    • 25 replies
  25. MChambers

    Meds. via Dobhoff feeding tubes

    by MChambers,
    • 11 replies
  26. URO-RN

    Must we all die with a feeding tube?

    by URO-RN,
    • 52 replies