Topics About 'Patient Safety'.

The focus of this case study was very interesting. ChristianaCare used three different quality initiatives to improve and enhance patient care. ChristianaCare identified nursing staff felt that with the insertion of a catheter device there wa...

Although the actual NursesTakeDC event has already taken place, the movement for Safe Staffing is far from over. Beth Hawkes (Nurse Beth) and Keith Carlson (Nurse Keith) will be sharing a recap activities that took place at the #NursesTakeDC rally du...

As nurses, we are bound by our oath to give quality care to every single one of our patients. As we enhance the delivery of our healthcare practices with high tech, state of the art electronics and devices, alarms have been created to alert nurses of...

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Nurses care for vulnerable populations each day. Patients might be considered vulnerable because of economic, social, or political standings or because of an illness or disability. Regardless of the reason for the patient's vulnerability, it’s the nu...

As nurses, we are bound by our oath to provide quality care for every patient. This means holding hospitals and other healthcare facilities accountable for sufficient numbers of experienced nurses to ensure patient safety and support inexperienced nu...

This month is my one year of being a nurse, the beginning was definitely a roller coaster ride, I’ve finally found my place, become more confident and trust my decisions. The thing is I’m miserable at my job, I’ve been trying to stick out the one yea...

It is therefore important for a nurse to know how and what to feed this patient. If the nurse does not know how to feed this patient he may end up developing some complications such as aspiration pneumonia. Immobility is another problem. It's importa...

WAKING UP TO A NIGHTMAREImagine waking up from surgery in a hospital bed - you can't move, you literally cannot speak, lift a finger or communicate that you are awake in any way. Over the next few days, as you drift in and out of consciousness, you r...

I think I just felt the straw that broke the camel's back. This is going to take some time to unpack. TLDR version is: I'm frustrated with my hospital's continued disregard for nurse and patient safety and want to leave this hospital system for ...

I sat down with Margo in her dining room one evening to talk about a medication error she made when she was a new nurse. I asked Margo to tell me a bit about herself. She hadn't always wanted to be a nurse. She was studying entomology (bugs) at NC St...

I saw this and it just spoke to me in a thousand ways. I want hospitals to be profitable enough to be stable, and to expand services, but the goals for profit are FAR beyond those meager goals. Your healthcare sucks because of capitalism. And the rea...

I have been a nurse for only seven years; however, certain events and situations will remain embedded in my memory for the rest of my life. One of these events took place during my first year of nursing practice when I was employed at a long term car...