Medical surgical nurses need to have a broader critical knowledge to better serve their patients and provide safety. With the increase use of technology it is essential for nurses to learn how to properly operate the equipments and properly document patients progress per facility policy. In fact, any mistake can jeopardize patient safety. According to the text book for the past 20 years many patients had lost their life or injured because of errors of the health care professionals who were suppose to protect them. As a result the cost of healthcare increase. In other to prevent those trajedy to reoccurring several health care organization like The Joint Commission come together to impliemint rules that will protect patient safety in the
