Two patient safety indicators that I became familiar with during my eight weeks of clinical at KU Rehab Center were postoperative deep vein thrombosis and decubitus ulcers. Spath (2011) reminds readers that patient safety indicators are events that are potentially preventable. As nurses it is our job to do everything we can to keep these issues to a minimum during every patients stay.
During my time at clinical I watched nurses complete multiple pre-emptive measures to keep their patients from getting ulcers and deep vein thrombosis. Decubitus ulcers were very rare at KU Rehab, but I did witness a few patients that had ulcers on their coccyx area. Most of the patients with ulcers had obtained them before they came to rehab. Most often times
During my time at clinical I watched nurses complete multiple pre-emptive measures to keep their patients from getting ulcers and deep vein thrombosis. Decubitus ulcers were very rare at KU Rehab, but I did witness a few patients that had ulcers on their coccyx area. Most of the patients with ulcers had obtained them before they came to rehab. Most often times