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Great post! Regardless of our status, all health care workers are responsible for patient safety and handling across the health care continuum. But direct care nurses are more scrutinized because they are with the client’s 98% of the time. As the summary of our lesson states, “patients are counting on us” (Chamberlain College of Nursing, 2016). This is our duty to make sure that their needs are met and they are free from harm and injuries at all times. Effective communication, collaboration, teamwork, and a safe therapeutic environment are the qualities that I look for when I am admitted as a patient. Also, I agree with you about “fatigue on safety”; I would not want a nurse who is tired or fatigue to take care of me because in
Great post! Regardless of our status, all health care workers are responsible for patient safety and handling across the health care continuum. But direct care nurses are more scrutinized because they are with the client’s 98% of the time. As the summary of our lesson states, “patients are counting on us” (Chamberlain College of Nursing, 2016). This is our duty to make sure that their needs are met and they are free from harm and injuries at all times. Effective communication, collaboration, teamwork, and a safe therapeutic environment are the qualities that I look for when I am admitted as a patient. Also, I agree with you about “fatigue on safety”; I would not want a nurse who is tired or fatigue to take care of me because in