Patient safety

physician behavior. This study acknowledged behaviors displayed by physicians that inhibit effective communication. To begin with, this study opened by sharing an incident that occurred in a medical unit at a community hospital during shift change. A patient had to be transferred to a higher level of care as a result of a change in vital signs caused by a serious volume depletion. Earlier in report, the night nurse informed the oncoming shift that she phoned the physician during the night…

name and birth date identifiers as well. I usually say, "for your safety, would you please verify your name and date of birth". Not many people ask why I am doing that, stating the safety reasons, along with the question usually tells them why. In my opinion: I agree that safety and respect need to be part of every interaction with others, not just with patients, but there is a growing madness that is put on nurses these days of patient satisfaction. We (as nurses and doctors) must always say…

chose to explore further the quality and safety in patient care. This pertains to Chapter 30: Quality and Safety in Nursing Practice in our book. The reason why I selected this subject is the fact that regardless of the existing policies and procedures in every health care setting, staff education, safety huddles, standardized handoff communication tools, and patient monitoring, patients’ adverse events still happen. The implementation of culture of safety should encourage the staff to report…

Clinical trials involve the production of large quantities of information that need to be recorded in order to analyze them for adverse events, patient profile, etc. Electronic record keeping has changed the manner in which information about trials and patients are stored and accessed. Electronic records also serve as a means for researchers to access information about previous trials in order to find if there is any data that had been overlooked but might be of use. The terms data and…

registered nurse who files a petition against the decision of the Board of Registered Nurses after license revocation for failing to follow a resident’s physician order to intubate a critical patient. The scenario and request are based on a conflict between legality and ethics of delivering treatment to a critical patient. The Court of Appeal and petition court upholding that the case had no merits and denying the petitions aside from supporting that the nurse acted negligently and…

and safety revolution is at work with United States healthcare system and innovation in current medicine to improve safety and quality is the efficient focus of Quality Improvement. (QI). To correct the gaps in quality improvement overuse, underuse, and misuse of health services, six aims was identified namely safety, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable (IOM, 2012). The nursing profession interest has always been on ethical and justice related to quality of patient care…

I have observed some examples of interventions related to safety in the operating room such as infection prevention, time out procedure and sponge/instrument counts. Infection prevention was the most obvious to me. In the operating room was a specific area only designed for the which was the surgeon, surgical technician, and nurse anesthetist while the surgery was in progress. Each of them were donned in their sterile personal protective equipment with a face shield. All the sterile instruments…

care is provided by knowledgeable and licensed professionals. These agencies collaborate through the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. The National Council monitors nursing licenses in order to comply with state laws, and outlines the safety standards for each state (National Council of State Boards of Nursing, 2017). On the state level each board of nursing maintains the integrity of the nursing practice by enforcing the Nurse Practice Act and licensure requirements, approving…

must abide by to ensure patients’ rights are supported. The established presumption is that every adult of sound mind has the right to decide what will be done to his or her body. Before any treatment is carried out on the patients’ body by any HCP, their consent must be obtained. Consent to treatment can be verbal, written or gestured/implied. The patient must have the capacity or competence, consent is given voluntarily and covers the procedure in question and the patient was informed clearly…

Importance of Sharps Safety in the Healthcare Setting Introduction Nurses, surgeons, and staff are exposed to one of the deadliest hazards every day: the exposure to blood borne pathogens. There is an estimated “600,000 to 1 million accidental needle sticks and sharps injuries that occur annually in health care settings (Potter, Perry, 2013).” A consequence that can result from being a worker in the healthcare field is exposure to blood borne pathogens with parenteral exposures to healthcare…