Showing posts with label patient safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patient safety. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Worker fatigue cause of health care mistakes, study finds. #Nurseup #HealthcareHarm #Healthcare

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Worker fatigue cause of health care mistakes, study finds:"Health care worker fatigue contributed to more than 1,600 incidents reported...
Friday, January 17, 2014

Beyond the Checklist-A Compelling Resource Links Success in Aviation Safety to Patient Safety! @BethBoynton #nurseup

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“Beyond the Checklist” A Compelling Resource Links Success in Aviation Safety to Potential for Patient Safety! November 25, 2013 by @BethBoy...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Patient Safety: A Success Story, (A great example of why nurse intimidation can be lethal) @patiyer #nurseup #nursefriendly

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Patient Safety: A Success Story, (A great example of why nurse intimidation can be lethal) #nurseup #nursefriendly:”Prevention of medical e...
Monday, November 21, 2011

Patient Left Unrestrained, #Patient Injured. #Nurses Judgement Call, #nursing #malpractice #nursefriendly #epatient #negligence

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See also: Medical, Legal Nurse Consultants , Clinical Nursing Case of the Week , Clinical Charting and Documentation, Nurses Notes , Court...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

(Nursing's) Most Pressing Concerns About #Healthcare @yoganurse @wwwrnorg #nursing #epatients #patients #nursefriendly

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New! I see the most pressing concern in the nursing profession and healthcare is the assurance that the consumer is getting what th...
Friday, July 8, 2011

When Nurse Make Mistakes (Theresa Brown, RN) - NYTimes.com

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By THERESA BROWN, R.N. This year, a Seattle nurse named Kim Hiatt committed suicide. Ms. Hiatt’s death came nearly seven months after she h...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

amednews: 1 in 3 patients harmed during hospital stay :: April 18, 2011 ... American Medical News

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By Kevin B. O'Reilly , amednews staff. Posted April 18, 2011. One-third of hospital patients experience adverse events and ...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Hospital worker had deadly blood infection

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All Children's Hospital has contacted all the families whose children were exposed to an outpatient therapist who died Monday from a c...

AIM: Adverse event reporting is on the rise

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Although the FDA 's Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) database has been in existence since 1969, more than half of the incidents ...

Harmed in the hospital? Should you sue? - CNN.com

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Ryan Jeffers finds it hard to believe his daughter, Malyia, went from being a perfectly healthy 2-year-old who loved to dance, sing and ent...

The Epidemic of Preventable Medical Harm, HealthcarePSI.org

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The Centers for Disease Control reports that 1.7 million people who enter the hospital this year - for any reason - will contract a Hospita...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Report: Communication Breakdown Leads to Hospital Errors - Health Blog - WSJ

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We’ve written about how a small but significant number of health-care workers show disrespect for colleagues, dole out verbal abuse and eng...
Monday, March 21, 2011

When Nurse Staffing Drops, Mortality Rates Rise: Study

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When nurse staffing levels fell below target levels in a large hospital, more patients died, a new study discovered. The finding may pr...
Friday, March 11, 2011

FDA takes over Johnson & Johnson's Tylenol plants - Mar. 10, 2011

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The government is taking over three Tylenol plants following a blizzard of drug recalls and a Food and Drug Administration criminal investi...

Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA's National Campaign to Solve the Nurse Staffing Crisis

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Nurses everywhere rank staffing as their biggest problem. Research shows it is a problem – for patients: Insufficient nurse staffing is li...
Monday, February 28, 2011

Food safety, drug safety, and pregnancy information are among eight new topics included in our survey. | Pew Internet & American Life Project

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Health information remains one of the most important subjects that internet users research online. The Pew Internet Project and California ...
Saturday, February 5, 2011

First aid rules that everyone needs to know, Alax Lickerman, MD, KevinMD.com

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First aid is defined as the immediate care given to an acutely injured or ill person.  It can literally be life-saving so it behooves all...
Thursday, February 3, 2011

CMS Initiative Will Link Incentives With Reduced Infections, Readmissions - California Healthline

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CMS is planning a "major multi-year financial commitment" involving Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers that aims to curb hos...