Self-releasing alarm belts: It takes two
Patient falls from chairs are increasing at an alarming rate: What can a hospital’s nursing staff do to stop this trend? That was the challenge…
Patient Safety
Seizing the moment
Horace Gunner,* a 65-year-old man with hypertension and type 2 diabetes, is admitted to the hospital after a fall at home. His computed tomography…
Medical device reporting—a model for patient safety
As a nurse, you’re well aware of medication safety and error prevention initiatives, but do you also know about the Food and Drug Administration’s…
Hook-and-loop alarm belt: A vital component in a fall-prevention toolkit
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of recurring case studies describing success stories in preventing falls and injuries from falls. The series…
Enteral feeding: Indications, complications, and nursing care
Enteral feedings deliver nourishment through a tube directly into the GI tract. They’re ordered for patients with a functioning GI tract who can’t ingest enough nutrition…
Dumped: When nursing homes abandon patients to the hospital
Margie is an 86-year-old nursing home resident who has developed a bladder infection. As is the case with many elderly women, she also is…
Fall prevention: A contract with patients and families
Editor’s note: This is the second of three case studies describing success stories in preventing falls and injuries from falls. The series is brought to…
Fall prevention: Applying the evidence
This is the first in a series of three case studies illustrating success stories in preventing falls and injuries from falls. The series is brought…
Safe patient handling and mobility: The journey continues
Hazards associated with manual patient handling continue to compromise the health and safety of nurses. Among nurses who responded to the American Nurses Association’s (ANA’s) Health Risk Appraisal: •…
Five strategies to help prevent nurses’ patient-handling injuries
For too many years, musculoskeletal injuries from moving patients have been common among practicing nurses. It’s time to put all of our energy— both from an individual and…
Patient handling injuries: Risk factors and risk-reduction strategies
For more than 40 years, nurses have had the highest jobrelated injury rates of all healthcare personnel. In a 2011 survey conducted by the American Nurses Association: • 62%…
Safeguarding patients: The courageous communication solution
So how do you get a colleague’s attention when you have a safety concern? The Department of Defense partnered with the Agency for Healthcare…
Self-releasing alarm belts: It takes two
Patient falls from chairs are increasing at an alarming rate: What can a hospital’s nursing staff do to stop this trend? That was…
Seizing the moment
Horace Gunner,* a 65-year-old man with hypertension and type 2 diabetes, is admitted to the hospital after a fall at home. His…
Medical device reporting—a model for patient safety
As a nurse, you’re well aware of medication safety and error prevention initiatives, but do you also know about the Food and…
Hook-and-loop alarm belt: A vital component in a fall-prevention toolkit
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of recurring case studies describing success stories in preventing falls and injuries from falls.…
Enteral feeding: Indications, complications, and nursing care
Enteral feedings deliver nourishment through a tube directly into the GI tract. They’re ordered for patients with a functioning GI tract who can’t ingest…
Dumped: When nursing homes abandon patients to the hospital
Margie is an 86-year-old nursing home resident who has developed a bladder infection. As is the case with many elderly women, she…
Fall prevention: A contract with patients and families
Editor’s note: This is the second of three case studies describing success stories in preventing falls and injuries from falls. The series is…
Fall prevention: Applying the evidence
This is the first in a series of three case studies illustrating success stories in preventing falls and injuries from falls. The series…
Safe patient handling and mobility: The journey continues
Hazards associated with manual patient handling continue to compromise the health and safety of nurses. Among nurses who responded to the American Nurses Association’s (ANA’s) Health Risk…
Five strategies to help prevent nurses’ patient-handling injuries
For too many years, musculoskeletal injuries from moving patients have been common among practicing nurses. It’s time to put all of our energy— both from an…
Patient handling injuries: Risk factors and risk-reduction strategies
For more than 40 years, nurses have had the highest jobrelated injury rates of all healthcare personnel. In a 2011 survey conducted by the American Nurses Association:…
Safeguarding patients: The courageous communication solution
So how do you get a colleague’s attention when you have a safety concern? The Department of Defense partnered with the Agency…
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