Patient Safety

Who handles the handling?

Healthcare organizations that have implemented effective safe patient handling and mobility (SPHM) programs report a reduction in healthcare worker injury rates related to manual…

Nurse leader rounds plus

Patients’ perceptions of their care may not correlate to the actual quality of care given but rather their beliefs about what they perceive as…

Medication safety

Nurses work to ensure the safe delivery of medications, so they should remain current and knowledgeable about medication updates, side-effects, allergic reactions, drug–drug interactions,…

Mitigating patient identification threats

A cardiology team scheduled a complex cardiothoracic surgery for identical young adult twins with the same life-limiting diagnosis. However, the twins insisted they undergo…

Promoting health literacy

Effective patient education must include assessment, planning, implementation, and education; skipping one of these components puts the patient at risk for suboptimal education. Healthcare…

Who handles the handling?

Healthcare organizations that have implemented effective safe patient handling and mobility (SPHM) programs report a reduction in healthcare worker injury rates related…

Nurse leader rounds plus

Patients’ perceptions of their care may not correlate to the actual quality of care given but rather their beliefs about what they…

Medication safety

Nurses work to ensure the safe delivery of medications, so they should remain current and knowledgeable about medication updates, side-effects, allergic reactions,…

Promoting health literacy

Effective patient education must include assessment, planning, implementation, and education; skipping one of these components puts the patient at risk for suboptimal…

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Emotional Intel TYK

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