Patient Safety
Safety Principles for Preventing Patient Injury
There are multiple opportunities for patient injury to occur. Those of us with knowledge of how the healthcare system works see that facilities use safety principles for preventing patient injury. When the system fails, the litigation system may become involved. Consider the safety issues in this case. A forty-two year-old woman was admitted to the…
Read MoreTechnology Addiction: The Hidden Killer
You’ve seen people sit in a restaurant not talking to each other. I have. Now technology addiction offers another socially acceptable way to fragment communication bonds. Picture this. I am eating outdoors at a restaurant in Florida. There is a family sitting next to me: parents and two small children under the age of 6.…
Read More3 Faces of Bullying in Health Care
Bullying in health care shows up in many forms. Here are some examples. Bullying by a patient An angry young male is admitted to the hospital after he was shot by police during a drug deal. He becomes demanding and treats the nurses like they are his personal servants. One of the nurses finds a…
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