Are nurses and inadequate nurse-patient ratios alone to be blamed for deficits in patient safety?? Yes as nurses we are easily THE most vigilant level of care providers, however, the system within which we work may also have created a bit of a hidden beast that disguises a lot of the actual reasons why patients are potentially at risk for adverse events/outcomes. ie. communication failures vertically and laterally, deficits in true mentorship, harbouring a culture of intimidation both among ourselves and also within our interdisciplinary teams, and administrative distress as is seen with the onslaught of copious bedside documentation requirements. who.int/patientsafety/education/curriculum/who_mc_topic-1.pdf
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 16:25:35 +0000