Measuring patient safety / edited by Robin P. Newhouse, Stephanie Poe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Newhouse, Robin Purdy.

Poe, Stephanie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hospitals--Safety measures.

Hospitals.

Patients--Safety measures.

Patients.

Nursing.

Medical Errors--prevention & control.

Outcome Assessment, Health Care.

Patient Satisfaction.

Risk Assessment.

Safety Management.

Self-Evaluation Programs.

Medical Subjects:

Hospitals.

Medical Errors--prevention & control.

Outcome Assessment, Health Care.

Patient Satisfaction.

Risk Assessment.

Safety Management.

Self-Evaluation Programs.

Physical Description:

xv, 152 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2005]

Summary:

Ensuring a safe health care environment for patients is a critical issue as evidenced by evolving research, public response, and regulatory changes. For nurses at the forefront of health care delivery, the concern for patient safety is an immediate and sensitive matter, and the imperative for providing patient safety is an acute priority. Measuring Patient Safety is essential to nurses participating in and leading multidisciplinary safety initiatives by providing the following knowledge and skills: A context for safety as a priority, The means for quantifying the scope of the patient safety problem, Practical tips, resources, and ideas for using the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) framework to create safety projects, Recommendations on communicating findings, Examples of successful safety projects.

In protecting patients from harm through safety initiatives, nurses can use their expertise and organizational knowledge to reduce directly the risk of injury to patients. Improving patient safety requires nurses to assume leadership roles in measuring and improving the structures, processes, and patient outcomes in the clinical setting. Measuring Patient Safety will enable them to impact patient safety with knowledge and confidence.

Contents:

Patient safety as a measure of healthcare quality

Using performance improvement to support patient safety

Moving forward: planning a safety project

Rapid cycle safety improvement

The metrics of measuring patient safety

Dissemination of findings

Safer care for patients on mechanical ventilation

Medication reconciliation in the ICU

Chemotherapy safety

Preventing patient aggression: assessment and reporting as first steps

Resources for conducting a safety project.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0763728411

OCLC:

55503460