Treatment delays and wrong patient/wrong site/wrong procedure errors were the most frequently reported sentinel events in 2013, according to The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Database.
A California bill has been proposed that would require stricter workplace violence prevention planning at state hospitals after two separate attacks on nurses last weekend.
Fill in the blank: Hospitals must provide information in an understandable format to patients who do not speak English, are deaf, or hearing impaired, or are ____________ or ____________ impaired.
Improvements must be made in handoffs, the use of PCA pumps, and postoperative orders to provide better patient care, according to a presentation at the annual conference of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.
