Patient Safety: Principles and Practice

✍ Scribed by Jacqueline Fowler Byers, Susan V. White

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 578
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides readers with both a foundation of theoretical knowledge regarding patient safety as well as evidence-based strategies for preventing errors in various clinical settings. The authors' goal is to help clinicians and administrators gain the skills and knowledge they need to develop safe patient practices in their organizations. Key topics include: An overview of evidence-based best practices for patient safety Clear explanation of important patient safety policies and legislation Innovative uses of technology such as computerized provider order entry, barcoding medications, and computerized clinical decision support systems The importance of an informed patient in preventing medical errors How to communicate with the public and the patient about errors if they occur Special patient safety concerns for children, the elderly, and the mentally ill

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
List of Acronyms......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
PART I: OVERVIEW OF CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES......Page 16
1. Patient Safety Issues......Page 18
2. National Patient Safety Initiatives......Page 62
PART II: PUTTING PATIENT SAFETY INTO PRACTICE......Page 100
3. Improving Patient Safety Using Quality Tools and Techniques......Page 102
4. Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Patient Safety......Page 150
5. Putting Patients in Charge of Their Health Care to Promote Patient Safety......Page 173
6. Impact of Nurse Staffing on Patient Safety......Page 209
7. Improving the Nursing Work Culture......Page 247
8. Using Technology to Improve Patient Safety......Page 271
9. The Role of Risk Management in Patient Safety: The Needs, Benefits and Reasons to Disclose Errors......Page 314
PART III: PATIENT SAFETY IN SPECIFIC SETTINGS AND POPULATIONS......Page 356
10. Pediatric Patient Safety......Page 358
11. Patient Safety in Acute and Critical Care......Page 379
12. Patient Safety in Ambulatory Care......Page 402
13. Safety Issues With the Elderly and Chronically Ill......Page 436
14. Patient Safety in Behavioral Health......Page 473
15. Promoting the Safety of Research Participants......Page 526
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B......Page 554
C......Page 555
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I......Page 562
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