Measuring Patient Safety

by Newhouse, Robin Purdy; Poe, Stephanie S.

• ISBN13: 9780763728410
• ISBN10: 0763728411
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-14
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Measuring Patient Safety prepares nurses for participating in and leading multidisciplinary safety initiatives. Improving patient safety requires nurses to assume leadership roles in measuring and improving the structures, processes, and patient outcomes in the clinical setting. This text enables them to impact patient safety with knowledge and confidence by providing a context for safety as a priority and the means for quantifying the scope of the patient safety problem.

Table of Contents

Patient safety as a measure of healthcare quality	p. 1
Using performance improvement to support patient safety	p. 13
Moving forward : planning a safety project	p. 27
Rapid cycle safety improvement	p. 39
The metrics of measuring patient safety	p. 51
Dissemination of findings	p. 67
Safer care for patients on mechanical ventilation	p. 79
Medication reconciliation in the ICU	p. 89
Chemotherapy safety	p. 95
Preventing patient aggression : assessment and reporting as first steps	p. 107
Resources for conducting a safety project	p. 121
The Johns Hopkins hospital performance improvement workbook	p. 137
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