Patient safety is a predominant feature of quality healthcare and something that every patient has the right to expect. As a nurse, you must consider the safety of the patient as paramount in every aspect of your role; and it is now an increasingly important topic in pre-registration nursing programmes. This book aims to provide you with a greater understanding of how to manage patient safety and risk in your practice. The book focuses on the essentials that you need to know, and therefore provides a clear pathway through what can sometimes seem an overwhelmingly complex mass of rules, procedures and possible options. Key features: · A practical introduction to patient safety and risk management written specifically for nurses and nursing students · Case studies and scenarios help you to apply patient safety and risk management principles to actual practice · Each chapter is mapped to the relevant NMC standards and Essential Skills Clusters so that you can see how you are meeting the professional requirements · Activities throughout help you to think critically and reflect on practice. INDICE: IntroductionPatient Safety and QualityRisk and Healthcare Accidents and Incidents - What Went Wrong?Medicine Administration and SafetyRaising Concerns: Safeguarding the VulnerableThe Nurse: Accountability and Professional RegulationHuman Error: Systems and Human Factors in Patient SafetyMeasuring Patient Safety and SatisfactionThe Influence of Leadership and Culture in Managing IncidentsPatient Safety - What Next?
- ISBN: 978-1-4462-6688-5
- Editorial: Learning Matters
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha Publicación: 29/10/2013
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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