Fast Facts for Patient Safety in Nursing

This book is a practical resource for nurses that helps them develop the skills they need to avoid medical errors and promote patient safety. It provides an overview of common preventable issues and their causes, focuses on strategies for becoming a safe practitioner, and discusses prioritization, delegation, scope of practice, intuition, ethics, leadership, and emotional intelligence.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 28 August 2022
Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc

This comprehensive and practical resource is designed to help nurses develop the skills they need to avoid medical errors and promote patient safety. Drawing on the latest research and guidance from leading scientific and academic boards, the text identifies the most significant errors and their causes, providing a comprehensive understanding of the factors that contribute to patient harm.

The book offers a detailed overview of common preventable issues, including medication errors, patient falls, pressure ulcers, infections, and surgical errors. It focuses on strategies for becoming a safe practitioner through education and competency development, highlighting major national safety initiatives that have achieved improved outcomes.

In addition to providing a theoretical framework, the book offers concrete methods for fostering critical thinking and reasoning. It examines prioritization and delegation as key skills for nurses, alongside scope of practice, intuition, ethics, leadership, and emotional intelligence. The final chapter addresses patient safety using a holistic approach, encompassing cultural humility and artificial intelligence.

Each chapter includes an introduction, learning objectives, an illustrative case vignette, discussion questions, concise tips from the field, special topics, Fast Facts boxes, suggested assignments, and resources for further study.

This resource is an invaluable tool for nurse managers, educators, and practitioners seeking to prioritize and address safety and medical errors immediately. It delivers practical tips on improving patient care and outcomes, providing step-by-step guidance on preventing medication errors, which are the leading cause of adverse events. By developing critical thinking and judgment skills, nurses can make informed decisions and provide high-quality care that safeguards the well-being of their patients.

Dimension: 203 x 127 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780826151551