Are Nurses the Last Fail-Safe?
How does your facility handle medication errors? Most of the facilities in which I’ve worked attempt to treat med errors as problems with the “system” and not with the nurse....
Category: Continuing Education
Preventing Medication Errors
Featured Course: Preventing Medication Errors Contact Hours: 1.5 “If the medication CE is followed in its entirety, it will make significant improvement in catching and intercepting med errors in time.”...
Taking Time for Accuracy
The horror stories are out there: “Surgeon amputates wrong leg!” “Nurse gives medication to patient who was allergic!” “Pharmacist mixes up dose three times safe limit!”
Universal Protocol
Featured Course: Universal Protocol (Guidelines) Course Description: This module includes a brief overview of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) position statement on Correct Site Surgery and the Joint...
Overview: Isolation Precautions
Last week I posted a question regarding transmission of bacterial pneumonia, which sparked some discussion on the meaning of contact, droplet, and airborne transmission and how those transmission affected what...
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Chain of Infection
Featured Course: Chain of Infection Contact Hours: 1.0 A very good introduction to infection control. A good course for all healthcare workers to take. I will build on this...
Reaching for the Best
About TEN days ago, I posted this article on domestic violence in coordination with our Featured Course of that week. TWO days ago, a link to this article on domestic...
Domestic Violence: The Bright White Blade
It was late in my shift–night shift at a busy ER. I was so tired, and ready to go home and crash in the bed. The night had been fairly...
Domestic Violence
Featured Course: Domestic Violence Contact Hours: 1.1 ~Easily understood, quick review. M.B.
