Measuring patient safety - Newhouse, Robin Purdy; Poe, Stephanie (Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2005)
Patient safety as a measure of healthcare quality -- Using performance improvement to support patient safety -- Moving forward: planning a safety project -- Rapid cycle safety improvement -- The metrics of measuring patient safety -- Dissemination of findings -- Safer care for patients on mechanical ventilation -- Medication reconciliation in the ICU -- Chemotherapy safety -- Preventing patient aggression: assessment and reporting as first steps -- Resource for conducting a safety project
Keywords: Medical Errors -- prevention & control -- Nurses' Instruction; Hospitals -- Nurses' Instruction; Safety Management -- Nurses' Instruction; Risk Assessment -- Nurses' Instruction; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) -- Nurses' Instruction; Patient Satisfaction -- Nurses' Instruction; Self-Evaluation Programs -- Nurses' Instruction