With a wealth of helpful guidelines and assessment tools, Nursing Pathways for Patient Safety makes it easy to identify the causes of practice breakdowns and to reduce health care errors. It provides expert guidance from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), plus an overview of the TERCAP® assessment tool. The book systematically examines the causes of practice breakdowns resulting from practice styles, health care environments, teamwork, and structural systems to promote patient safety.
1. Nursing Pathways for Patient Safety - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. ABOUT THE EDITOR/CONTRIBUTOR TEAM - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iva 6. Table of Contents - p. iva 7. FOREWORD - p. iv 8. PREFACE - p. vi 9. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - p. x 10. 1 Overview: NCSBN Practice Breakdown Initiative - p. 1 11. 2 Practice Breakdown: Medication Administration - p. 30 12. 3 Practice Breakdown: Clearly Communicating Patient Data and Clinical Assessments - p. 47 13. 4 Practice Breakdown: Attentiveness/Surveillance - p. 58 14. 5 Practice Breakdown: Clinical Reasoning or Judgment - p. 76 15. 6 Practice Breakdown: Prevention - p. 107 16. 7 Practice Breakdown: Intervention - p. 119 17. 8 Practice Breakdown: Interpretation of Authorized Provider Orders - p. 130 18. 9 Practice Breakdown: Professional Responsibility and Patient Advocacy - p. 138 19. 10 Mandatory Reporting - p. 150 20. Organizational Use of TERCAP®: Shifting From a Quality Management to a Whole-Systems Approach - p. 160 21. INDEX - p. 171
With a wealth of helpful guidelines and assessment tools, Nursing Pathways for Patient Safety makes it easy to identify the causes of practice breakdowns and to reduce health care errors. It provides expert guidance from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), plus an overview of the TERCAP® assessment tool. The book systematically examines the causes of practice breakdowns resulting from practice styles, health care environments, teamwork, and structural systems to promote patient safety.
1. Nursing Pathways for Patient Safety - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. ABOUT THE EDITOR/CONTRIBUTOR TEAM - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iva 6. Table of Contents - p. iva 7. FOREWORD - p. iv 8. PREFACE - p. vi 9. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - p. x 10. 1 Overview: NCSBN Practice Breakdown Initiative - p. 1 11. 2 Practice Breakdown: Medication Administration - p. 30 12. 3 Practice Breakdown: Clearly Communicating Patient Data and Clinical Assessments - p. 47 13. 4 Practice Breakdown: Attentiveness/Surveillance - p. 58 14. 5 Practice Breakdown: Clinical Reasoning or Judgment - p. 76 15. 6 Practice Breakdown: Prevention - p. 107 16. 7 Practice Breakdown: Intervention - p. 119 17. 8 Practice Breakdown: Interpretation of Authorized Provider Orders - p. 130 18. 9 Practice Breakdown: Professional Responsibility and Patient Advocacy - p. 138 19. 10 Mandatory Reporting - p. 150 20. Organizational Use of TERCAP®: Shifting From a Quality Management to a Whole-Systems Approach - p. 160 21. INDEX - p. 171
