Category:
patient safety
Quality of care issues involve nursing and wound care
Violations deal with physician and nursing care
Nurse managers and hospitals still have oversight responsibilities
Wrong site surgeries, wrong patient care continue to be problems
Training and experience makes a difference
OB, nurses waited too long to deliver high-risk mom, baby born with brain injury
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) can cause pulmonary embolism, death
Prevention is the key in hospital and nursing home acquired pressure injuries
Series of falls in Houston nursing facility end with man's death
Nurse documented that ER doctor was aware of continued patient weakness before sending patient home