Measuring patient safety
By: edited by Robin P. Newhouse, Stephanie Poe.
Contributors: Newhouse, Robin Purdy.; Poe, Stephanie.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
Subjects: Hospitals -- Safety measures.; Patients -- Safety measures.; Nursing.; Hospitals.; Medical Errors -- prevention & control -- Nurses' Instruction.; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) -- Nurses' Instruction.; Patient Satisfaction -- Nurses' Instruction.; Risk Assessment -- Nurses' Instruction.; Safety Management -- Nurses' Instruction.; Self-Evaluation Programs -- Nurses' Instruction.
Genres: Nurses' Instruction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Patient safety as a measure of healthcare quality; title: Using performance improvement to support patient safety; title: Moving forward: planning a safety project; title: Rapid cycle safety improvement; title: The metrics of measuring patient safety; title: Dissemination of findings; title: Safer care for patients on mechanical ventilation; title: Medication reconciliation in the ICU; title: Chemotherapy safety; title: Preventing patient aggression: assessment and reporting as first steps; title: Resource for conducting a safety project.