Joyce Benton and Jennifer Flynn present an informative article outlining the legal
claims that involve registered nurses. [See “Identifying and minimizing risk exposures affecting nursing practice to enhance
patient safety” in the January issue.] I was impressed by their recommendations and
believe all nurses should understand and apply them. As a Quality and Patient Safety
Coordinator of a metropolitan pediatric hospital, I am charged with auditing all events
reported, and I have seen an increase in sentinel events in which parents note a change
in their child and alert the staff, but the staff does nothing until the compromise
is evident and, at times, irreversible. This is a failure on our part as patient advocates.
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- Experience with family activation of rapid response teams. Medsurg Nursing. 2010; 19 (Retrieved from): 215-223
- Clinical human factors: The need to speak up to improve patient safety.Nursing Standard. 2012; 26 (Retrieved from): 35-40
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