337 Medical Errors and Competency
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As a legal nurse consultant, you see medical errors from the perspective of what has already happened. Not listening to the concerns of staff nurses may have played a part in the events leading up to the medical error. In his podcast, Kevin O’Connor discussed what happens when physician competencies are stretched by not working enough hours.
I faced this same question in 1995 when my hospital introduced patient-centered care. The hospital where I worked wanted to save money.
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Listen in as Pat Iyer chats about these points
- Reactions to Patient Centered Care
- Safety Principles for Preventing Patient Injury
- How to Consider the safety issues in this case
- Lessons of High Reliability Industries in Preventing Patient Injury
- And more…..
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Your Presenter
Pat Iyer has been a legal nurse consultant since 1987. She also built a successful LNC business that included testifying as an expert witness for 20 years.