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- Title
The Challenges of Implementing a Safety Culture.
- Authors
Greenspan, Bonnie; Payne, Glenda
- Abstract
This article provides an update on patient safety data recently reviewed by and recommendations of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. This article attempts to capture the impact of the eroding ability of the nursing workforce to perform its traditional role of blocking errors before they harm patients. Some strategies, tactics, and practice examples to assist in renewing this protective capacity in today's challenging environment are presented. Finally, acknowledging the variability of substantive support for maintaining a safety culture provided by individual health care organizations, this article encourages and applauds the personal courage of nephrology nurses and other health care providers as they engage and assist their clinical and quality improvement teams in addressing the persistence of what Hughes (2008) termed the "everydayness of errors" (p. 1-7).
- Subjects
UNITED States; NURSING standards; PREVENTION of medical errors; CORPORATE culture; CONTINUING education units; PUBLIC health laws; MEDICAL errors; PATIENT safety; MEDICAL quality control; OCCUPATIONAL roles; LEADERSHIP; HOSPITAL nursing staff; NEPHROLOGY; HEALTH planning; TRUST; COMMUNICATION; QUALITY assurance; HEALTH promotion
- Publication
Nephrology Nursing Journal, 2024, Vol 51, Issue 4, p313
- ISSN
1526-744X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37526/1526-744X.2024.51.4.313