Hospital Errors: Study Finds Preventable Errors Continue To Harm Patients At Alarming Rate
“Don’t go to the hospital if you don’t want to get sick” is frequently said in jest by many of my colleagues who represent people who have been harmed by mistakes made in hospitals. Now, a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine regarding errors made at North Carolina hospitals reinforces this saying. The study evaluated hospital data from 2002 to 2007 and looked at patient charts that contained codes for medical conditions that where generally associated with errors made by hospital staff. Amongst the common errors made by hospitals include: Severe bleeding during an operation Breathing...
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Sputum Color As Indicator Of The Quality Of Nursing Care
Who really likes to think about sputum or mucus? Well, Thomas Sharon, R.N. at legalnurseconsultanttom.com points out that sputum color is an important factor to look at when evaluating the quality of breathing tube care. Breathing tubes such as tracheostomies and ventilators are a common medical medical conditions for nurisng home and long-term care residents. Obviously, these medical condions require ongoing nursing care which is beyond the common knowledge of many nursing home residents and their families. As nurse Tom discusses in his recent post, nurses must reposition and clean the breathing tube in order to prevent infection and...
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