Some think safety can be boring. But when you stop and think how important it is to bring it to the bedside everyday, I think this video will demonstrate how fun and important safety can be. Please take a look!
Everyone must get involved to protect our patients!

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Safety. What exactly does that mean? Is it having policies and procedures in place to assist in guiding the nurses to a safer practice? Is it providing the right resources at the bedside for the nurses and pharmacy staff to complete their work? Is it adding a practice like bar coding  to decrease the amount of medication errors? Is it adding a electronic library on the work computer for easy access of medication information? These are all exampled of systems put into place to assist with providing safe care to our patients. The ultimate goal of safety is to lessen harm to the patients (Barnsteiner, 2011).  We must start looking for innovative ways to bring safety to the bedside everyday! It is all of our responsibility, so start looking for ways to bring safety to your hospital! Develop your culture of safety! 

Reference:
Barnsteiner, J. (2011). Teaching the Culture of Safety. Online Journal of Issues In Nursing, 16(3), 1. doi:10.3912/OJIN.Vol16No03Man05

Introduction

 Good evening! Welcome to the world of safety. A Culture of Safety. Nurses today are the gatekeepers of safety for the patients we serve. This blog will explore different concepts surrounding safety. Medical errors in health care are related to poorly designed processes of care, lack of support systems for decision making and a structured environment in which nurses work (Page, 2004). Nurses must become engaged in the processes that can create a safe day every day for our patients. This is vital for our profession. I hope to reveal evidence that will motivate and empower nurses out in cyber land to go back to their units and create a safe day for their patients they care for.

Reference:

Page A. (2004) Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the work environment of nurses. National Academies Press, Washington,DC.