Patient Safety Checklist Helps Address Opioid Warnings from TJC:...
By Sean Power and Michael Wong This article is reprinted with the permission of Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare (PSQH). Improving patient safety is one of the most urgent issues facing...
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by Sean Power Recently four health experts participated in a webinar on The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Alert on the safe use of opioids. On the panel were patient safety experts including Dr....
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By Sean Power and Michael Wong (This article first appeared in Becker’s Clinical Quality & Infection Control.) Respiratory depression has been associated with the use of opioid analgesics. However,...
View ArticleLessons Learned from a Survey Assessing Nurses’ Awareness and Perceptions of...
[Editor’s note: Amy Smalarz led the survey research. Lynn Razzano assisted with the article writing, but was not involved with the design, conduct, or analysis of the survey.] By Amy Smalarz PhD, MHA...
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