Staffing Ratios
What is a staffing ratio?
Staffing ratio is the number of patients assigned to each nurse during a shift.
How do errors effect the health care system?
These may include burnout, lack of concentration, poor work performance, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and even suicide.
What is 1 of the 5 strategies to improve patient safety
Leadership commitment, or Clear policies and guidelines, or competent and compassionate health professionals, or engaging patients and families, or using data to drive improvements
What is the effect of higher ratios on patient care?
Poorer quality of care
What is the number one error committed by nurses?
Medication
How do we enhance patient safety?
Allow patients access to EHR data, clinician notes or
Care for hospital environment or
Create a safe patient experience
What is the proposed ratio for a nurse working on a med/surg floor?
1:4
How to prevent errors?
The most important way you can help prevent errors is to be an active member of your health care team.
What is a type of safety device?
Walkers, bath rails, no carpets, and medication tracking (pill boxes), etc.
What is a state that has passed some type of legislation related to nurse staffing
California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, New York, Vermont, Connecticut, Ohio
What is the worst possible outcome of health care errors?
Harm to the patient
What is the acronym for patient safety goals?
PRAISE