Changing competencies in health care professions: Will your nurses be ready? |
| |
| Authors: | Vicky A Mahn-DiNicola RN MS |
| |
| Institution: | 1. McGill University, Ingram School of Nursing, 3506 University St. Office 207, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada;2. McGill University, Global Health Programs, McIntyre Medical Bldg., Room 633, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada;3. Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, 2155 Guy St., Montreal, QC H3H 2R9, Canada;1. Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin, School of Medicine, National University of Singapore;2. National Heart Centre Singapore, 5 Hospital Drive, 169609, Singapore |
| |
| Abstract: | In 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System” brought the issues of medical error and patient safety to the forefront of national concern.1 In this report, the now popularized statistic that “at least 44,000 people, and perhaps as many as 98,000 people, die in hospitals each year as a result of medical errors that could have been prevented” stimulated health care providers and purchasers into action. Problems arising from decentralized and fragmented delivery systems, inadequate safety reporting methods, and the absence of a blameless culture of learning in health care all were cited as contributing factors to preventable medical errors with resultant patient harm. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ |
|
