True or false: It is important for patients and families to understand the individual patients’ risks for falls, and the specific measures that are being used to prevent them from falling....

Next time your nursing staff members complain about having too much paperwork and not enough time at the patient’s bedside, you can tell them their feelings are echoed by nurses nationwide, as s...

True or false: Staff members must receive training on the use and management of restraint and seclusion, and their competency to perform must be assessed annually....

True or false: Hospitals not only need to monitor time frames for reporting critical test results and values, they must also monitor the timeliness of reporting routine test results and values....

As an undergraduate and graduate student, I spent a fair amount of time listening to guest speakers in my healthcare courses. A common theme I found in many talks was the constant need for speakers to...

Inside: Report says medical students need increased training on patient safety Quilt, staff brainstorm contest help promote Patient Safety Awareness Week ‘Fire prevention’ in ...

Next time you’re brainstorming a way to engage staff in a patient safety–related fair or observance, consider creating a quilt. That’s what staff at Boone (IA) County Hospital, a 25-...

Today’s medical students are not learning enough about patient safety, the importance of teamwork and communication, and safety science, according to a new white paper released in March by the L...

Is there a gold standard for the definition of a fall?...

National Patient Safety Goal NPSG.15.01.01 requires that patients being treated for emotional or behavioral disorders be identified for the risk of suicide....