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Nurse Gwen Cox Learns from Her Patient Safety Mistake

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Nurse Gwen Cox Learns from Her Patient Safety Mistake

Gwen Cox is a nurse turned champion for patient safety. When Gwen made a fatal error while caring for one of her patients, she realized the importance of acknowledging and learning from her mistakes to improve future patient outcomes.
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Medication Safety Vest Implementation

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Medication Safety Vest Implementation

This video is geared toward healthcare organizations, and housed on the Riskologic.org website to help healthcare leaders understand implementation of the medication safety vest for nurses giving medications so they are not interrupted or distracted. This practice has been demonstrated by Dr. Pape and other nurse researchers to be effective at reducing medication errors and their resultant risk to the organization. The author Dr. Pape includes some background information on medication safety, the invention of the medication safety vest, and rationale for nurses wearing the vest during medication rounds. Lastly, Dr. Pape describes tips and tricks for implementation. Watch this video if you are a healthcare administrator and go to the website www.riskologic.org