
Nursing Pathways for Patient Safety, 1st Edition
Hardcover

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- An overview of the NCSBN Practice Breakdown Initiative introduces the TERCAP® assessment tool and provides a helpful framework for understanding the scope of problems, along with NCSBN’s approach to addressing them.
- Coverage of each type of practice breakdown systematically explores errors in areas such as clinical reasoning or judgment, prevention, and intervention.
- Case Studies provide real-life examples of practice breakdowns and help you learn to identify problems and propose solutions.
- Chapters on mandatory reporting and implementation of a whole systems approach offer practical information on understanding TERCAP® and implementing a whole systems approach to preventing practice breakdowns.
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- Overview: NCSBN Practice Breakdown Initiative
- Practice Breakdown: Medication Administration
- Practice Breakdown: Clearly Communicating Patient Data and Clinical Assessments
- Practice Breakdown: Attentiveness/Surveillance
- Practice Breakdown: Clinical Reasoning or Judgment
- Practice Breakdown: Prevention
- Practice Breakdown: Intervention
- Practice Breakdown: Interpretation of Authorized Provider Orders
- Practice Breakdown: Professional Responsibility and Patient Advocacy
- Mandatory Reporting
- Organizational Use of TERCAP: Shifting From a Quality Management to a Whole Systems Approach