Having practiced as a registered nurse in the hospital setting for over 20 years, and having seen patient care from the perspectives of bedside nurse, manager, and nurse educator, I have been blessed with a unique perspective of hospital patient care. I also have a passion for patient safety and feel it is important for patients to be given the knowledge they need to be well-informed members of their own healthcare team.
While administrators, physicians, and nurses work hard to eliminate errors, mistakes are still made from time to time. Fortunately, when the patient is an active member of the team, or when an advocate is acting on the patient's behalf, the risk for error goes down significantly.
The purpose of this blog is to continue where the book Smart Patients, Safe Patients leaves off and to provide education in the hope that with the patient's or patient advocate's help, hospital errors will continue to decline.
This site is under construction, as is the book, and both the book and this site will be finished and available by the end of May at the very latest. Please add this site to your favorites, and come back and visit soon. In the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to drop me a note at parchuleta1@gmail.
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