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There is no such thing as a crystal ball that will tell you which employees will be with you after a year, but there are ways a manager can tell if an employee is likely to stay with you, says Patricia Jump, RN, president of Acorns End Training and Consulting in Stewartsville, MN.
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Staff members frequently do the right thing in the course of patient care, but fail to document the quality of care that was rendered to patients. Then, when care is questioned, practitioners are in a much more vulnerable position than they would have been in if the treatment was properly documented.
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Providers gear up for new HIPAA regulations; JCAHO revises areas for random surveys in 2004; Free HIV information available for patients
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Reports of a surgeon inserting a screwdriver in a patients spine and another whose license was revoked after his state board for professional medical conduct said his continued practice would put patients in imminent danger have made outpatient surgery managers sit up and pay new attention to credentialing.
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Now is a good time to do a reality check and refocus on the priorities in your surgical department.
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The culture of safety that is promoted throughout the same-day surgery program as well as other departments at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, VA, is most evident in the monthly environment-of-care rounds.
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The 2004 Patient Safety Goals of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations include all of the 2003 goals along with a new goal that focuses on the reduction of the risk of health care-acquired infections.
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At Centre Community Surgical Center in State College, PA, physicians used to submit 10-15 requests for capital purchases each year.
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When you think about patient safety, the first things that come to mind are usually clinical issues such as identification of correct surgical sites, verification of medication allergies, and proper use of electrosurgical equipment.
