Leaders and the Leadership Process or Measuring Patient Safety

Leaders and the Leadership Process: Readings,Self-Assessments,and Applications

Author: Jon L Pierc

Leaders and Leadership is a collection of readings on leadership intended to give students a feel for the breadth and richness of this study. The set of readings aims to provide students with a sense of the complexity associated with organizational leadership as well as an understanding of the pieces that serve to define leadership. The text encourages students to engage in dialogue and to think critically about the leaders and the leadership process.

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Measuring Patient Safety

Author: Robin Purdy Newhous

The vital nature of improving patient safety requires nurses to assume leadership roles in measuring and improving the structures, processes, and patient outcomes in the clinical setting. This book will enable them to impact patient safety with knowledge and confidence.

Table of Contents:

1	Patient safety as a measure of healthcare quality	1
2	Using performance improvement to support patient safety	13
3	Moving forward : planning a safety project	27
4	Rapid cycle safety improvement	39
5	The metrics of measuring patient safety	51
6	Dissemination of findings	67
7	Safer care for patients on mechanical ventilation	79
8	Medication reconciliation in the ICU	89
9	Chemotherapy safety	95
10	Preventing patient aggression : assessment and reporting as first steps	107
11	Resources for conducting a safety project	121
App	The Johns Hopkins hospital performance improvement workbook	137