The Silent Treatment
May 4, 20110 comments
Aligning practice with policy to improve patient care...
Recently, a highly accomplished orthopedic surgeon was scheduled to work on three consecutive cases with his OR team. The operating rooms were state of the art within the medical center’s newly constructed orthopedic hospital, which had not yet celebrated its first birthday. A system of time outs including use of the World Health Organization (WHO) surgical checklist had been in place at the medical center for almost three years now, with multiple checklists for patient identification, pre-op procedures and instrumentation.
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About the Author
Kathleen Bartholomew
Kathleen Bartholomew, RN, MN, has been called the most important new voice in American Nursing. With breakthrough professional books such as SPEAK YOUR TRUTH and ENDING NURSE-TO-NURSE HOSTILITY. We are proud to partner with Kathleen and represent her keynote presentations in Canada.