Measuring Patient Safety

by Robin Purdy Newhouse and Stephanie S. Poe

Book Overview

Measuring Patient Safety prepares nurses for participating in and leading multidisciplinary safety initiatives. Improving patient safety requires nurses to assume leadership roles in measuring and improving the structures, processes, and patient outcomes in the clinical setting. This text enables them to impact patient safety with knowledge and confidence by providing a context for safety as a priority and the means for quantifying the scope of the patient safety problem.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763728411
• ISBN13: 9780763728410
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.8"