Medical Error Prevention (2 Hours)
Objectives
- Identify medical errors common in a comprehensive integrated system of care including pain management
- Discuss how pain influences the comprehensive treatment process
- Identify causes of errors
- Describe effects of medical errors on the wellbeing of the patient and family
- Identify common documentation and communication errors in multidisciplinary teams
- Offer a definition of "medical error" as described by the institute of medicine
- Identify the factors that must be included in a credible root cause analysis
- Identify major signs and symptoms of a medical emergency
- List pharmacological components of pain management
- Describe other interventions designed to prevent harm and to protect patient safety commonly utilized by therapists
$6.00 for 90 days