Please watch the following video, Transparency, Compassion, and Truth in Medical Errors: Leilani Schweitzer at TEDxUniversityofNevada,Links to an external site. and address the following prompt:

As you look back over your career as a nurse or even as a nursing student, can you think of a time when you were either involved in or aware of an adverse medical error with a patient that compromised patient safety? What did you learn from this experience? What did the organization learn from this experience?

SOLUTION

As I look back over my career, one event is apparent and very fresh. This event could have cost me my nursing license, so I will use it for this discussion. Two years ago, I was the supervisor on duty. We had two orders for blood transfusion for two separate patients. I decided to help one of the nurses who was having difficulty collecting the type and screen specimen. When I came back to the nursing station, I was informed that the other nurse too was having difficulty, so I went and assisted with that one too the preceded to the nursing station to label the blood …..Please click the icon below to access entire solution at $5