AVOIDING MALPRACTICE SERIES (4 Programs) DVD
This four part series uses scenarios and case studies to present an in-depth look at how deviations in standards of nursing care for hospitalized patients can lead to tragic results for not only patients and their families but also to healthcare professionals. Throughout the scenarios, red flags indicate the nurse's breach of duty. At the end, those breachs are summarized and recommendations for change are offered.
INTRODUCTION
Discusses the incidence and prevalence of malpractice in the United States. Describes each of the elements of malpractice and how nurses can avoid the common pitfalls associated with them. Legal nurse consultant Tracey Albee is interviewed to provide practical and forensic information. 16 minutes
CASE OF THE GREEN DRAINAGE
A dramatization of a man who enters the hospital for a simple laproscopic cholecystectomy and develops signs and symptoms of peritonitis which are ignored by the staff until it is too late. 22 minutes
CASE OF THE PELVIC FRACTURE
A school -age girl is injured during a horseback riding lesson. Tragedy ensues as staff doesn't recognize that her condition deteriorates from mild shock to cardiopulmonary failure.
CASE OF THE ELDERLY FALL
An active, independent woman is admitted for a near-syncopal episode. While there, she twice falls from her bed, breaks her hip, and has a stroke. The fact that she is never cared for by the same nurse during seven days on three inpatient units leads to tragic results.
22 minutes
*Closed Captioned
*Instructor's Guides available
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