Patient safety outcomes with bedside reporting
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"This EBP project was started in response to patient safety events reported that could have been prevented had nursing staff completed change of shift hand off at the patient's bedside. A few commonly found events included lack of a patient ID or allergy bands, IV medications not properly infusing, and bed alarms not engaged. Inquiry, Purpose Problem: Patient safety errors found after hand off completed not at the patient bedside. Inquiry: Do Progressive Care inpatient populations see a decrease in safety patient errors with bedside handoff versus handoff completed at the nurse's station away from the patient? Purpose: Decrease PSN reports with implementation of increased beside nursing handoff"--Introduction.