Patient Safety

The world's leading safety experts share practical day-to-day solutions that combine the latest tools and technologies in healthcare today with the best safety practices from high-risk yet high-reliability industries, such as aviation, nuclear power, and the United States military. Using these field-tested methods, you can develop new leadership initiatives, educate workers on the universal skills that can save lives, organize and train safety action teams, implement reliability management systems, and create long-term, transformational change.

THE MIDAS TOUCH PROTOCOL What is the real price of efficiency? Devon Moore is a rising star in hospital administration, celebrated for his unwavering commitment to operational excellence. But as he streamlines Northwood General from the boardroom to the server rooms, cracks begin to form beneath the surface of his “optimization”—and the consequences become tragically real. Devon's data-driven vision improves the numbers, winning bonuses, headlines, and the coveted attention of a prestigious national fellowship. Yet for frontline clinicians and patients, the pressure of relentless ...

Conquer the CPHQ Exam: Study Guide for the Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality Exam is your ultimate resource for mastering the CPHQ certification. This comprehensive guide covers all essential topics, including organizational leadership, health data analytics, performance and process improvement, and patient safety. Each chapter provides in-depth explanations, practical examples, and effective strategies designed to boost your understanding and confidence. Designed for both beginners and experienced professionals, this guide is tailored to meet your specific needs. It offers a ...

What if the most dangerous patients are the ones who don’t look sick? In emergency medicine, nursing, and prehospital care, decisions are often made in seconds, under pressure, with incomplete information. Experience sharpens instinct, but it also creates shortcuts. Familiar stories feel safe. Certain patients feel predictable. And sometimes, that certainty arrives too early. The Patient Who Didn’t Look Sick explores how clinical judgment is shaped long before tests are ordered or diagnoses are made. This book examines cognitive bias, premature closure, labeling, authority influence, ...

Still Not Safe is the story of the rise of the patient - safety movement - and how an "epidemic" of medical errors was derived from a reality that didn't support such a characterization. Physician Robert Wears and organizational theorist Kathleen Sutcliffe trace the origins of patient safety to the emergence of market trends that challenged the place of doctors in the larger medical ecosystem.

Achieve your CPHQ credential faster with this concise, exam-focused review. Conquer the CPHQ Exam in Under 90 Minutes delivers a targeted overview of the most critical concepts in healthcare quality improvement, patient safety, regulatory compliance, and performance measurement. Tailored for busy healthcare professionals, this guide highlights key principles, essential definitions, and proven test-taking strategies—all in a format designed for quick study. Get the clarity and confidence you need to pass the first time and advance your career in healthcare quality. This book is ...

Conquer the NCLEX-RN Exam is a comprehensive, focused study guide designed to support deep understanding of core nursing concepts across patient care, safety, clinical judgment, and professional practice. This guide presents essential material in a clear, structured format that emphasizes reasoning, observation, and real-world nursing decision making. Each chapter addresses a distinct clinical domain, including medical-surgical nursing, pharmacologic effects, fluid and electrolyte balance, cardiovascular and respiratory care, neurologic and endocrine conditions, infection prevention, mental...

Passing the Certified Cardiographic Technician (CCT) exam is a crucial step in advancing a career in cardiac monitoring and electrocardiography. Conquer the CCI CCT Exam is a concise yet comprehensive study guide designed to reinforce core cardiographic concepts while providing practical test-taking strategies. This guide covers all major exam topics, including cardiac anatomy and physiology, ECG interpretation, arrhythmia recognition, stress testing, Holter monitoring, and pacemaker fundamentals. Readers will gain a solid understanding of electrocardiography principles, lead placement, and...

When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week there's either something wrong with your world or something wrong with your skills... and there's nothing wrong with Joe Ledger's skills. And that's both a good, and a bad thing. It's good because he's a Baltimore detective that has just...

Consumers and Patients are exposed to risks when taking substandard or counterfeit drugs. Every day, an army of dedicated individuals works tirelessly to protect patients. For every measure implemented to protect patients, another army is working just as hard trying to nullify these efforts so they can sell substandard and counterfeit drugs to unsuspecting consumers and patients. This book is designed to provide consumer awareness of the threats and a roadmap for young professionals to develop into influential quality professionals.

Conquer the LPN Entrance Exams: Your Guide to Entrance Exams for Practical Nursing Programs is a concise overview designed to supplement more comprehensive study materials. This guide focuses on the core principles essential for success on practical nursing school admission tests, helping readers quickly identify areas needing further review. It offers a streamlined review of key topics such as anatomy and physiology, health assessment, medical terminology, pharmacology basics, microbiology, nutrition, and infection control. Readers will also strengthen foundational math skills, critical ...

This book is an urgent call to action centering on the author's thirty-five-year mission to raise awareness of the 250,000 lives that are lost each year to preventable medical harm and the harm faced by healthcare professionals in the form of workplace violence, depression, and burnout resulting in suicide rates higher than almost every other industry. The book's narrative-driven timeline follows the author's 2,452-mile walk to thirty-seven Major League Ballparks using his love of baseball as a way to garner media attention for his mission and indulge in the welcome relief of baseball ...

Ace the Certified Nursing Assistant Exam with confidence in just weeks, even if you've been out of school for years! Are you struggling to find a study guide that's truly comprehensive and easy to understand? Have you tried other materials only to find them lacking or out-of-date? Do you wish for a resource that can offer both thorough knowledge and practical strategies to reduce test anxiety? If any of these resonate with you, then you're in the right place. CNA Ultimate Study Guide 2025 - 2026 is meticulously crafted to ensure your success in passing the CNA exam and stepping confidently ...

Becoming a Certified Hemodialysis Technician (CHT) requires mastering critical dialysis concepts and passing the BONENT CHT exam. Conquer the BONENT CHT Exam: Your Concise Guide to Becoming a Certified Hemodialysis Technician (CHT) with the Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing Technology (BONENT) is a focused study guide designed to help candidates efficiently prepare for exam success. This guide covers all essential exam topics, including kidney function, dialysis principles, vascular access management, and dialysis equipment operation. Readers will learn how to handle infection control, ...

Prepare thoroughly for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination with this comprehensive study guide designed for clarity and efficiency. The guide covers essential concepts including medications, therapeutic classes, and dosage forms, providing a solid foundation for pharmacy practice. Understand federal regulations, licensing requirements, and documentation standards to maintain compliance and ensure safe, effective patient care. Core areas such as controlled substances, hazardous drug handling, and immunization management are explained in detail for practical understanding. ...

Applied improvisors have critical knowledge and skills that are needed in healthcare. Many want to help make our hospitals, doctor’s offices, and clinics safer and more compassionate. AND, the medical/nursing world desperately needs the ‘soft’ skills that applied improv can help us with. In order to most effectively apply improv in healthcare settings, it is important to understand common cultures and human dynamics that persist in the USA and other countries. This special edition will help improvisors be more effective in healthcare as they learn: - How ‘soft’ skills impact ...

What if a paper cut could kill you? For nearly a century, we've been protected by a miracle. But the miracle is failing. From the pristine fortress of America's most advanced hospital, to the front lines of the war in Iraq; from the chrome and glass of a state-of-the-art procedure room, to the churning guts of a pig on a factory farm in China—a new kind of plague is silently spreading across the globe. Medical Mysteries: Super Bugs chronicles the rise of drug-resistant pathogens through a series of gripping, true-life detective stories. Follow the epidemiologists, doctors, and scientists ...

Conquer the CNML Exam: Your Concise Guide to the Certified Nurse Manager and Leader Credential provides a focused overview of essential nurse leadership topics for professionals preparing to take the CNML exam. This book is designed as a supplemental study aid, offering a high-level summary of the core domains without attempting to cover every exam detail. Readers will gain insight into leadership principles, human resource practices, quality improvement strategies, budget management, staff development, and emergency preparedness—all in a format that emphasizes clarity and relevance to ...

Imagine a world where heart failure could be significantly slowed down, or even reversed, without invasive surgery or heavy medications. “The Potential of Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMFs) for Slowing or Reversing Heart Failure” introduces a groundbreaking approach to cardiac health, leveraging the power of electromagnetic therapy—a solution that might just redefine everything we know about treating heart conditions. Have you ever wondered if the future of heart disease treatment could lie in the very energy fields that surround us? What if the key to revitalizing a failing heart ...

Conquer the Nurse Executive Exam (NE-BC): Your Guide to ANCC Certification in Nurse Leadership and Administration provides a focused, high-level overview of essential leadership topics for nurses preparing for the NE-BC exam. This guide is not intended to be a comprehensive textbook. Instead, it is designed to supplement more detailed study materials by helping readers concentrate on the foundational principles, leadership domains, and real-world applications most relevant to nurse executive practice. The book includes accessible explanations of core content areas such as strategic planning...