NUR155 - Preventing Medical Errors: Florida (2.0 HR)
Health care personnel working in any setting will increase their understanding of and skills for eliminating medical errors.
Purpose: Health care personnel working in any setting will increase their understanding of and skills for eliminating medical errors. Objectives: 1. Define common types of medical errors, including adverse and sentinel events; 2. Recognize factors that increase the risk of error prone situations; 3. Identify the safety needs of patients and the processes to meet them; 4. Describe error reduction, prevention measures, and systems process to improve outcomes, including root cause analysis; 5. Describe key concepts for proper medical documentation and communication; 6. Discuss professional and legal responsibilities for reporting medical errors and sentinel events. Continuing Education Credits: 2.0 contact hours Iowa BON #335; 2.0 contact hours CA Board of Nursing CEP 14033; 2.0 contact hours CE Broker # 50-4572 Florida and District of Columbia; 0 contact hours for Social Work State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. License No. 159.001315; 0 contact hours for Physical Therapy State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. License No. 216.000284; 0 contact hours for Occupational Therapy State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. License No. 224.000164; 2.0 CE hours for long term care department heads; and other health care disciplines.