ANCC Approved- Medical Error Prevention

At the end of this course, the learner will be able to:

• Discuss the incidence of medical errors in healthcare
• Identify common medical errors
• Review strategies to prevent medical errors
• Review The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals
• Define Root Cause Analysis
• Define Sentinel Event
• Define a Near Miss Event
• Define a Never Event
• Define Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)
• Verbalize the Do’s and Don’ts of medical record documentation as it relates to medical error prevention
• Identify high-risk populations at risk for medical error
• Discuss elements necessary to create a “culture of safety” within an organization
• Verbalize what is meant by “avoiding a culture of blame”
• Describe various initiatives of the patient safety movement in healthcare