Encore Post: “Do No Harm” is Not Enough Anymore for Patient Safety
Susan E. Mazer, Ph.D
OCTOBER 28, 2016
Note: This is a popular post from 2014 that is still relevant to the critical issue of patient safety. Florence Nightingale was not only the Mother of Modern Nursing; she also was the Mother of Healthcare Design and Patient Safety. She demanded ongoing documentation of patient progress and invented the nurse call system. She actually saw all of this as nursing — taking responsibility for the sick and preventing unnecessary suffering and death.
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