1. Medication ordering policy not followed (handwriting illegible, cannot identify ordering MD, etc.) |
2. The medicaton administration record is not always reconciled with the most recent orders |
3. Active interventions not maintained on the electronic medical record |
4. Need to improve discharge education for patients on anticoagulants |
5. House officers need better supervision when conducting procedures and nurses need a way to identify house officer training level and which procedures are appropriate for that level. |
6. Difficulties in caring for medical patients with significant psychiatric problems |
7. Management of overweight patients (inadequate equipment, difficulty turning, transporting) |
8. Problems with TPN orders in neonatal intensive care |
9. Inconsistent application of the falls prevention program |
10. Difficulties in transitioning patients from Emergency Department to intensive care units (timing of transfer, use of different intravenous drug concentrations) |
11. Improper use of oxygen tanks when patients transported |
12. Beds not well maintained (wheel locks malfunction, frayed electrical cords) |