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Chapter 1: The need for a paradigm shift in healthcare quality and safety thinking

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This item record pertains to an excerpt from High Reliability Organizations, Second Edition, which is provided free of charge by the publisher.

About this book: High Reliability Organizations: A Healthcare Handbook for Patient Safety & Quality, Second Edition, equips nurses and healthcare professionals with the tools necessary to establish an error detection and prevention system. This new edition builds on the foundation of the first book with best practices, relevant exemplars, and important discussions about cultural aspects essential to sustainability.

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This item record contains the following file attachments: Chapter 1; the Instructor's Guide; and the Student Workbook

Author Details

Cynthia Oster, PhD, MBA, APRN, ACNS-BC, ANP, is a Patient Safety Nurse Scientist at Emory Healthcare and an adjunct Assistant Professor at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University. With 40 years of experience, she has held research, clinical, educational, and administrative positions throughout her career. Jane Braaten, PhD, APRN, CNS, ANP, CPPS, is a Patient Safety Manager and Nurse Scientist at Centura Health. She has held positions within Centura Health as Director of Cardiology Services, Cardiac and Intensive Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cardiac Nurse Practitioner, and Manager/Charge RN/Staff RN of intensive care and telemetry units.

Sigma Membership

Alpha Kappa at-Large

Type

Book Chapter

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Expert Opinion (nationally/internationally recognized)

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

High Reliability, Patient Safety, Quality of Care, Just Culture, Root Cause Analysis, Interprofessional Collaboration, Zero Harm, Organizational Resilience

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License
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Publisher

Sigma Theta Tau International

Version

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Review Type

None: Professionally Edited Material

Acquisition

Publisher-submission

Date of Issue

2020

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