Category: Patient Safety

Safety Culture & Virtue 9: Mentors

By Gayle Porter
August 8, 2025

We have a lot of rules to live by – things that were learned the hard way by some and are now obvious to the modestly observant. Everything from basic

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Safety Culture & Virtue 9: Managers on the Frontline

By Gayle Porter
July 25, 2025

How does the administrative wing respond to scrutiny? We are wired to have a fight or flight response, but surely there is a better way for managers to handle

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Safety Culture & Virtue 8: Celebrate Retirement

By Gayle Porter
July 11, 2025

When I interviewed, I didn’t ask how retirement was celebrated – but in the years to come I would witness a variety of approaches to the topic. Some included

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Safety Culture & Virtue 6: Lunch Breaks

By Gayle Porter
June 6, 2025

How much do you trust your coworkers to watch your patients during lunch? During a lunch break, bedside staff are able to realize if something is troubling them and provides

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Safety Culture & Virtue 5: Tidying Up

By Gayle Porter
May 23, 2025

In the 80s, Van Halen added a clause to their tour rider to exclude all brown M&Ms from their dressing room, and every music group since then has included

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Safety Culture & Virtue 4: Security

By Gayle Porter
May 9, 2025

Nurses are on the frontline of violence. And patients, already vulnerable from disease and disability, are at particular risk to the volatile environment of a healthcare organization. The current

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