Category: Patient Safety

Should Staffing Improve?

By Gayle Porter
October 27, 2023

It was a big moment. For the first time in my nursing career, I was wearing slacks, a sweater, and professional shoes instead of scrubs and sneakers. I missed

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Can Error Reports Help Our Patients?

By Gayle Porter
September 29, 2023

Robust error reporting has done wonders for the health industry. We no longer need to guess when a problem could occur. Most clinical staff carry a mental list of

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“Help, I Need a Bureaucrat!” A Healthcare Comedy.

By Gayle Porter
August 29, 2023

“Oh my, are you bleeding?” The nurse stood with her hands on her hips, assessing the situation. “Well, yes. I think so,” the patient replied. “I tried pressing the

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Misinformation: “Healthcare, We Have a Problem”

By Gayle Porter
August 17, 2023

One of the first moments I knew that my husband was “the one” was during a game of Balderdash. In this game, an unfamiliar word is read aloud, and

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What Burnout Isn’t

By Gayle Porter
August 1, 2023

We often talk about burnout like it’s something that can be cured with a little self-care. Take a day off, get a massage, listen to nature sounds during your

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It’s Time to Retire the Lunch & Learn

By Gayle Porter
July 17, 2023

Have you ever noticed that the persistent problems affecting our patients today are the self-same problems that we were facing 20 years ago? Back in 1999, To Err is

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