Week 2 Discussion - Safety is recognized as minimizing risk

WEEK2

Safety is recognized as minimizing risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance. Please review the QSEN competencies related to Informatics (http://qsen.org/competencies/pre-licensure-ksas/#informaticsLinks to an external site.) and Safety (http://qsen.org/competencies/pre-licensure-ksas/#safetyLinks to an external site.). For this discussion, please respond to each of the following prompts:

1. Describe a safety-enhancing technology that you use in your practice. Provide a full description that helps the reader understand its use and features.
2. In your experience, has the technology described help reduce the intended safety risk for which it was intended? Strengthen your discussion by fully describing why or why not?