Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Care Setting

This is a revision of the previous American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement titled “Patient Safety in the Emergency Care Setting” and is the first joint policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the Emergency Nurses Association to address pediatric patient safety in the emergency care setting. Caring for children in the emergency setting can be prone to medical errors because of a number of environmental and human factors. The emergency department has frequent workflow interruptions, multiple care transitions, and barriers to effective communication.

Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - October 5, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Madeline M. Joseph, Prashant Mahajan, Sally K. Snow, Brandon C. Ku, Mohsen Saidinejad Tags: Policy Statement: Organizational Principles to Guide and Define the Child Health Care System and/or Improve the Health of all Children Source Type: research