Tracking medical errors and near misses in the new graduate registered nurse

This article provides a narrative that describes the current state of medical errors and near misses in the general health care setting and for new graduate registered nurses specifically. It then proposes a “wild idea” to create a national database for the reporting of errors that would act as a call to action to change our current reporting system to one of transparency and shared information for the purpose of creating needed education in both academic and practice settings.
Source: Nursing Forum - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: CREATIVE CONTROVERSY Source Type: research