Nursing experts at a recent meeting discussed the many work complexities that nurses face -- which can be exacerbated by communication failures, poor facility design and complicated policies -- and said the necessary cognitive task management can lead to cognitive overload. Nurse executives should adopt initiatives to regulate distractions and interruptions and create visual warnings, among other ideas, to help nurses handle cognitive tasks and minimize errors, experts said. HealthLeaders Media (4/19) What would accomplish this? New layouts with less congestion, re-designing all hospital floors? This is a curious suggestion for today's economy, these sound like costly changes.
After years of encouraging increasing patient and family interaction, how do initiate new limits? Because honestly it is families and patients that are more often one of the greatest distractions.
Oh and let's not forget the physicians..How many times have you been chased down by a doctor into one patient's room to discuss another patient? Or have them push you to complete a task that is often not an emergency while you may be shoulder deep in a real emergency.
These are some of the biggest causes of medication errors. How does this get changed especially with less experienced and newer nurses, who often fluster easier?
Where oh where is the ultimate nursing bubble?
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