How safe are your patients from medication errors, falls, and other health-care-related hazards? Does your facility adhere to current patient-safety standards? Are you and other staff members well informed about safety issues?
With this survey, we hope to answer these and other questions about patient safety. We'll publish an analysis of the results in an upcoming issue.
Please take a few moments to complete this survey. Take it online at http://www.nursingcenter.com/surveys-it's fast, easy, and free. Or, photocopy and fax these pages to 215-367-2155, or mail them to Nursing2005 Patient-Safety Survey, 323 Norristown Rd., Suite 200, Ambler, PA 19002. Deadline for responses: October 31, 2005.
All questions pertain to your primary work setting. Share this survey with your colleagues and encourage them to reply.
Martin Manno is a clinical nurse specialist at the University of Pennsylvania Health System/Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pa. Patricia Hogan, Valerie Heberlein, and Josephine Nyakiti are staff nurses in the thoracic surgery/heart failure intermediate care unit at the University of Pennsylvania Health System/Presbyterian Medical Center.