Limiting harm in health care [[electronic resource] ] : a nursing perspective / / edited by Frank Milligan, Kate Robinson

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, OX ; Malden, MA, USA, : Blackwell Pub., c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (298 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/73/068; 610
• Soggetto topico: Nursing errors - Prevention
• Altri autori: MilliganFrank RobinsonKate
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction, Aims and Mapping Health Care; Introduction; The aims of this book; Doctors and nurses; Seeing the limits of medicine - maps as knowledge; The map of western medicine; Mapping medical harm; Examples of harm; Expanding nursing roles in health care; The chapters; References; 2. Defining Medicine and the Nature of Iatrogenic Harm; Introduction; Western medicine - the world-view of a profession; The body and the 'gaze'; Discourse - talking medicine; The dominant discourse of western medicine; Iatrogenesis and iatrogenic harm ; Recent evidence on iatrogenic harmConclusion; References; 3. Being a Professional - A Defence Against Causing Harm?; Introduction; The professionalisation agenda; Being a profession; A changing climate of opinion; Options for the future; A new sort of profession?; Conclusion; References; 4. Harm Reduction in Context - The Scope of Nursing Practice; Introduction; Nursing in the contemporary health care context; The professional regulation of nursing; Accountability of nurses beyond professional regulation; The dynamic and expanding role of nursing; Conclusion; References ; 5. Expanding Nurse Prescribing and the Hidden Harm within Modern Drug TherapyIntroduction; Adverse drug reactions - what are they and can they be prevented?; Alternative and complementary therapies; Interactions between conventional drugs and herbal remedies; Compliance and concordance; Drug errors; Nurse prescribing; Drug calculations; Do nurses have the necessary knowledge?; Conclusion; References; 6. Shifts in the Care of Hyperactive Children; Introduction; Background; What is ADHD?; Labelling; If ADHD does exist, what current interventions are on offer?; Is intervention always needed? ; Other issuesConclusion; References; 7. The Medicalisation of Mental Health Practice - Lessons from the Care of Patients Who Deliberately Self-harm; Introduction; Suicide and deliberate self-harm; The medical model and the nurse; Failings of the medical model; Psychological care and mental health nursing; Inpatient psychiatric care: models and frames; The medical frame; Alternatives to the medical model; Inpatient care: the patient's perspective; Relationships and incidents of self-harm; New models: the role of the nurse researcher; Conclusion; References ; 8. Complaints as a Measure of Harm - Lessons from Community Health CouncilsIntroduction; Complaints and the NHS complaints procedure; The work of Community Health Councils in supporting complainants; Community Health Councils, primary care and the private sector; Supporting complainants; The nature of complaints; Disabling complainants; The NHS - moving towards a culture of openness?; Beyond complaints: specific Community Health Council initiatives; Expanding information technology; Limits and reform of Community Health Councils; Conclusion; References ; 9. Nurse Diagnosed Myocardial Infarction - Hidden Nurse Work and Iatrogenic Risk
• Sommario/riassunto: Limiting Harm in Health Care highlights the potential for unnecessary harm in health care practice. This harm is mostly unintentional, but it can result from many different aspects of medical treatment in a wide range of practice areas. Adverse events, events or omissions during clinical care resulting in physical or psychological injury, are increasingly being recognised as significant problems in health care. Following clarification of the nature and extent of medical harm in health care, separate chapters explore the potential for medical harm in diverse areas of practice. Topics
• Titolo autorizzato: Limiting harm in health care
• ISBN: 1-280-23743-0; 9786610237432; 0-470-70963-4; 0-470-77450-9; 1-4051-5098-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996213217303316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno