Medical Errors and Adverse Events: Prevention and Reduction

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Medical Errors and Adverse Events: Prevention and Reduction
$42.00
5.0 (1920 reviews)
  • Continuing education credit hours 7.00
  • Mobile-Friendly, Self-Paced Format
  • Nationally-Accredited, Regulatory-Approved
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Course Objectives

Learntastic Define medical errors and associated terminology.


Learntastic Discuss the scope of medical errors in the U.S. healthcare environment.


Learntastic Describe the causes of medical errors.


Learntastic Review the most common medical errors and strategies to prevent them.


Learntastic Summarize the elements of effective clinical communication and documentation.


Learntastic Identify populations with special vulnerability to medical errors.


Learntastic Describe various initiatives of the patient safety movement in healthcare.


Learntastic Discuss healthcare accrediting agency standards and goals as they relate to preventing medical errors.


Learntastic Outline institutional strategies to identify and reduce the risk of medical errors.


Course Description

7-contact-hour comprehensive overview on the prevention and reduction of medical errors and adverse events. This continuing education course defines the scope of the problem and includes many types of medical errors, including surgical, diagnostic, medication, devices and equipment, systems failures, healthcare-associated infections, and falls. Explore why medical errors are underreported and learn new strategies for how to decrease medical errors, optimize communication, and increase patient safety and quality of care.

Regulations/Board Approvals

Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #12300.

Medical Errors and Adverse Events: Prevention and Reduction
$42.00
5.0 (1920 reviews)
  • Continuing education credit hours 7.00
  • Mobile-Friendly, Self-Paced Format
  • Nationally-Accredited, Regulatory-Approved
Learntastic
98% Acceptance Rate
Contact us With Questions

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This course is provided in partnership with Wild Iris Medical
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The course helped me refresh my safety knowledge for the construction site. The content was easy to follow and the real life examples made it more relatable. I have not been in training for a while, so I appreciated how it was not too overwhelming. I feel more confident about handling workplace safety. I now know what to do in emergencies.
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Honestly, I was not expecting much, but the course surprised me. The explanations were clear. The step by step breakdown of safety procedures were exactly what I wanted. The content and information were great. They even had proper images and visual content
John Taylor
This training was well-structured and practical for anyone working in a pharmacy. I took a Pharmacist training program and it covered medication safety and also patient communication. The examples were too real and the quizzes helped me learn better. It even met my continuing education requirements, so this course is a great choice.
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