Loved the discussions on high reliability. Healthcare can learn a lot of lessons from the US Navy as Dave Mayer pointed out. If you want to see our Navy in action, you only need to go to Facebook. Each vessel has a Facebook page that they post how they do some of their operations. Below is a link to the carrier USS John Stennis. They also share their thoughts on leadership as well. We don’t have to go to far on seeing how to do things safer! Sometimes the answers are in our own backyard.
https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?v=10152313797947334&set=vb.110454772346710&type=2&theater
By Linda Hunter, RN, PhD Student
I continue to learn from and be impressed with my health professional peers and feel like we are starting to get closer to the top of the patient safety mountain and picking up speed as we move “up and over”. I am thrilled to see the interaction and reflection amongst the multi-disciplinary group we have.
When Rose mentioned that Lewis was with us and watching – it reminded me of when my sister passed away due to a medical error involving morphine. She was 24 yo and legally blind due to juvenile diabetes but was vibrant, intelligent and fun! She died while I was working in Saudi Arabia and when I was coming home on the plane (crying the whole way) I looked out and saw her walking on the clouds and smiling at me. We can never forget the loved ones we have… Continue reading