Practicing Patient Safety in Psychiatry

Practicing Patient Safety in Psychiatry is an expertly written, ready-to-use practical book on patient safety that focuses on how to carefully (and courteously) treat patients in psychiatric care settings. Focusing on issues of clinical leadership, strategic planning, and how to prevent lapses, oversights and errors, Practicing Patient Safety in Psychiatry is designed for easy reading and reference. Building upon case-based questions and guidance, Dr. Geetha Jayaram and her team of contributors provide extensive clinical experience to highlight patient care aspects that are most problematic for practicing clinicians and nurses who wish to improve upon the culture of safety in their respective units of service.

Autorentext

Dr. Geetha Jayaram has been the Physician Advisor for the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital for 21 years, and the Chair of the International Patient Safety committee for the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Jayaram is an outstanding clinician who has taught patient safety to residents and faculty for two decades. She is a pioneer in the field of psychiatric patient safety, and has been invited to teach safety both nationally and internationally for many years.

Zusammenfassung
Practicing Patient Safety in Psychiatry is an expertly written, ready-to-use practical book on patient safety that focuses on how to carefully (and courteously) treat patients in psychiatric care settings. Focusing on issues of clinical leadership, strategic planning, and how to prevent lapses, oversights and errors, Practicing Patient Safety in Psychiatry is designed for easy reading and reference. Building upon case-based questions and guidance, Dr. Geetha Jayaram and her team of contributors provide extensive clinical experience to highlight patient care aspects that are most problematic for practicing clinicians and nurses who wish to improve upon the culture of safety in their respective units of service.

Inhalt

Foreword - Joel Yager Chapter 1 - Introduction to Patient Safety - Geetha Jayaram Chapter 2 - The Physician Advisor's Role in Contemporary Psychiatry - Geetha Jayaram Chapter 3 - Hand-offs in Psychiatry - Geetha Jayaram Chapter 4 - Suicide Risk Management and Prevention - Geetha Jayaram Chapter 5 - Medication Errors in Psychiatry: An Examination of Error Proneness of Psychotropic Medications - Geetha Jayaram and Brian Pinto Chapter 6 - Safety Considerations for Electroconvulsive Therapy - Irving Reti, Melinda Walker, Kathy Pulia, Geetha Jayaram, and Frank Mondimore Chapter 7 - Psychiatric Problems in Patients in the General Hospital - O. Joseph Bienvenu and Geetha Jayaram Chapter 8 - Avoiding Restraints and Seclusion Use - Geetha Jayaram Chapter 9 - Root Cause Analysis - Geetha Jayaram Chapter 10 - Planning for Preventing Elopements - Geetha Jayaram Chapter 11 - Miscellaneous Problems in Patient Safety - Geetha Jayaram