Becker's Hospital Review

65 FINANCE CMO / CARE DELIVERY 10 qualities of a good nurse mentor By Mackenzie Bean V eteran nurses must take the time to support and mentor younger colleagues to help prevent turnover, according to a blog post from Daily Nurse. The publication cited 10 qualities good nurse mentors exhibit: 1. They act as role models, treating new nurses the way they would want to be treated. 2. They educate new nurses on company culture. 3. They help new nurses network with other healthcare profes- sionals. 4. They offer constructive criticism. 5. They help identify areas of growth for new nurses. 6. They give praise when it's deserved. 7. They share their own learning experiences and mistakes with new nurses. 8. They keep their promises. 9. They are trustworthy and make new nurses feel comfortable coming to them with dilemmas. 10. They are open to feedback from new nurses. "As a more experienced nurse, you can positively impact the ca- reers (and lives) of new nurses if you take them under your wing instead of cutting them down," Daily Nurse wrote. "Use one or more of these strategies to support and mentor new nurses and help them start their first jobs on the right foot." n Vanderbilt hit with $25.5M suit over wrong-site surgery By Mackenzie Bean A Tennessee woman filed a lawsuit against Nashville-based Vanderbilt University Medi- cal Center March 19, claiming surgeons oper- ated on her wrong kidney, reported The Tennessean. Carla Miller sought care at the hospital in November 2017. The suit claims surgeons implanted a 22-centi- meter stent in her right kidney instead of the left and ran it up the wrong side of her body. Ms. Miller's attorney, Afsoon Hagh, said the medical error damaged her urinary system and now requires her to receive dialysis for life. "For a wrong-site surgery to occur, there has to be a significant series of breakdowns and errors by mul- tiple healthcare providers," Ms. Hagh said in a state- ment to The Tennessean. "The fact that such a chain of missteps occurred here is very concerning." The lawsuit is seeking $25.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages. A Vanderbilt spokesperson told Becker's the hospital does not comment on pending litigation. Ms. Miller's lawsuit came nearly two months after a Vanderbilt nurse was indicted on a reckless homi- cide charge over a fatal medication error made in December 2017. n 10 top patient safety concerns for 2019, ranked by ECRI Institute By Mackenzie Bean U sing EHRs to communicate diagnoses and manage test results earned the No. 1 spot on ECRI Institute's list of the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2019. ECRI Institute compiled the list based on an analysis of more than 2.8 million patient safety events collected in the ECRI Institute PSO da- tabase since 2009, along with expert opinions from a panel of internal and external patient safety leaders. "e list does not necessarily represent the issues that occur most frequently or are most severe," ECRI Institute wrote. "Rather, this list identifies concerns that might be high prior- ities for other reasons, such as new risks, ex- isting concerns that are changing because of new technology or care delivery models, and persistent issues that need focused attention or pose new opportunities for intervention." ECRI Institute suggested healthcare providers use this list as a starting point for launching pa- tient safety discussions and setting priorities at their own facilities. Here are the 10 top patient safety issues for 2019, as listed by ECRI Institute: 1. Diagnostic stewardship and test result management using EHRs 2. Antimicrobial stewardship in physician practices and aging services 3. Burnout and its effect on patient safety 4. Patient safety concerns involving mobile health 5. Reducing discomfort with behavioral health 6. Identifying changes in a patient's condition 7. Developing and maintaining skills 8. Early sepsis recognition across the care continuum 9. Infections from peripherally inserted IV lines 10. Standardizing safety efforts across large health systems n

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