Posted: April 1st, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdpLWML_tDU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdpLWML_tDU

This assignment is divided in two parts:

First (1  ½ pages), answer the following questions:
1. How has high reliability organizations safety culture affected healthcare?
2. Discuss the challenges associated with creating a national network of patient safety databases?
3. PDF article (attached). Analyze your practice setting (I’m an ICU nurse).  What are your thoughts about nurses being at the sharp end?

Second (1/2 page), watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdpLWML_tDU  and answer:
The purpose of the emergency broadcast system (EBS -1976-1996) was to establish the President of the U.S with an expedient method to communicate with the American public. It was replaced with the Emergency Alert System (EAS) currently in use today
1. How could the EBS be utilized in healthcare to improve communication and safety?
2. Would there be barriers to the effectiveness of EAS in healthcare today? Explain.