Creating a Safe Work Environment, a Plan for Success

Abstract

The nurse manager looks out from the nursing station at the four patient rooms. Through each of the open curtains, she can see the advanced technology attached to each patient. She watches, as the new graduate nurse, who recently completed her orientation, rises from her seat to receive her patient who is returning from a special procedure. As she assists transport in bringing the patient into his room, her peers remain at the nurses' station. It is almost 30 minutes later when she is done attaching monitors, straightening lines, and assessing her patient. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.