Impact of staffing shortage on patient safety sitters.

Patient safety sitters play a crucial role in observing patients at risk for self-harm or harm to others. This article explores the impact of staffing shortages on patient safety sitters, discussing a review of 163 patient safety events. The findings underscore the need for adequate staffing levels and propose solutions, including alternative measures like tele-sitters and increased family involvement, to mitigate the challenges posed by these shortages and improve overall patient safety and care quality.

Using a Learning System Approach to Improve Safety for Prone-Position Ventilation Patients.

Objectives: This study aimed to describe how a Patient Safety Organization, to which healthcare organizations submit patient safety event data for both protections and analysis, used a learning system approach to analyze and interpret trends in member data. The data analysis informed evidence-based practice recommendations for improvement of patient outcomes for patients receiving prone-position ventilation.

Methods: Patient safety analysts with critical care nursing backgrounds identified a need for increased support of Patient Safety Organization members who were proning patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.