Front Line of Defense: The Role of Nurses in Preventing Sentinel Events. Third Edition. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Front Line of Defense: The Role of Nurses in Preventing Sentinel Events. Third Edition. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Book/Report
 
• Published January 2019

Front Line of Defense: The Role of Nurses in Preventing Sentinel Events. Third Edition.

Joint Commission and the American Nurses Association. Oakbrook, IL: Joint Commission Resources, Inc; 2018. ISBN: 9781635850611.

Nurses have an important role in ensuring patient safety on the front line. This book provides strategies for nurses to identify and help prevent sentinel events, with each chapter discussing prevention of a specific type of event.

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