Nurses are key to patient safety initiatives

The health industry  celebrates National Patient Safety Awareness Week the first week of March, and nurses play a key role in patient-safety initiatives. Nurses use tools such as checklists, electronic health records and bar code scanners to improve patient safety and also rely on their knowledge and daily patient surveillance to assess and care for patients before complications or errors arise.

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