Anatomy of medical errors : the patient in room 2 : a nurse's story of surviving preventable medical errors and discovering the truth /

A surgeon unknowingly damages the intestines of a nurse expecting only an overnight stay after surgery, beginning a chain of more tragic and preventable errors. The consequences result in the nurse spending several weeks on an ICU ventilator in a drug-induced coma, having four additional surgeries,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Crisp, Donna Helen, 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Indianapolis, IN : Sigma Theta Tau International, [2017]
Subjects:
Crisp, Donna Helen, > 1947- > Health.
Crisp, Donna Helen, > 1947-
Medical errors > United States.
Medical care > United States.
Medical personnel and patient > United States.
Medical economics > United States.
Hysterectomy.
Malpractice.
Nurses.
Women nurses.
Hysterectomy
Medical Errors
Intraoperative Complications
Malpractice
Nurses
Patient Harm
Liability, Legal
Erreurs médicales > États-Unis.
Relations personnel médical-patient > États-Unis.
Économie de la santé > États-Unis.
Hystérectomie.
Responsabilité professionnelle.
Infirmières.
malpractice.
nurses.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Holism
HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference
MEDICAL / Alternative Medicine
MEDICAL / Atlases
MEDICAL / Essays
MEDICAL / Family & General Practice
MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine
MEDICAL / Osteopathy
Women nurses
Health
Medical care
Medical economics
Medical errors
Medical personnel and patient
United States
Personal Narrative
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Provenance
  • Whose body is it?
  • The surgery
  • And so, things fall apart
  • Fighting to hold on
  • Locked inside myself
  • Returning from the voide
  • Awakening
  • Body as backdrop
  • Tolerating uncertainty
  • Homecoming
  • Life in a damaged body
  • Family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues
  • Truth
  • Living in fear
  • Facing death again
  • The power of suffering
  • The suffering of others
  • The person inside the patient
  • Verisimilitude
  • No one is safe when there is silence
  • Justice
  • A better future.

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