Patient Safety – Nurses Advocates

A Book Review: The Patient Checklist: 10 Simple Hospital Checklists to Keep you Safe, Sane and Organized

by Anne Llewellyn | May 2, 2022 | Consumer Focus | 3 comments

I recently attended a conference titled the International Conference on Patient Advocacy. The meeting brought together advocates from around the world to learn, network, and celebrate their work in patient advocacy. One of the attendees, Elizabeth Bailey, brought a...

To Err IS Human

by Anne Llewellyn | Mar 16, 2019 | Consumer Focus, Personal Focus, Professional Focus | 5 comments

We have all heard the quote, “To err is human, to forgive divine.” It was first talked about in an Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope in 1711. The term, To Err, Is Human, surfaced again in November 1999 when the U.S. Institute of Medicine wrote the report...