This discussion is based on a story of an 18-month old named Josie King that lost her life because of a medical error. Josie's mother used the settlement money to create the Josie King Foundation to help reduce the mortality rate by encouraging hospitals to adopt patient-safety programs.
Instructions:
- Read the Josie's Story Teaches Hospitals How to Become SaferLinks to an external site (https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/clinical-care/josies-story-teaches-hospitals-how-become-safer)
- Read the following safety techniques for patients:
- For Caregivers Links to an external site. (https://josieking.org/resource-center/#for-caregivers)
- Patient Safety Links to an external site. (https://josieking.org/from-the-experts/#patient-safety)
- Watch the Josie King StoryLinks to an external site. video.
- (https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=JeVcXhvPvbU&feature=youtu.be)
- Write your feelings about Josie and the culture of hiding mistakes and the approximately 98,000 persons that die each year in America because of medical errors.
- Answer the questions as thoroughly and concisely as possible.
- Be sure to reference any works that you utilize in answering the questions (Be sure that references are in APA format).