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Orthopaedic Snafus: When Adverse Events Happen in Orthopaedics
Mary Atkinson Smith1, Colleen Walsh, Barbara Levin
1Mary Atkinson Smith, DNP, FNP-BC, ONP-C, CNOR, RNFA, Nurse Practitioner, Starkville Orthopedic Clinic, Starkville, Mississippi; Assistant Program Director/Assistant Professor at South University, Savannah, Georgia; and Founder, Nurses Lead (mary@nurseslead.com). Colleen Walsh, DNP, RN, ONC, ONP-C, CNS, ACNP-BC, Contract Clinical Assistant Professor, Graduate Nursing, University of Southern Indiana, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Evansville, Indiana. Barbara Levin, BSN, RN, ONC, CMSRN, LNCC, Clinical Scholar, Orthopaedic Trauma Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital and Vice Chair-Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing. Kathyrn Eaten, BSN, RN, CCM, Program Administrator, Orthopedic Center of Excellence, Good Samaritan TriHealth Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. Melissa Yager, MS, RN, CNS, ONC, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Sharp Memorial Hospital, and Associate Faculty at Mira Costa College.
Abstract:
The potential for adverse events exists when treating and managing orthopaedic patients in the intraoperative or postoperative environments, especially when it comes to falls, surgical site infections, venous thromboembolism, and injuries to nerves and blood vessels. Orthopaedic nurses play a vital role in the promotion and use of evidence-based interventions to decrease the incidence of these adverse events, improve quality of care, and minimize the financial burden related to these adverse events.