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Dr. Mike Aldridge, RN
Apr 122 min read
What Does Your Syllabus Say About You as a Teacher?
Both of these statements about attendance came out of actual course syllabi: "Student attendance in this course is expected and is...
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Dr. Mike Aldridge, RN
Sep 25, 20233 min read
"I Wish My Professor Knew" - A Simple Question to Gain Insight About Our Students
Our students are dealing with challenges that we, as educators, often have little knowledge or understanding of. This simple question...
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Dr. Mike Aldridge, RN
Apr 3, 20224 min read
Why Criminalizing Nursing Errors is Bad for Patient Safety
Dr. Michael D. Aldridge, PhD, RN, CEN By now most have heard that Tennessee nurse Radonda Vaught was found guilty on March 25th of two...
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Dr. Mike Aldridge, RN
Oct 27, 20212 min read
Where Have All the Nurses Gone?
Photo Credit of Black Hole: By User:Alain r - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1150148 I was...
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Dr. Mike Aldridge, RN
Mar 31, 20203 min read
Calm in the Storm
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, I’m taking a detour from the usual patient safety topics I try to focus on in this blog. Nurses are...
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Dr. Mike Aldridge, RN
Nov 13, 20193 min read
Using Simulation Can Improve Patient Safety
Photo credit: BBC.com On August 15, 2019, a Ural Airlines Airbus A321 jet carrying 226 passengers and 7 crew took off from Moscow en...
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Dr. Mike Aldridge, RN
Sep 17, 20191 min read
Happy World Patient Safety Day!
Today is World Patient Safety Day! Haven't heard of this yet? It is new! Recognizing patient safety as a global health priority, 194...
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Dr. Mike Aldridge, RN
Jul 8, 20191 min read
How Can Human Factors Research Help Us Improve Patient Safety?
Let's assume that you learn that in your facility every unit has a slightly different design, and emergency call lights are in different...
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Dr. Mike Aldridge, RN
May 5, 20192 min read
Can Technology Improve Patient Safety?
What if there was technology that could: …tell a provider when a patient’s blood glucose dropped too low, triggering a phone call to the...
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Dr. Mike Aldridge, RN
Apr 23, 20191 min read
Nurses: The Key to Improving Patient Safety
It is no secret that hospitals can be dangerous places. The Institute of Medicine first made us aware of this issue nearly two decades...
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