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Human Factors for Healthcare
A Guide for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals
- 1st Edition - April 4, 2024
- Editors: Ally Ackbarally, Catie Paton
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 8 4 8 7 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 8 4 8 9 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 8 4 8 8 - 1
Human factors such as fatigue and poor communication can increase the risk of safety incidents. This new book is the first to address the specific needs in this area of nurses an… Read more
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Request a sales quoteHuman factors such as fatigue and poor communication can increase the risk of safety incidents. This new book is the first to address the specific needs in this area of nurses and allied health professionals, who make up the majority of the workforce.
The aim of the book is to support understanding of human factors and the role they play in quality and safety. It will help the reader identify risks, understand human error, and develop non-technical skills (social, cognitive and personal) that will support them in their practice across a range of clinical environments.
With contributions by leading experts in this emerging area, many of whom remain in practice, Human Factors for Healthcare is an ideal textbook for teaching and learning in both academic and clinical settings.
- Covers the basic concepts right through to the most up-to-date research on human factors, including:
- Patient safety
- Human error
- Human factors for non-medical practitioners
- Human Factors in urgent, unscheduled and emergency care
- Non-technical skills
- The role of communication
- Teamwork
- Leadership
- Situation Awareness and Decision Making
- Workplace culture
- Stress and fatigue
- Resilience
- Reflects the requirements of the 2018 NMC Standards of Proficiency for RNs and HCPC (2023) Standards of Proficiency for AHPs.
- Features experts in the field from a variety of settings
- Embraces a broad range of speciality areas ranging from wards to A&E and ITU
- Contains clinical scenarios, case studies, tips and questions to help the reader reflect and engage
Faculty members in nursing and allied health schools, nurse educators in hospitals and other healthcare settings
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1. Human Factors in Healthcare
- Introduction
- How Are Harm, Patient Safety and Human Factors Linked?
- Remember Your Patient in Patient Safety
- A Brief History of Human Factors
- What Are Human Factors?
- Defining Human Factors
- What are the Elements of Human Factors?
- Human Error
- Nontechnical Skills
- Exercises
- System Thinking
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2. Human Error
- Introduction
- What Are Errors in Human Factors and Who Is Responsible?
- Errors in Human Factors Which Led to Disasters
- CASE STUDY 2.1: Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, 1986
- What Pressures or Stresses Can Lead to Errors?
- Strategies to Avoid Error
- Personal
- Leadership
- Organisational
- What to Do When an Error Occurs
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Patient Safety
- Introduction
- Management of Patient Safety
- Learning from Adverse Events
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4. Human Factors in Urgent, Unscheduled and Emergency Care
- Introduction
- Teams
- Equipment Familiarity
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Nontechnical Skills
- Introduction
- Case Study
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1
- Chapter 6. Teamwork in Healthcare
- Introduction
- What Is a Team?
- Building a Team
- Team Formation
- Teamwork
- Team Communication
- Team Situation Awareness
- Team Development
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7. Communication in Relation to Patient Safety
- Introduction
- Section One
- Section Two
- Conclusion
- Chapter 8. Situational Awareness and Decision-Making
- Introduction
- What Is Situational Awareness?
- Consequences of Poor Situational Awareness
- Three Levels of Situational Awareness and How They Relate to Healthcare
- Situational Awareness and Its Relationship to Healthcare
- Development of Situational Awareness from Novice to Expert
- Team Versus Individual Situational Awareness
- What Is the Relevance of Situational Awareness and Decision-making in Healthcare?
- What Are the Elements of Decision-making?
- Supporting Good Situational Awareness and Decision-making in Healthcare
- Simulation Training
- Environmental Modifications
- Human Factors Education
- Conclusion
- Chapter 9. Human Factors from a Leadership Perspective
- Introduction
- Recruitment and Selection
- Induction
- Power Gradient
- Compassionate Care and Compassionate Leadership
- Incivility
- Systems Leadership
- Ethical Leadership
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Teamwork Practices
- Psychological Safety
- Personal Effectiveness and Personality
- Reflection and Learning
- Conclusion
- Chapter 10. Culture in the Workplace
- Introduction
- What Does Culture Mean?
- Workplace Culture
- Autonomy
- Psychological Safety
- Belonging
- Contribution
- What Is Resilience?
- Joy in Work
- Why Is This Important?
- Conclusion
- Index
- No. of pages: 224
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 4, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780702084874
- eBook ISBN: 9780702084898
- eBook ISBN: 9780702084881