title: Orthopaedic Snafus: When Adverse Events Happen in Orthopaedics.
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.
authors.affiliation: Mary 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.
authors.forename: Mary Atkinson
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.forename: Kathyrn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eaten
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yager
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000293:injuries; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing / Q000379:methods; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000451:nursing; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000188:drug therapy