Discussion: Apply Knowledge

Step 1: Consider your present or past employer.

Step 2: Answer the discussion prompts below with explanation and detail.

• Paragraph one: Have you worked in a blame culture or culture of safety? Give specific examples to justify your answer.Paragraph two: Were you afraid to complete incident reports in clinical practice? Why or why not?

  Paragraph three: How can healthcare organizations incentivize staff to report errors and near misses? Describe a strategy to change the negative stigma that incident reports have.

  References: Provide complete references for all citations.