Nurses are often the first provider seen by patients, particularly in the hospital setting. Unfortunately, nurses make mistakes that cause serious harm or death. These mistakes can include failing to properly monitor a patient post-operatively, failing to give necessary medication, failing to prevent a patient from falling, and failing to properly communicate important clinical findings to doctors and other nurses.
Health care providers in the US are bombarded with hundreds of alarms throughout their workday, which can result in becoming desensitized to them and possibly endangering patients.
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The more doctors can implement guidelines related to managing blood pressure, the better for patients.
