Getting the patient involved as well can help the nurses carry out the policy and rules of patient identification effectively. Example of patient identification error that can happen. Asian names and Hispanic names sounds alike, look alike and have very common names. Using different types of method to identify the patient besides names, such as Date of birth, sex, and also address can lessen the errors of having the wrong patient. Sometime, fathers name their sons after them like Senior, Junior, the first, third, again, very important to identify the patient properly with no rushing of
Getting the patient involved as well can help the nurses carry out the policy and rules of patient identification effectively. Example of patient identification error that can happen. Asian names and Hispanic names sounds alike, look alike and have very common names. Using different types of method to identify the patient besides names, such as Date of birth, sex, and also address can lessen the errors of having the wrong patient. Sometime, fathers name their sons after them like Senior, Junior, the first, third, again, very important to identify the patient properly with no rushing of