‘Ask Me Three Questions’: Engaging Patients to Promote Safety
By Peggy McDaniel, BSN, RN
Next week, March 7–13, is Patient Safety Awareness Week. The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) has sponsored Patient Safety Awareness Week since 2002 to help promote awareness of patient safety issues among hospital staff, patients, and communities. This year’s campaign focuses on engaging patients in theior own care, and it draws upon the NPSF template “Ask Me Three,” which encourages patients to ask these questions:
- What is my main problem?
- What do I need to do?
- Why is it important for me to do this?