by JKF Foundation | Mar 10, 2009 | Blog Post
I need your help. We’ve been struggling with something here at the Josie King Foundation. Here’s the deal: we are creating a toolkit for nurses, something that will help nurses cope with the stresses of the job, something that will make their days a little...
by JKF Foundation | Mar 9, 2009 | Blog Post
It’s Patient Safety Week- a time to reflect on all of the great patient safety projects and initiatives that have been under way. So many people have done so much to make our hospitals safer and for that I am forever grateful. But this is also a week to look...
by JKF Foundation | Mar 4, 2009 | Blog Post
Hi everybody-Just wanted to spread the word that the transcript and audio download of Sorrel’s IHI On Call session are now available at IHI’s Open School website.We hope that you enjoy the conversation. Feel free to comment on the session here, or at...
by JKF Foundation | Feb 26, 2009 | Blog Post
The first time that I ever spoke to a room full of medical students was a few years ago at Johns Hopkins. I told them Josie’s story and at the end of the talk I asked them if they had ever head of the Institute of Medicine’s report “To Err is...
by JKF Foundation | Feb 4, 2009 | Blog Post
When Josie was first in the hospital, I kept a journal. It helped me remember everything that was happening, everything we had to do. It helped me release some of the stress. When she died I continued to write. I wrote and I wrote and I wrote. I had to get my sadness,...
