A nurse makes a medication error. A patient is harmed. The nurse already feels terrible — they went into healthcare to help people, and now the worst has happened. Then comes the organizational response. The investigation. The suspension. Maybe termination. In the most extreme cases, criminal prosecution. And here’s what nobody seems to ask afterward: did any of that make the next patient safer? When “Accountability” Really Means Punishment In healthcare, leaders saying “we’ll hold … Continue reading Beyond Blame: How Punishing Healthcare Workers Fails to Prevent Medication Errors