Category: Patient Safety

Patient Safety Improvement After Sentinel Event The sentinel event deals with a 37-year-old woman named Sady with diabetes and high blood pressure complications during the intrapartum phase of pregnancy who started developing hypertension despite her efforts to keep glucose low. The patients physician was able to keep her hypertension stable by monitoring her glucose and…

Teamwork and Improved Patient Safety Introduction Researches in the field of healthcare present new ideas and concepts for improving practice in accordance with the emerging needs of the identified patients. Lifelong learning is a tested approach whereby professional nurses examine emerging theories and apply them in their respective units. Organizational leadership needs to be involved…

Enhancing Quality and Safety of the Patient Table of Contents Factors Leading to Patient-Safety Risk Evidence-Based Solutions The Role of Nurses in Addressing Patient-Safety Risk Stakeholders References Patient safety is among the primary concerns in healthcare settings, and one of the safety issues is patient falls. A fall is defined as an unplanned descent to…

Patient Safety as a Responsibility of Nurses Table of Contents Introduction Medication Errors in Student Nurses Consequences Patterns Root Cause Analysis of Medication Errors The Importance of Repeatedly Asking Why Strategies to Reduce Medication Errors in Healthcare Conclusion References Introduction Patient safety is a critical aspect of healthcare delivery, and the prevention of harm is…

Documentation, Emr, and Patient Safety Three major elements of the electronic medical record (EMR) include patient call log, prescription management system, and patient management (Kelley, 2016). The patient management component is important in patient registration, transfer, admission, and discharge from a hospital. It affects safety measures if improperly conducted or used to generate information that…

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Evaluation Table of Contents Quality improvement models How the models could be applied in my setting Problem and mission statement Analysis of the problem The chosen quality improvement model References Quality improvement models Healthcare organizations aim at improving the quality of care so that they could have better patient outcomes…

Nurses Work-Life Balance and Patient Safety Background of Study The clinical problem of the study can be introduced with the help of the PICOT question. For the study by Estryn-Behar, Van der Heijden, and the NEXT Study Group (2012), it will be as follows. In healthcare employees, do 12-hour shifts compared to 8-hour shifts have…

Pressure Ulcers as a Patient Safety Issue Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Reference Introduction Individuals with poor mobility are at high risk of having pressure ulcers (PUs) that are defined as localized injury to the skin and/or underlying tissue, usually over a bony prominence, as a result of pressure alone or in combination…

Patient Safety: Practice Change Project Table of Contents Introduction Important Factor Framework for Practice Change Conclusion References Introduction The concept of patient safety is a vital part of nursing that is, however, sometimes excluded from the staffs discussions about organizational culture. In the example of Hospital Hope, the differences between the actual and hypothetical scenarios…

Effects of Nurse Staffing Levels on Patient Safety Table of Contents Introduction Context 1st Con-Point 2nd Con-Point 3rd Con-Point Conclusion References Introduction Understaffing is widely considered a primary nursing issue globally, with many nursing leaders and scholars claiming it to be detrimental to patient outcomes. However, in this context, it is not considered that there…