Critical Decisions Resulting in Injury
Mike is employed as a lab technician has a pattern of tardiness. He has been previously spoken to by his supervisor and informed if it continues he could be terminated. Mike is the sole source of income supporting his family, and is very concerned about losing his job. He has been leaving home earlier to prevent being late, but this morning encountered an accident on his way to work which caused a delay in his arrival.
Initial Consequence of Decision
When entering the hospital, Mike notices a spill on the floor on the way to his department. He is faced with a decision: He can stop and ensure that the spill is cleaned up or ignore it (Allied Health Community website, n.d.). It occurs to him that if he …show more content…
Since then many strategies have been attempted to address patient safety. Regardless of these strategies, an estimated million lives have been lost in unsuccessful attempts to improve the safety of the healthcare system (Jewell & McGiffert, 2009, para. 2). While this incident did not involve some of the most common preventable medical adverse events. Still it affected the environment of safety in the facility. “The basic premise of human factors and systems approach is the awareness that humans are fallible and errors are expected, even in the best organizations” (Fagan, 2012, p. …show more content…
Depending on his responses and acceptance of accountability, would affect my decision on whether to continue his employment. If he admitted accountability, had regret and could establish an improved critical thinking process, I would most likely put him on a probationary status. Encouragement regarding further education on critical decision making and the culture of safety in the facility. I would also encourage his participation in the committee to educate the entire facility regarding situations like he
Mike is employed as a lab technician has a pattern of tardiness. He has been previously spoken to by his supervisor and informed if it continues he could be terminated. Mike is the sole source of income supporting his family, and is very concerned about losing his job. He has been leaving home earlier to prevent being late, but this morning encountered an accident on his way to work which caused a delay in his arrival.
Initial Consequence of Decision
When entering the hospital, Mike notices a spill on the floor on the way to his department. He is faced with a decision: He can stop and ensure that the spill is cleaned up or ignore it (Allied Health Community website, n.d.). It occurs to him that if he …show more content…
Since then many strategies have been attempted to address patient safety. Regardless of these strategies, an estimated million lives have been lost in unsuccessful attempts to improve the safety of the healthcare system (Jewell & McGiffert, 2009, para. 2). While this incident did not involve some of the most common preventable medical adverse events. Still it affected the environment of safety in the facility. “The basic premise of human factors and systems approach is the awareness that humans are fallible and errors are expected, even in the best organizations” (Fagan, 2012, p. …show more content…
Depending on his responses and acceptance of accountability, would affect my decision on whether to continue his employment. If he admitted accountability, had regret and could establish an improved critical thinking process, I would most likely put him on a probationary status. Encouragement regarding further education on critical decision making and the culture of safety in the facility. I would also encourage his participation in the committee to educate the entire facility regarding situations like he