Improving Patient Safety with Just Culture
Many errors and mistakes happen around the world in health care facilities on a daily basis. With the influence of just culture, new and better ideas are planned and implemented based off the various behaviors and mistakes/errors that have been reported. It is used for a learning opportunity rather than focusing on a punishment for those who made the mistakes/errors. Just culture encourages openness and responsibility of the healthcare team and improves patient and staff satisfaction.
Just Culture
Just culture is to update and improve patient safety from errors and mistakes based off the various behaviors chosen by the individual. Each individual has set values and expectations from each facility …show more content…
A registered nurse is to provide the best care they can provide by following the policy and to prevent harm or further injury. If a nurse is unsure what to do, the nurse should also ask for assistance to achieve a learning experience. According to a study, improving professional knowledge and skills and emphasizing the importance of teamwork will help prevent and lower the numbers of adverse events (Xue, Ke, Li-ming, Jia-gen, Hua-gang, Li-feng, & Xiao-wen, 2014, p. 5).
A common mistake that happens in the healthcare facilities is people that do not readily report when an error occurs due to being afraid of the consequences. Registered nurses should be educated that making an error is a learning opportunity to improve patient safety and that their contribution is needed for the improvement. For registered nurses, they should be educated on the importance of looking for any risks around them and reporting any errors or hazards so it can be investigated and prevent the same error from occurring again. They should also be educated that they would not be punished for making the error unless it was done under certain circumstances, such as a reckless …show more content…
A., Fuji, K. T., Gait, K. A., & Paschal, K. A. (2012). How baccalaureate nursing students value an interprofessional patient safety course for professional development. ISRN Nursing, 1-7. doi:10.5402/2012/401358
Burhans, L. D., Chastain, K., & George, J. L. (2012). Just culture and nursing regulation: learning to improve patient safety. Journal Of Nursing Regulation, 2(4), 43-49.
Klipfel, J. M., Carolan, B. J., Brytowski, N., Mitchell, C. A., Gettman, M. T., & Jacobson, T. M. (2014). Patient safety improvement through in situ simulation interdisciplinary team training. Urologic Nursing, 34(1), 39-46. doi:10.7257/1053-816X.2014.34.1.39
Page, A. (2007, October 1). Morbidity and mortality rounds on the web. Retrieved March 1, 2015, from http://webmm.ahrq.gov/perspective.aspx?perspectiveID=50
Xue, W., Ke, L., Li-ming, Y., Jia-gen, X., Hua-gang, H., Li-feng, Z., & Xiao-wen, Z. (2014). The relationship between patient safety culture and adverse events: A questionnaire survey. International Journal Of Nursing Studies, 51(8), 1114-1122.
Many errors and mistakes happen around the world in health care facilities on a daily basis. With the influence of just culture, new and better ideas are planned and implemented based off the various behaviors and mistakes/errors that have been reported. It is used for a learning opportunity rather than focusing on a punishment for those who made the mistakes/errors. Just culture encourages openness and responsibility of the healthcare team and improves patient and staff satisfaction.
Just Culture
Just culture is to update and improve patient safety from errors and mistakes based off the various behaviors chosen by the individual. Each individual has set values and expectations from each facility …show more content…
A registered nurse is to provide the best care they can provide by following the policy and to prevent harm or further injury. If a nurse is unsure what to do, the nurse should also ask for assistance to achieve a learning experience. According to a study, improving professional knowledge and skills and emphasizing the importance of teamwork will help prevent and lower the numbers of adverse events (Xue, Ke, Li-ming, Jia-gen, Hua-gang, Li-feng, & Xiao-wen, 2014, p. 5).
A common mistake that happens in the healthcare facilities is people that do not readily report when an error occurs due to being afraid of the consequences. Registered nurses should be educated that making an error is a learning opportunity to improve patient safety and that their contribution is needed for the improvement. For registered nurses, they should be educated on the importance of looking for any risks around them and reporting any errors or hazards so it can be investigated and prevent the same error from occurring again. They should also be educated that they would not be punished for making the error unless it was done under certain circumstances, such as a reckless …show more content…
A., Fuji, K. T., Gait, K. A., & Paschal, K. A. (2012). How baccalaureate nursing students value an interprofessional patient safety course for professional development. ISRN Nursing, 1-7. doi:10.5402/2012/401358
Burhans, L. D., Chastain, K., & George, J. L. (2012). Just culture and nursing regulation: learning to improve patient safety. Journal Of Nursing Regulation, 2(4), 43-49.
Klipfel, J. M., Carolan, B. J., Brytowski, N., Mitchell, C. A., Gettman, M. T., & Jacobson, T. M. (2014). Patient safety improvement through in situ simulation interdisciplinary team training. Urologic Nursing, 34(1), 39-46. doi:10.7257/1053-816X.2014.34.1.39
Page, A. (2007, October 1). Morbidity and mortality rounds on the web. Retrieved March 1, 2015, from http://webmm.ahrq.gov/perspective.aspx?perspectiveID=50
Xue, W., Ke, L., Li-ming, Y., Jia-gen, X., Hua-gang, H., Li-feng, Z., & Xiao-wen, Z. (2014). The relationship between patient safety culture and adverse events: A questionnaire survey. International Journal Of Nursing Studies, 51(8), 1114-1122.