The role of the nurse as a member of the patient safety team
Nurses are at the forefront of patient care, and as such play a big role in patient safety. Patient safety is the patient being free from harm during care. According to Vaismoradi, Salsali, and Marck, nurses ensure patient safety by improving their performance through research and education. They also ensure safety by providing a safe environment through infection control, risk management, using medication safely, handling equipment safely, and ensuring clinical practices are safe by following standards of care. By being good leaders nurses ensure patients safety (2011).
Clinical situation observed in the safety lab
During the safety lab exercise, the patient was lying on the bed which was not locked and was high up. Patient could fall trying to get out of bed. The patient’s Foley catheter was taped on his or her lower abdomen, and drainage bag was lying of the floor. This could cause urine to back up into the bladder and cause infection. The urine measuring container was on the floor, and as such increase the spread of …show more content…
Krein et al, barriers to implementing a nursing care bundle for CAUTI are: 1. the family and patient requesting insertion of a catheter who are not knowledgeable about the risk of having a catheter placed, 2. insertion of catheters in the emergency department, 3. lack of collaboration from physicians and nurses. This is in situation where policy guidelines are not followed, 4. Difficulty in implementing urine management as part of fall reduction program. The nurse perception of the catheter as a means to avoid fall for a patient constantly in need to use the toilet who is not stable (2013). In an article by Wald et al, they stated that another challenge to implementing a nursing care bundle for CAUTI is facility barriers. Lack of the institution to implement latest evidence into their practice, lack of follow up care and the idea that CAUTI is not preventable
Nurses are at the forefront of patient care, and as such play a big role in patient safety. Patient safety is the patient being free from harm during care. According to Vaismoradi, Salsali, and Marck, nurses ensure patient safety by improving their performance through research and education. They also ensure safety by providing a safe environment through infection control, risk management, using medication safely, handling equipment safely, and ensuring clinical practices are safe by following standards of care. By being good leaders nurses ensure patients safety (2011).
Clinical situation observed in the safety lab
During the safety lab exercise, the patient was lying on the bed which was not locked and was high up. Patient could fall trying to get out of bed. The patient’s Foley catheter was taped on his or her lower abdomen, and drainage bag was lying of the floor. This could cause urine to back up into the bladder and cause infection. The urine measuring container was on the floor, and as such increase the spread of …show more content…
Krein et al, barriers to implementing a nursing care bundle for CAUTI are: 1. the family and patient requesting insertion of a catheter who are not knowledgeable about the risk of having a catheter placed, 2. insertion of catheters in the emergency department, 3. lack of collaboration from physicians and nurses. This is in situation where policy guidelines are not followed, 4. Difficulty in implementing urine management as part of fall reduction program. The nurse perception of the catheter as a means to avoid fall for a patient constantly in need to use the toilet who is not stable (2013). In an article by Wald et al, they stated that another challenge to implementing a nursing care bundle for CAUTI is facility barriers. Lack of the institution to implement latest evidence into their practice, lack of follow up care and the idea that CAUTI is not preventable