A deeper insight for quality and safety revolution is at work with United States healthcare system and innovation in current medicine to improve safety and quality is the efficient focus of Quality Improvement. (QI). To correct the gaps in quality improvement overuse, underuse, and misuse of health services, six aims was identified namely safety, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable (IOM, 2012). The nursing profession interest has always been on ethical and justice related to quality of patient care, the distress on insufficient staffing and work situation makes it impossible to claim non-maleficence (Aiken et al., 2012; Martin, 2015). The Institute of Medicine report calls on chasm relates to the difference in qualitative and quantitative and the need for change related to quality and safety care. Total costs of medical errors resulting in injury are estimated to be between $17 billion and $29
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Hospital organization restructuring, requesting licensed nurses to distinguish themselves as care coordinators with the intention of being in alignment with several other unlicensed caregivers, this has created a major strain for licensed nurses.
Quality Improvement Strategy: To correct unhealthy nursing consequences and increased patient errors related to inadequate staffing issue at my organization, health care agency organization were contracted for supplemental needs, and overtime can no longer be forced on nurses.
The Six Aims of Improvement: The aim of safety was addressed, with contracted health care supplemental agency to aid inadequate staffing. The hospital pool nurse department was brought in to oversee and cross check unit staffing availability and arrange as needed. With the new approach, there was increase in patient satisfaction, improve safety and quality with nurses
Hospital organization restructuring, requesting licensed nurses to distinguish themselves as care coordinators with the intention of being in alignment with several other unlicensed caregivers, this has created a major strain for licensed nurses.
Quality Improvement Strategy: To correct unhealthy nursing consequences and increased patient errors related to inadequate staffing issue at my organization, health care agency organization were contracted for supplemental needs, and overtime can no longer be forced on nurses.
The Six Aims of Improvement: The aim of safety was addressed, with contracted health care supplemental agency to aid inadequate staffing. The hospital pool nurse department was brought in to oversee and cross check unit staffing availability and arrange as needed. With the new approach, there was increase in patient satisfaction, improve safety and quality with nurses