Risk management
Patient falls would specifically fall within the outcome indicators of quality in the Donabedian’s quality indicators. In this case, the subjects of interest are the staff and particular within the clinical care settings including nurses and the physicians offering direct care. The interdisciplinary team would comprise of the nurse leaders, nurse manager, nurse supervisors, the nurse administrators, the lead physicians, the quality assurance department representatives and the representatives of the top level management (Forster & van Walraven, 2012). The Fourteen Forces of Magnetism are the basis along which healthcare facilities are ranked and afforded the magnet status based on significant improvement in patient outcomes and …show more content…
On the other hand, the need to inquire from the nurses and staff within this unit would help identify the nurse’s or staff knowledge on the management of pain in patients (Bowling, 2014). The committee would inquire from the patients about their overall satisfaction of care while also asking the nurses and staff to identify the methods of pain assessment as well as interventions they have been using (Bowling, 2014).
PICOT Question: For postoperative patients in the surgical floor, would the use of music therapy as a complementary therapy as compared to the current pain management standards would help improve patient’s pain management?
This intervention would automatically face resistance from the patient groups especially in the choice of music while some nurses and physicians as well as the quality assurance department would regard the aspects of quality of care and serene peaceful environment for patients as having been compromised (Bowling, 2014). The utilization of music therapy would be highly successful in a year’s time from the time of implementation with patient tasking control of the music therapy programs and nurses only playing a support or technical
Patient falls would specifically fall within the outcome indicators of quality in the Donabedian’s quality indicators. In this case, the subjects of interest are the staff and particular within the clinical care settings including nurses and the physicians offering direct care. The interdisciplinary team would comprise of the nurse leaders, nurse manager, nurse supervisors, the nurse administrators, the lead physicians, the quality assurance department representatives and the representatives of the top level management (Forster & van Walraven, 2012). The Fourteen Forces of Magnetism are the basis along which healthcare facilities are ranked and afforded the magnet status based on significant improvement in patient outcomes and …show more content…
On the other hand, the need to inquire from the nurses and staff within this unit would help identify the nurse’s or staff knowledge on the management of pain in patients (Bowling, 2014). The committee would inquire from the patients about their overall satisfaction of care while also asking the nurses and staff to identify the methods of pain assessment as well as interventions they have been using (Bowling, 2014).
PICOT Question: For postoperative patients in the surgical floor, would the use of music therapy as a complementary therapy as compared to the current pain management standards would help improve patient’s pain management?
This intervention would automatically face resistance from the patient groups especially in the choice of music while some nurses and physicians as well as the quality assurance department would regard the aspects of quality of care and serene peaceful environment for patients as having been compromised (Bowling, 2014). The utilization of music therapy would be highly successful in a year’s time from the time of implementation with patient tasking control of the music therapy programs and nurses only playing a support or technical