Quality improvements in the U.S. healthcare system are a major focus in helping to improve patient satisfaction and quality of care among healthcare organizations. As a healthcare professional, it is important to take advantage of the strengths that we each possess and use those to improve work quality and overall quality of care in organizations. These strengths can help organizations to successfully reach their goals as well as promote positive changes in the organizational culture.
Critical Thinking in Decision-Making and Problem-Solving Critical thinking in decision-making and problem-solving is vital as a professional in healthcare to help improve overall quality of care. …show more content…
Communication strengths that I possess include being able to write clearly, verbalize information effectively to team members, other staff members, and patients and family members as well as being a good listener. A communication weakness that I possess is communicating with the use of presentations in front of groups of people. To effectively capitalize on my strengths, I can speak up more often during team meetings to share my input and ideas. It is also important for me to listen to other people’s ideas and criticisms so that I can learn from them to improve my own work quality and the overall quality of care within the healthcare organization. I can also focus more of my time on communicating with and educating patients and family members on important information to help improve the patients’ health. Effectively communicating more often with physicians can also be beneficial because I can address my recommendations with them verbally, along with having my written assessment and recommendations in place to ensure that the patient will get the best care possible. To overcome my communication weakness of public speaking, attending seminars to improve presentation skills and ongoing practice can be …show more content…
Time management is being able to pinpoint where to focus your energy to achieve the desired results (Queensland Government, 2016). Being able to manage tasks and time effectively can help you become more efficient while helping to avoid stress and work overload (Queensland Government, 2016). A strategy that I use to stay on-time and on-task each day in my professional life is starting my day off with a plan of my days’ work. This helps me to keep track of what must be accomplished and allows me to make the best use of my time. I make sure my priorities for the day are in check so that I can be sure that the work that must be completed that day will get done, and then take the opportunity to work ahead if possible. Throughout the day I stay very organized and on top of my tasks to ensure that I provide the best quality of work possible as well as the best patient care