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(“Crossing the Quality”, 2001, p.3). Patients are encouraged to voice the opinions, state their concerns, or have the freedom to make no choice at all. Patient-centered care is perhaps one of the most important aspects of healthcare quality and safety. When patient-centered care is exercised patients are more likely to be active participants in their care and have better outcomes. Better outcomes are beneficial to both the patient and the healthcare institution and are indicative of higher…

K: Knowledge: While lacking in knowledge regarding the Just Culture Model, I am very familiar with the aspect of patient safety. As a registered nurse in a hospital setting for the past 18 years, patient safety has always been a concern and responsibility of mine. Although hospital protocols and policies are put in place to ensure patient safety, accidents can and do happen. Human error, mechanical failure, and patient falls are examples of medical errors which can lead to patient harm.…

Electronic Medication Administration Record and Patient Safety One of the reason medication related deaths occur are due to medication errors (Karen, 2011, p. 1). In fact, within the United States, approximately 7,000 people die each year due to medication errors (Karen, 2011, p. 1). According to Karen (2011) 1.3 million medication errors occur yearly, which relates to several injuries and approximately one death a day related to medication errors in the Unites States (Karen, 2011, p. 1). One…

Negligent doctors come in all shapes and sizes, ethnicities, and religions. Even they do not even realize that some of the decisions they make, no matter how petite they may appear to be at first, can greatly impact their career as a whole. The American Medical Association conducted three large studies over the past 30 years, and has documented a distressingly consistent rate of medical mishaps in the U.S. By one measure, such negligence in American hospitals may result in 80,000 deaths each…

set the tone for high quality of care and safety measures (Joshi et al., 2014). The organizational culture at this hospital is lacking in many areas as evidenced by the amount of medical errors. This hospital indicates a lack of effective leadership because the staff has a poor focus on the importance of patient safety. This indicates lack of education and training since the staff did not follow…

What type of error occurred in the case? Communication and collaboration error occurred in Michael’s case. The warning signs were never communicated to the surgeon. Michael’s care was uncoordinated. d. Compare at quality and safety initiatives that now exist that could have prevented the error? (Cite the source where you found the initiative, guideline or protocol). Crew resource management is a safety system, which initially employed by Aviation industry and then…

Implications Medication Errors Have on Patient Safety With over 100 million people admitted to a hospital in the US, it is no surprise that patient safety is one of the top priorities, one of these priorities is proper medication administration. Picone, Titler, Dochterman (2008) found that 96% of all medication are preventable an alarming realization considering how common they occur. An analysis of medication errors reported by health care professionals shows how common errors are, how they…

Patient Quality and Safety and Continuum of Care There are numerous factors that determine the quality and safety of patients across the continuum of care. Shi (2012) identifies that “ease of access, the clinical quality of care, interpersonal aspects of care, continuity, and coordination all are important aspects of are, continuity, and coordination all are important elements to consider when assessing primary care quality” (p. 9). Factors that hinder ease of access for patients include…

Medication Administration and the Importance of Reducing Errors in the Nursing Practice Macey Schreiber Baker University School of Nursing Medication Administration and the Importance of Reducing Errors in the Nursing Practice Florence Nightingale stated in her book Notes on Hospitals, published in 1859, “the very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm” (Chilton, 2008). Nightingale’s 150-year old expectation continues to hold firm in healthcare…

Workflow Design: Clinical Scenario The purpose of this paper is to explore a clinical scenario, answer pertinent questions, and list out the correct steps for administering an oral medication according to the “five rights” of the medication administration process (Edwards & Axe, 2015; Hunter, 2011). In addition, a workflow diagram was created to demonstrate the process from start to end. Scenario Analysis As healthcare providers, nurses are trained to follow the “five rights” of the…