Assignment 5: Promoting Safety And
Quality
Assignment 5: Promoting Safety And Quality
Throughout your education, patient safety and improving the
quality of patient care have been examined. Through numerous
readings and media pieces, you have heard about Never Events.
These are serious and costly medical errors that are preventable,
such as wrong-side surgery, medication errors, and hospitalacquired infections. Each of these types of medical errors is
preventable. The consequences of such errors are now financial
as well as legal and emotional. The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services no longer reimburse for medical errors
classified as Never Events.
As a nurse, how can you help to prevent these types of medical
errors? What is your accountability for clinical outcomes? There
are standards and core measures in place that guide nursing
practice. In addition, the National Database of Nursing Quality
Indicators (NDNQI) examines those components of clinical care
that are specific to nursing. The NDNQI quantifies, or assesses,
these nurse-sensitive components and provides specific feedback
on how well nursing practice is being executed in those areas
related to patient care.
This week, you will consider a series of articles that focus on
strategies for ensuring safety and quality care for patients. You
will also explore how successful, efficient teamwork between
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Assignment 5: Safety and Quality Promotion
Assignment 5: Safety and Quality Promotion
Throughout your education, patient safety and quality of life will be prioritized.
The standard of patient treatment has been evaluated. Several times
Never Events have been mentioned in various readings and media works.
These are dangerous and costly medical blunders that can be avoided.
such include incorrect-side surgery, medication errors, and hospital-acquired illnesses Each of these sorts of medical blunders is a serious matter.
preventable. The ramifications of such blunders are now monetary.
as well as legal and emotional concerns The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Medical errors are no longer reimbursed by Medicaid Services.
Never Events are categorised as such.
How can you, as a nurse, contribute to prevent these types of medical errors?
errors? What is your level of responsibility for clinical outcomes? There
are standards and core measures in
