Patient safety is what everything in healthcare revolves around and it should be practiced in every step that a nurse takes at work to care for a patient to reach their individual outcomes without medical error. There are multiple ways that patient safety can be breached as evidenced by the thousands of deaths seen each year because of malpractice. Risks can be greatly minimized by correctly following standard procedures and using critical thinking throughout the nursing process. There are many ways
that a student has given medication to a patient without supervision and without even knowing the name or action of the drug. I will go and check the patient first and then will enquire with the assigned registered nurse regarding the incidence. I will also assess patient`s vital signs and the lab values for patient safety. I will inform the incidence to the unit director and also the program director. I will instruct the student regarding the importance of safe medication administration and will
Introduction For this assignment I am doing now, I need to write a reflective article regarding an event or situation occurred when I was an employee in Major Operating Theatre (MOT) in Singapore General Hospital (SGH) to maintain the importance of sterility. I will be using the Gibbs cycle for my reflective article. It consists of 6 stages. They are Description, Feelings, Evaluation, Analysis, Conclusion and Action Plan, in which I believe it will enable me to improve on the flaws I had in the
faces a variety of ethical dilemmas daily, and it is very important for a nurse to avoid these dilemmas at all costs to assure quality patient-centered care. The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Code of Ethics is a set of ethical values developed for registered nurses throughout Canada to help them understand what ethical values are needed when assisting patients with healthcare needs (CNA, 2017). The first ethical value listed in the CNA Code of Ethics is: Providing Safe, Compassionate, Competent
Healthcare professionals must ensure that the patients’ safety is of utmost priority when delivering care. Health care organizations are accredited by the Joint Commission which sets the standard guidelines for safe, quality care. As stated by Finkelman & Kenner (2016), “Accreditation is the process by which organizations are evaluated on their quality, based on established minimum standards.’ (p.396). “Joint Commission standards are the basis of an objective, evaluation process that can help health
are being used to address general patient satisfaction include the following: responding to call lights in a timely fashion; monitoring and providing better pain control; providing blankets and pillows as requested; rounding frequently to monitor patient status; and staying up to date on patient condition. In reviewing literature that addresses patient surveys and HCAHPS ratings, there are various theories and thoughts about what can be done to improve patient satisfaction and therefore HCAHPS
thinking and clinical decision-making (Palos, 2014). Ways the student nurse can practice and improve on these is to enter the classroom with confidence beginning on the first day of school, ready and eager to promote patient safety, wellness, and health. As well as being advocates for patients, student nurses must also be advocates for themselves and their classmates. Nurses are expected to be accommodating, communicative, compassionate and caring, and this needs to first start with the self. It is hard
approach. The importance of questioning and reasoning appear as the normal way to be, without ignoring
holistic patient care approach used by osteopathic physicians. Although I continued to learn about osteopathic medicine during pre-medical workshops held at Rutgers University, it was not until I shadowed osteopathic physicians that I truly understood the fundamental principles that made osteopathic medicine unique. My shadowing experience was overwhelmingly positive. A majority of patients I observed suffered from pain, spasms, and other physical disabilities. During appointments, patients were asked
motivating them to accomplish specific set goals (Plonien, 2015). Leadership in nursing is a critical field that is needed in the nursing profession and patient care (Plonien, 2015). Exceptional leaders in the nursing profession are required to motivate the staff to provide patient-centered care and increase their productivity in providing patient care (Plonien, 2015). Several specific qualities are necessary for effective leadership that differs in different people. Essential attributes that are