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Arlene’s Post: Patient safety is top priority in all levels of an organization. Many safety features have been set in place to avoid errors in medication administrations, site errors, patient names errors and more. Barcode scanning, surgical time outs, patient identification bands are a few of the implementations in place to prevent medical and/or surgical errors. These changes in healthcare has had a great impact in efforts to prevent medical errors.
According to Heiner, Nursing malpractice occurs when a patient experiences harm. My strategic plan in this case is simple, preventing harm to all patients will be the key. As a nurse leader I need to make the best attempts to work closely with the team in efforts to avoid patient errors, which can lead to harm. Weekly analysis of nursing documentation to audit for errors. Audit the use of scanner for medication administration, assess documentation of time out during surgery.
Including patients in their care would serve as an additional safety feature. For example, when doing a surgical time-out, if patient is conscious, include patient in the confirmation of name, surgical site, allergies and/or concerns.
Empathizing with patients while providing their care would allow nurses to put themselves in the patients shoes and do for them, what they would want done for themselves. As a nurse executive I would remind the team that any patient could be their loved ones or even themselves and we should treat them accordingly.
References:
Heiner, T. & Barzo, T. (2014). Topical issues of medical malpractive. Orvosi Hetilap, 155(38),1510-1516
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