Enhancing Patient Care: The Role of Continuous Improvement Programs

This presentation outlines the concept and implementation of Continuous Improvement Programs (CIP) in healthcare settings, emphasizing their role in enhancing patient care and ensuring sustainability. It covers various aspects such as leveraging technologies like iPhones and iPads for patient care, developing and assessing future care plans, proper disposal of food waste, disinfection of containers, oil storage to prevent wastage, recycling of medical supplies, and reusing palliative care medical devices. Additionally, the presentation highlights the importance of using detergents for surface cleaning, reducing care costs, and ensuring proper water supply for patients and their families. References to relevant research articles are included to support the discussion on continuous quality improvement programs and nursing management competencies.

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Continuous
Improvement
Programs

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Continuous Improvement
Program (CIP):
 Continious improvement program can be
utilised to ensure a continued
imporement in the care for the patient,
and can include several aspects can
focuses on sustainability of care:
 Using technologies like iphones and ipad to
provide care for patients
 Developing plans for future care of the
patient, and assessment of the plan in
regular manner

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CIP
 Ensuring the food scrapes from the
patient’s table are properly disposed
 Ensuring the containers of food and oil are
properly disinfected and prevents
contamination
 Storing oil in containers to prevent wastage
 Recycling of medical supplies
 Reusing palliative care medical devices

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 Using detergents to properly clean all
surfaces
 Reducing the care costs to help maintain
the continued care of the patient
 Ensuring proper water supply for the patient
and family.

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References:
 Mazur, L., Chera, B., Mosaly, P., Taylor, K., Tracton, G.,
Johnson, K., Comitz, E., Adams, R., Pooya, P., Ivy, J.
and Rockwell, J., 2015. The association between event
learning and continuous quality improvement
programs and culture of patient safety. Practical
radiation oncology, 5(5), pp.286-294.
 Sade, P.M.C. and Peres, A.M., 2015. Development of
nursing management competencies: guidelines for
continuous education services. Revista da Escola de
Enfermagem da USP, 49(6), pp.988-994.

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