National Safety and Quality Healthcare Service Standards

RUNNING HEAD: NATIONAL SAFETY AND QUALITY HEALTHCARE SERVICE STANDARDS 1
National Safety and Quality Healthcare Service Standards
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NATIONAL SAFETY AND QUALITY HEALTHCARE SERVICES STANDARDS 2
National Safety and Quality Healthcare Service Standards
INTRODUCTION
In this particular interview, I will select two NSQHS then I will link them to the
experiences from the undergraduate clinical placement then provide a thorough and detailed
response to the interview question .I will also use the Gibbs reflective model in the interview .I
prefer using this model due to its effectiveness when reflecting on different nursing practices
(Williams, Woolliams, & Spiro, 2012). The two National Safety and Quality Health Standards
that I will focus on in the interview are medication safety and communication for patient safety.
. DESCRIPTION
During my clinical placement at the Intensive care unit, I was the one who was assigned
to carry out medication documentation and administer drugs at some extent. I had to ensure that I
administer drugs to different patients .I always ensured that all the rights of medication are
adhered to and they include the right dose, right drug, right time and the right patient. There were
was no single incidence of negligence such as subjecting the wrong medication to the wrong
patient.
During my clinical placement, I was the one who was given the task to ensure that I
motivate all the patients and their family members on the importance of sharing information. We
were also encouraged as healthcare workers to share or communicate frequently regarding the
condition of the patient so that there is better outcome.

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FEELINGS
During all the two scenarios, I was a very happy healthcare provider. Since I am always
empathetic, I felt that the patients would receive the correct medication and dose while there
would also be communication amongst the patients and their family members and amongst the
healthcare providers. I also felt very motivated to act as nurse leader where I would ensure that
medication safety and communication for patient safety are adhered to any given time.
EVALUATION
All parts of the experience were positive and everything worked in my expectations. The
only difficulties that I experienced was the workload at the Intensive Care Unit but since it
improves patient outcome, I have no problem with working too much (Vincent & Amalberti,
2015). The concepts of communication for patient safety and and risk management were well
covered .I actually feel that everything was done correctly and I don’t see anywhere or anything
that I would do differently.
ANALYSIS
Medication safety is one of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.
The objective of this standard is to ensure that the correct medicine or drug,the right dose,the
right route of administration and the correct patient gets the prescribed medicine(Goodman et al.,
2016). According to studies, 12% of the mortality rates in Australia are as a result of wrong
medication and that is why this NSQHS was implemented (Clevenger, Mallett, Klein, &
Richards, 2015). These act of ensuring that the nurses adhere to all medication is just a
precautionary measure to reduce on those death rates. Furthermore, the Intensive Care Unit is out