Nursing Care: Safety Issues Faced in Cardiology Ward

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Introduction
This essay is going to discuss the various problems and difficulties that are faced by
the nurses at the time of the clinical placement. This essay in particular discusses safety
issues faced in the cardiology ward. The most common issues that are being faced by the
nurses at the cardiology ward are theincreasing number of medication errors which is
ultimately related to the safety and health issues among the workers and the patients
(Magalhães et al., 2014). The nurses has a role in the management of the patients who are
suffering from cardiovascular diseases. Thus, the essay will focus on the facts that the stress
or long shift timings can cause a medication errors among the nurses that will ultimately
impact the quality of care received by the patients.
Discussion
The prevalence of medication errors in the healthcare sector is a serious issue that can
increase the incidences that are related to the patient treatment and safety. Medication errors
usually involves the incorrect dosing of the medicines, assigning medicines that are not
necessary, delivery of the medicines that are not required, providing drugs to the wrong
patients along with the failure in providing the required therapy or treatment to the patient or
analyzing the patient situation (Urbina et al., 2015).
The main role of the nurses in the management of the various patients who are
admitted in the management of the various aspects of the patients is largely dependent on the
factors like the monitoring of the patients and the follow up after the diagnosis or the
treatment process is complete. The measures that are taken for the care of the patients who
are suffering from cardiovascular diseases have changed over the last few years. The
programs that were carried out in isolation have taken the global face in order to provide the
care to a larger number of patients (Chan et al., 2015).

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The safety of the patients is one of the major concept of the healthcare sector as well
as a main component of the services of the health quality. The most critical step in promoting
the safety levels of the patients is the identification of the medical discrepancies and their
causes. The execution of order that is related to the medicines is very important for the
treatment and the process of caring that is thought to be the main part of the responsibilities
that are being shared by the nurses (Rose, Fischer & Paasche, 2017). Research has shown that
the risk that is linked to the medication error is very high among the nurses and the increasing
number of medication error is a serious problem in the cardiology department. Thus, it is
highly recommended that the increase in the number of the nurses, making adjustments in the
healthcare staff in the cardiology department, conducting sessions in order to improve the
knowledge of the staff about the pharmacy, modifying the education process and also to
encourage the nurses to report the medical errors that is prevalent in the hospital so that there
can be a prominent decrease in the number of the medication errors and will help the hospital
staff to work in a constructive way to avoid the prevalence of the medication errors in the
cardiology department.
As per the NMBA which is the Code of Conduct for the nurses outlines certain rules
and regulations that has to be followed by the nurses in order to provide quality care to all the
patients and also to maintain the quality of service that is being provided by them. The
medication error performed by the nurses who work in the cardiology department can be
linked to the 2nd principle of the NMBA Code. According to this principle it is the duty of the
nurses to provide person-centered, safe, and evidence-based practice for the wellbeing and
the health of the patients. It also aims to promote the importance of sharing information with
the patients regarding their treatment and the path of delivery of care (Nursing and Midwifery
Board of Australia, 2018).