Importance of Patient Safety in Healthcare | Desklib

PATIENT SAFETY
Patient Safety
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Introduction
Providing high quality and safe healthcare has been a policy objective of nations globally
for more than a decade. Despite some efforts to improve patient health, most patients continue to
suffer avoidable harm and standard care. As a registered nurse, it is my duty to ensure that the
patients are safe at all times. Quality of care is essential since it helps the nurses to make sure
that the patients are protected from any harm. I want to enhance patient safety since individuals
will have an opportunity to practice a healthy lifestyle. It is important to recognize that
knowledge in regards to health and training is necessary for patient safety.
Reasons for choosing patient safety
It is crucial to establish a sense of urgency since the patients need high-quality care to
enhance the quality of life. It is important to encourage other health practitioners to get out of
their comfort zones and work together to ensure the safety of the patient ( Wodchis, Dixon,
Anderson and Goodwin 2015, pp. 1-15 ). In addition, many managers and leaders make critical
mistakes like declaring victory hence low momentum in making an effort to transform patient
safety. Individuals need to identify and understand the stages of change and understand the
pitfalls at every stage of transformation since it boosts the chances of effective conversion
(Kotter, 2007). Creating a vision and communicating the vision helps in developing strategies for
realizing the vision teaching new behaviors that can assist in achieving my objective of
improving patient safety ( West, Lyubovnikova, Eckert and Denis, 2014, pp. 240-260).
Empowering others to act on the vision encourages risk-taking ideas, activities, and actions.
I chose patient safety because all individuals are entitled to quality healthcare services.
Many patient safety practices like use of stimulators and crew resource management have been
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seen as possible strategies to avoid patient safety errors and enhance the health care process.
There are types of errors can occur across the spectrum of health experts and the environment.
The causes can be identified in the following terms: a potential failure which means that
practitioners are not involved in decision making that affect the policy of the organization and
allocation of resources (Weberg 2012, pp. 268-277). There is also active failure which involves
contact with the patient directly. In addition, there is an organizational system failure that affects
indirect failures involving the management, corporate culture, procedures, knowledge transfer,
and external procedures. Supporting the culture of safety so that the frequent error issue and
harm can be corrected (Swartling and Poksinska 2013, pp. 81-94). The culture of safety’s core
values and actions show that there is a commitment to emphasize the safety of the patient over
competing objectives. Besides, good communication with the patients and their families by
observing if there is something unsafe that will endanger the patient is also essential in
enhancing the safety of the patient.
I will make sure that I meet the nurse leader to ensure that the problems are sorted early
enough to ensure that proper assistance is offered (Serrano 2010, pp. 1-4). Furthermore,
performing basic care and following checklists since simple things like providing oral care and
turning the patients is always vital and should not be skipped. Moreover, engaging the patients
by asking about their goals and also listening to their questions about the care that they are given
is essential since it will help them to open up and explain their issues. This enables the patients
to open up to the nurses and share their experiences all the time. It will also progress the
relationship between the patient and the nurses in the healthcare facility. The hospital
management must ensure that there is democratic power to ensure that the practitioners work
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