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Quality Improvement in Hospitals

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Continuous quality improvement is required in healthcare for better patient satisfaction and speedy recovery. This article discusses the importance of quality improvement in hospitals for better end-of-life palliative care. It covers the benefits of palliative care, communication skills, and budget justification. The article also highlights the importance of effective communication between nurses, officials, patients, and their relatives. It emphasizes the need for an age-related palliative approach and the importance of caring institutions for old age patients. The article concludes with the evaluation of the project based on patient feedback and cost efficiency.

Quality Improvement in Hospitals

   Added on 2019-09-16

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QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HOSPITALS 1 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HOSPITALS Student Name: Student ID: Course Name: Course ID: Faculty Name: University Name:
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QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HOSPITALS 2QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HOSPITALSPurpose Of The Program Or ProjectIn healthcare, continuous quality improvement is required. Better quality will give better patient satisfaction and speedy recovery of the patient. Quality improvement projects and studies are aimed at making positive changes in the health care processes. In quality improvement projects it is important to establish three main aspects 1 ) What is the goal of the project? 2) how will we come to know that the goal has been reached 3) What is to be done to reach the goal. Target Population- Here we will discuss providing better end life palliative care to the terminally ill patients. There are many approaches which we required to follow to achieve ourgoal of better end life palliative care. Benefits Of The Program – It will provide a better journey towards end of life of patient. Physically palliative approach is followed to manage pain and physical discomfort in most of the situations. Pain being the most important complaint in the palliative approach to treatment. As the discomfort increases the need for palliative approach increases. It becomes very important where treatment is painful .Old age people become prone to life-threatening disease or their suffering increases due to the natural ageing process. In many countries, palliative services are provided at home only. Mostly people by the end stage of their life prefer to spend their time at home. The palliative approach helps patient’s family to cope withthe terminal illness of the patient. Palliative care leads to hospice care which includes focusing on comfort and quality of life. A personalised action plan is required for every patient for comfort and care. In this, it has been found that the survival expectancy is increased by 6 months. In this, the main focus is on pain control which troubles the patient
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QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HOSPITALS 3most. Pain control is done by analgesics and comfort measures which can be achieved at home. It is important to develop an integrated care pathway for the dying patient. This is for the patients whose diagnosis is known and loss of life is inevitable. In this symptoms are closely monitored and palliative approach is followed accordingly. In few cases, older people denied access to palliative care. In these cases, their admission in hospital and nursing home becomes very important. Specialised palliative care is required in many patients. (Towsley et al 2015).Proper symptom control is impossible in older adults without proper communication. An accurate assessment of patient’s health requires effective communication. Communication is the centre of all treatment. Communication will deliver a great amount of palliative care to the older adults. In the society conversation about death is often very awkward and difficult. Among the health care professionals, there is a requirement of improvement of techniques to overcome these obstacles. In last two decades, there is awareness of the importance of communication skills . (Kinley et al 2013).The palliative practice involves communication between nurses with officials , patients and also their relatives. By effective communication, a comfort level with the patient is developedby which patient conveys his pain, fear , shares anxiety. Listening is a very important mode of communication. It requires nursing skills and attention. By this nurses can access the situation and problems of the patient. By being a good listener nurses can provide care at all levels of recovery.
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