3803NRS - Analyzing Failure to Rescue: Nursing Strategies & Safety

This essay critically evaluates interprofessional practice and patient safety, focusing on the concept of 'failure to rescue' (FTR) within the Australian acute healthcare environment. It defines FTR as death following a treatable complication and discusses its incidence and prevalence, highlighting the adverse events linked to it and its impact on patients, families, and the healthcare system. The essay analyzes the consequences of FTR, including patient mortality, grief for families, financial burdens, and damage to the healthcare system's reputation. Furthermore, it critically evaluates nursing strategies aimed at preventing patient deterioration and maintaining patient safety, such as focusing on excellence, targeting important tasks, cultivating new leaders, establishing individual accountability, acknowledging success, training with advanced equipment, improving medical treatment quality, enhancing nursing skills, measuring performance, and prioritizing patient safety. The essay concludes that interprofessional practice and patient safety are crucial for maintaining healthcare standards and ensuring patient well-being.