Patient Safety Issues In Nursing
Patient's safety and care is an important facet in any health facility. That is why I, Susan, decided to take a professional approach in caring for Josie when she was admitted with severe body burns in the Hopkins hospital (King 14). In fact, a fair share of challenges should be faced by a renowned health facility, patients, and their family members. Medical practitioners are supposed to observe high level of professionalism when discharging their services. Despite the high expectations, medical practitioners are also human beings prone to making mistakes. Subsequently, as a nurse, I try to avoid a number of factors that may affect the safety of both the patients and their families.
When taking care for Josie, I exercised vigilance and professionalism to ensure that she successfully recovered from her condition. Specifically, I used a patient-centered care approach as I understood that she was going through a lot of pain and required constant attention to take care of her severe burns. I constantly administered the medication at …show more content…
Some of the common safety issues at the Hopkins hospital may include diagnostic error, medication errors, poor discharge practices, reprocessing issues, breakdown of communication and technological tools. Despite the above mentioned issues that may rarely occur, safety mechanism systems have been put in place. Some of the safety mechanisms in place include immediate error reporting, constant system improvements to alienate errors, observing professional standardized practices, familiarization with technological tools and constant consultation and reporting. Some of the staff members fail to adhere to the safety systems due to different reasons. Some of them include ignorance, limited information about the systems, some systems are halfway implemented due to cost, and some staffs are not familiar with the technology used in safety system
When taking care for Josie, I exercised vigilance and professionalism to ensure that she successfully recovered from her condition. Specifically, I used a patient-centered care approach as I understood that she was going through a lot of pain and required constant attention to take care of her severe burns. I constantly administered the medication at …show more content…
Some of the common safety issues at the Hopkins hospital may include diagnostic error, medication errors, poor discharge practices, reprocessing issues, breakdown of communication and technological tools. Despite the above mentioned issues that may rarely occur, safety mechanism systems have been put in place. Some of the safety mechanisms in place include immediate error reporting, constant system improvements to alienate errors, observing professional standardized practices, familiarization with technological tools and constant consultation and reporting. Some of the staff members fail to adhere to the safety systems due to different reasons. Some of them include ignorance, limited information about the systems, some systems are halfway implemented due to cost, and some staffs are not familiar with the technology used in safety system