NSG 302 Week 5 Report on Progress

Report on Progress

Finally, this summary discusses the steps that need to be taken to ensure patient safety in a hospital setting. To ensure this, quality indicators are used to measure healthcare processes, outcomes, and patient perceptions. Organizational structure and systems related to the ability to provide quality care can be correlated with positive patient outcomes and quality goals in healthcare.
Department of Health and Medicine (HMD) recommendations are based on the high goal of improving effective, safe, efficient, patient-centered, equitable and timely care. Patients must rely on the care of the clinical team, healthcare professionals, and the institutions involved in their care for their safety and well-being. HMD focuses on patient safety to promote policies and best practices that create a high-quality, safe healthcare environment (2018).

NSG 302 Week 5 Report on Progress

Changes in the healthcare work environment are required to improve quality and safety. Without change, we cannot evolve with technology; Healthcare is constantly being updated, modified, or restructured. To improve the quality of patient care, healthcare providers must adapt and evolve to change. The ability to avoid or prevent errors also increases patient safety and treatment quality. This is accomplished through the use of strategies such as effective communication, institutionalizing a culture of safety, patient-centered care, and employing evidence-based practices to address uncertainty and improvement (2008).

Reference:

Hughes RG. Nurses at the “Sharp End” of Patient Care. In: Hughes RG, editor. Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses.
Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2008 Apr. Chapter 2 Quality and patient safety. (2018). Retrieved from
http://nationalacademies.org/hmd/Global/Topics/Quality-Patient-Safety.aspx