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Assignment: National Patient Safety Goal

This assignment will be done in the classroom with discussion to follow.

1.  Read the following chapter from the book, “Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses” and provide a brief overview.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2681/

2.  List the National Patient Safety Goals from the Joint Commission’s website appropriate to the long-term care environment and what precautions should the nurse take relative to EACH safety goal? 

https://www.jointcommission.org/-/media/tjc/documents/standards/national-patient-safety-goals/2022/npsg_chapter_alc_jan2022.pdf

3.  From the book, “Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses,” select one other chapter to read and provide a brief overview.  Apply the main concepts to the long-term care facility environment.  This could be a situation from work or from school or a personal experience. 

http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/

4.  Select a Speak Up brochure developed by The Joint Commission. Follow this link to the proper website: https://www.jointcommission.org/topics/speak_up_campaigns.aspx and answer the following questions.

a.  Identify the brochure you chose and the demographic it applies to. Who else can utilize this information?

b.  Why is the brochure you chose important?

c.  What was done well? What could be improved?

d.  How will patient safety be improved from the chosen brochure?

e.  Discuss how current nursing or healthcare-related research supports the information presented in the brochure.

Title

Assignment:  National Patient Safety Goal

Put X in box to correspond with the SLO (s)

Put X in box to correspond with the Competency (s)

Knowledge/Practice/Ethical Comportment

K

P

E

Student Learning Outcome(s)

Patient-Centered Care

Communication Skills

 

Nursing Process

Learning Needs

Technology

Documentation

Informatics

Nursing Judgment

Prioritization

Nursing Judgment

Professionalism

Professionalism

Ethical/Legal

Quality Improvement

Patient Care Concerns

Systems

Safety

x

Patient Complications

Safe Nursing

x

x

x

Teamwork/Collaboration

Communication

Conflict Recognition 

Managing Care 

Managing Care of the Individual Patient

Assign/Monitor 

Where should this assignment be used:

Classroom

X

Clinical Setting

X

Independent Study

X

Online/Web Based

X

Skills Lab

Simulation

 

Revised from Linda Caputi © (What type of assignment is this?)

Patient Care Assignment

Non-Patient Care Assignments

Patient Care

The assignments are related to the student while providing patient care in the clinical setting.
Example:  Concept mapping care for one or multiple patients. 

Thinking Focused
Assignments encourages critical thinking and clinical reasoning and teaches students to think like a nurse.

Patient Focused

The student focuses on specific aspects of patient care such as safety, falls, diabetes, other diseases, etc.

Systems Focused

Assignments help the student understand the clinical world, the nurse’s work therein, and the effect of the system on the nurse and the patient.
Example:  How the system completes medication administration from order to delivery to patient.  

x

x

x

Informed Consent and Cultural Competence

3-5 pages 

Case Study:Dr. Emily Clark, a seasoned cardiologist at Mercy General Hospital, is presented with a challenging case involving Mr. Rajan Patel, a 58-year-old man who recently immigrated from India. Mr. Patel has been diagnosed with a significant heart condition that requires a surgical procedure. While the surgery has a high success rate, like all medical procedures, it comes with its own set of risks and benefits. Mr. Patel, whose primary language is Gujarati, has limited proficiency in English. He nods and smiles politely during consultations, giving Dr. Clark the impression that he understands. However, when asked to explain the procedure back to her, it becomes evident that he does not fully grasp the intricacies of the surgery or its potential complications. Dr. Clark recognizes the importance of informed consent and wants to ensure that Mr. Patel truly understands the procedure, its risks, and its benefits. She believes in the ethical principle of autonomy, which dictates that every patient has the right to make decisions about their own body and health. However, she also acknowledges the principle of beneficence, which compels her to act in the best interest of her patient.  

Instructions

Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. At a minimum, be sure to address each point. For this assessment, develop a solution to a specific ethical dilemma faced by a health care professional. In your assessment:1. briefly summarize the facts surrounding the case study. Identify the problem or issue that presents an ethical dilemma or challenge and describe that dilemma or challenge.

  • Identify who is involved or affected by the ethical problem or issue.
  • Access and use the three components of the ethical decision-making model (moral awareness, moral judgment, and ethical behavior) to analyze the ethical issues.
    • Apply the three components outlined in the Ethical Decision-Making Model media.
  • Analyze the factors that contributed to the ethical problem or issue identified in the case study.
    • Describe the factors that contributed to the problem or issue and explain how they contributed.
  1. Apply academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to an ethical problem or issue as evidence to support an analysis of the case.
    • In addition to the readings provided, use the Capella library to locate at least one academic peer-reviewed journal article relevant to the problem or issue that you can use to support your analysis of the situation. The NHS-FPX4000: Developing a Health Care Perspective Library Guide will help you locate appropriate references.
      • Cite and apply key principles from the journal article as evidence to support your critical thinking and analysis of the ethical problem or issue.
      • Review the Think Critically About Source Quality resource.
        • Assess the credibility of the information source.
        • Assess the relevance of the information source.
  2. Discuss the effectiveness of the communication approaches present in a case study.
    • Describe how the health care professional in the case study communicated with others.
    • Assess instances where the professional communicated effectively or ineffectively.
    • Explain which communication approaches should be used and which ones should be avoided.
    • Describe the consequences of using effective and non-effective communication approaches.
  3. Discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by a professional to deal with problems or issues involving ethical practice in a case study.
    • Describe the actions taken in response to the ethical dilemma or issue presented in the case study.
    • Summarize how well the professional managed professional responsibilities and priorities to resolve the problem or issue in the case.
    • Discuss the key lessons this case provides for health care professionals.
  4. Apply ethical principles to a possible solution to an ethical problem or issue described in a case study.
    • Describe the proposed solution.
    • Discuss how the approach makes this professional more effective or less effective in building relationships across disciplines within his or her organization.
    • Discuss how likely it is the proposed solution will foster professional collaboration.
  5. Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
    • Apply the principles of effective composition.
    • Determine the proper application of the rules of grammar and mechanics.
  6. Write using APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.
    • Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements and scholarly writing standards.
    • Integrate information from outside sources into academic writing by appropriately quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing, following APA style.

case study

  Read the following case and answer reflective questions.Provide evidence based rationals for your answers APA 7th forma and scholarly references no older than 5 years old

CASE STUDY: Preschool Child: Ricky Ricky, age 4 years, arrives in the clinic with his mother. Ricky lives with his mother and father, who both work full-time, and his infant sister. Their extended family lives in a different state more than 100 miles away. Both parents are of average height and in good health. Ricky’s mother mentions that Ricky often expresses frustration, particularly in regard to food. Conflict over food occurs every day. Mealtime is a battle to get him to eat, unless his mother feeds him. Ricky’s baby sister seems to tolerate all baby foods but requires her mother to spoon-feed. Ricky’s mother is quite frustrated and concerned that he will become malnourished.

Reflective Questions 

1. What additional assessment information would you collect? 

2. What questions would you ask, and how would you further explore this issue with the mother? 

3. In what ways does the distance of the extended family influence this family’s approach to health promotion? 

4. What factors would you consider to determine whether malnourishment is a factor in this family?

informatics

Read pages 460-461 of your textbook to learn more about the challenges of long-term care. Based on what you have learned so far (1) Why is important and challenging to offer insurance for long-term care? (2) What kind of solution you can think of to increase value and/or reduce costs in long-term care? (3) Are there any type of organizations (think ACOs, etc) be able to offer these services at a low cost that would allow insurers to participate in this market?

Emergency Preparedness & Health Policy

 

  • How your work environment prepares and responds to emergency preparedness (you may choose natural or man-made emergencies)? 
  • How do you see health policy impacting nursing practice in preparing for emergencies?

Nursing Clinical Assignment: Quality Improvement Project Part 1

 

Goal:

  • To assess a clinical issue that is the focus of your Quality Improvement Project.
  • Create a description of the clinical issue to be addressed in the project.

Content Requirements:

  1. Identify the clinical issue that will be the focus of your Quality Improvement project.
  2. Provide rationale for the need to change the status quo.
  3. Identify best practices from the literature related to the issues.

Advanced Nursing Inquiry and Evidence Based Practice

 Identify 5 research articles and write a brief summary of the ethical approaches used in the research studies 

Lab Safety Simulation

BIOS242, Week 1-OL

Name:

Lab 1: Lab Safety

Learning Objectives

· Use the correct clothing to work in the lab

· Describe the do’s and don’ts in a laboratory

· Correctly use the lab safety equipment

· React in an emergency situation

Introduction: About Lab safety virtual simulations lab
Laboratories can be very dangerous, especially if you’ve never set foot in one before. So in this simulation, you’ll get the chance to make your debut in a virtual one! You will learn how to use the lab safety equipment, and how to react in case of an emergency. Detect and eliminate sources of danger and pass on your lab safety knowledge to friends.

Identify hazards
Safety first! Always pay attention to potential hazards when you enter a lab. In this simulation, you will create a tidy and safe working environment by identifying and eliminating hazards in the lab. You will be introduced to the lab safety rules and the safety equipment, which will help you and your colleagues, if something was to go wrong in a real lab.

Emergency training
You will be introduced to the basic hazard symbols used to categorize dangerous materials. You’ll use this knowledge to prevent dangerous situations, like acid spills. But you will also learn how to deal with unlabeled, potentially hazardous chemicals. By mastering such situations in this simulation, you won’t have to worry about being exposed to any real danger. You will learn how to operate the eye-wash and also get an introduction to various other pieces of lab safety equipment.

Spread your knowledge
It is important to share your newly acquired knowledge with your colleagues. In this simulation, you will meet your friend Lucy who’s never worked in a lab before. Pass on your lab safety knowledge and help her dress appropriately for a day in the lab.

Will you be able to apply your knowledge, and make sure that you and your friend stay safe in the laboratory?

1. Purpose: Please describe in complete sentences and in your own words, the purpose of this experiment.

2. Why is it important to wear closed toe shoes in lab?

3. What is the importance of cleaning work bench before and after use?

4. If you have spillage or work bench contamination, what are the steps required to make the surface sterile again?

5. What are the different types of hazardous material generated in Micro lab? Give some ways of their proper disposal.

6. Write a reflection on this lab exercise- 5 sentences on what you learned with this simulation.

Grading Rubric:

Activity

Deliverable

Points

Document Submission

Complete lab report and answer questions

· Purpose (2 point)

·
Questions (8 points)

· Reflection (5 points)

15

Total

Complete all lab

15

3

literature review

Write a detailed, 2-page description of an appropriate literature search strategy and execute that strategy by locating a minimum of 20 scholarly publications. Then, analyze each source and identify main themes. Also, complete steps 2 and 3

Step 1: Develop and Execute an Appropriate Search Strategy.

Write a detailed, 2-page description of an appropriate literature search strategy. Then, use that strategy to locate a minimum of 20 scholarly sources, published within the last five years (unless seminal, practice guideline, or consensus statement), addressing your PICOT question. You may need to find additional sources if you do not have at least two sources that address the same main theme (see Step 3).

Step 2: Document and Analyze the Evidence.

Analyzing the evidence you have gathered in a literature search is necessary to develop a coherent synthesis of your findings. Use the 

Evidence Table [XLSX]


 Download Evidence Table [XLSX]
template to help you document and analyze the source materials you have located for this assessment.

Step 3: Identify Main Themes in the Literature.

Organizing your evidence by main themes or ideas addressed in each source will help you identify commonalities and differences in research questions, methodologies, and findings, and gaps in the research. Sort your evidence using the 

Main Themes Table [XLSX]


 Download Main Themes Table [XLSX]
and locate additional sources if you do not have at least two sources that address the same main theme.