Professional Context
Nursing practice is governed by health care policies and procedures as well as state and national regulations developed to prevent problems. It is critical for nurses to participate in gathering and analyzing data to determine causes of patient safety issues, in solving problems, and in implementing quality improvements.
Scenario
For this assessment, you may choose from the following options as the subject of a root-cause analysis and safety improvement plan:
• The specific safety concern identified in your previous assessment pertaining to medication administration safety concerns.
• The readings, case studies, or a personal experience in which a sentinel event occurred surrounding an issue or concern with medication administration.
Please study the scoring guide carefully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score.
• Analyze the root cause of a patient safety issue or a specific sentinel event pertaining to medication administration in an organization.
• Apply evidence-based and best-practice strategies to address the safety issue or sentinel event pertaining to medication administration.
• Create a feasible, evidence-based safety improvement plan for safe medication administration.
• Identify organizational resources that could be leveraged to improve your plan for safe medication administration.
• Communicate in writing that is clear, logical, and professional, with correct
grammar and spelling, using current APA style.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
• Competency 1: Analyze the elements of a successful quality improvement initiative.
◦ Apply evidence-based and best-practice strategies to address a safety issue or sentinel event pertaining to medication administration. ;
◦ Create a viable, evidence-based safety improvement plan for safe medication administration.
• Competency 2: Analyze factors that lead to patient safety risks.
◦ Analyze the root cause of a patient safety issue or a specific sentinel event pertaining to medication administration in an organization.
• Competency 3: Identify organizational interventions to promote patient safety.
◦ Identify existing organizational resources that could be leveraged to improve a safety improvement plan for safe medication administration.
• Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly, evidence-based strategies to communicate in a manner that supports safe and effective patient care.
◦ Communicate in writing that is clear, logical, and professional, with correct grammar and spelling, using current APA style.