Quality and safety in healthcare and nursing practice

QUALITY AND SAFETY IN HEALTHCARE AND NURSING PRACTICE

How will you, as a future DNP-prepared nurse, keep patients safe? This is a multi-layered question with many different answers. Yet, it is important to note that as the nurse leader, quality and safety measures are at the forefront of how you deliver nursing practice.

Quality and safety measures are integral components in healthcare. According to Nash et al. (2019), “Around the end of the twentieth century and the start of the twenty-first, a number of reports presented strong evidence of widespread quality deficiencies and highlighted a need for substantial change to ensure high-quality care for all patients” (p. 5). Understanding the prominence of error, it is important to consider your role as a DNP-prepared nurse.

For this Discussion, take a moment to consider your experience with quality and safety in your nursing practice. Reflect on your experience and consider how your role may support quality and safety measures.

Reference:

• Nash, D. B., Joshi, M. S., Ransom, E. R., & Ransom, S. B. (Eds.). (2019). The healthcare quality book: Vision, strategy, and tools (4th ed.). Health Administration Press.

O PREPARE:

• Review the Learning Resources for this week.
• Reflect on your experience with nursing practice, specifically as it relates to the function of quality and safety. For example, consider whether your current organization supports quality and safety. How might your role help to support these measures in your organization or nursing practice?

Week 1 Discussion 1

Consider your experience with quality and safety in your nursing practice

Reflect on your experience and consider how your role may support quality and safety measures

Post a brief QUESTION of any previous experience with quality and safety

Explain how your role as the DNP-prepared nurse represents a function of quality and safety for nursing practice and healthcare delivery

Be specific and provide examples.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Required Readings

• Nash, D. B., Joshi, M. S., Ransom, E. R., & Ransom, S. B. (Eds.). (2019). The healthcare quality book: Vision, strategy, and tools (4th ed.). Health Administration Press.
  • Chapter 1, “Overview of Healthcare Quality” (pp. 5–47)
  • Chapter 2, “History and the Quality Landscape” (pp. 49–74)

• Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Committee on Quality of Health Care in America. (2001). Crossing the quality chasm: A new health system for the 21st centuryLinks to an external site.. National Academies Press.
  • Read the Executive Summary only.
• Kohn, L. T., Corrigan, J. M., & Donaldson, M. S. (Eds). (2000). To err is human: Building a safer health systemLinks to an external site.. National Academies Press.
• Barkell, N. P., & Snyder, S. S. (2021). Just culture in healthcare: An integrative reviewLinks to an external site.. Nursing Forum, 56(1), 103–111. https://doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12525
• Institute for Healthcare ImprovementLinks to an external site.. (2021). https://www.ihi.org
• PSNet. (2019). Culture of safetyLinks to an external site.. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/culture-safety
• Ricciardi, R. (2018). The next frontier for nursesLinks to an external site.. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 33(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000304
• Walden University, LLC. (2021). DNP Project Faculty advisor and site identification—matching request formLinks to an external site.. https://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/4t2ba44T6…
• Walden University Oasis: Writing Center. (n.d.). Citations: OverviewLinks to an external site.. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/a…
• Walden University Oasis: Writing Center. (n.d.). Common assignments: Discussion postLinks to an external site.. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/a…
• Document: Organization Meeting Summary (Word document)