Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

The entire emergency department team including the nurses, doctors, laboratory technicians and other members will be involved in the FMEA. The steps that will be involved in the FMEA will include the identification of the probability of an event occurring, being aware of the possible severity of the event, detection, dormancy, indication and finally the risk level (Neal, 2013). Severity is the consequences of the failure mode set towards the improvement plan. To understand the consequences, an analysis can be conducted to identify any previous failures and the consequences. Detection involve the creation of awareness of the possibility of failure occurring and the steps to be undertaken. The occurrence step is applied when failure has occurred and the improvement plan is being implemented.

The professional nurse plays a very significant role as a leader in quality care promotion and influencing the activities of quality improvement (Needleman, 2009). The nurses contribute directly to quality improvement by communicating the area of the hospital that needs changes so as to achieve the desired quality. The nurses are more involved with the patients and they understand the conditions of the patient more and therefore they are aware of the level of adequacy of supplies and the requirements needed by the patients. The nurses are also in constant contact with the patient relatives who form the base of external stakeholders who possess a lot of information of the areas of the hospital that need change.

Reference
Neal, R. (2013). Modes of Failure Analysis Summary for the Nerva B-2 Reactor. Washington DC: Wiley Series.

Needleman, J. (2009). The Role Of Nurses In Improving Hospital Quality And Efficiency: Real-World Results. Health Affairs, 28(4), 625-644.

Sutherland, K. (2013). Applying Lewin’s Change Management Theory to the Implementation of Bar-Coded Medication Administration. Canadian Jounal of Nursing Informatics, 50-62