NURS FPX 4020 Assessment 3 Improvement Plan in Service Presentation NURS-FPX 4020 Improving Quality of Care and Patient Safety ​​​​​​​Improvement Plan In-Service

Hi, I am Julymar. Today’s Inservice session is for the audience to address the misidentification issue during healthcare delivery. 

This Improvement Plan In-Service is designed to correct patient misidentification errors occurring after sentinel incidents in the clinical setting. Using RCA, we were able to pinpoint the factors contributing to this mishap such as inconsistency, a heavy workload and disjointedness among healthcare professionals. Staff training is one of our evidence based strategies.

Barcoding systems, standardized patient identification methods and encouraging safety culture and communication are examples of technological solutions that we have come up with. For instance, this includes training the staff on how to use different technologies such as bar coding systems that would help identify individual patients accurately. We will execute our plan by utilizing resources available in the organization which include IT department, quality improvement department and patient safety committee among others.

Our aim is to develop, implement and manage a system which shall reduce all sorts of errors in relation to the patient identification process; enhance protocol adherence across various departments; and achieve high levels of patient satisfaction within one year period. This approach demonstrates our commitment towards improving health service delivery through enhanced patient security measures.

Agenda and Outcomes: The Purpose and Goals of an In-Service Session

Agenda

In this inservice, the issue of incorrect patient identification and the need for improved safety outcomes within this realm will be critically appraised. Severe consequences have been reported in numerous studies and statistics with regards to drug mix-ups, wrong surgeries, and patients losing faith in health facilities thus indicating that patient identification errors are a serious threat to patient’s lives (Maul & Straub, 2022).

By looking at specific figures and facts we endeavor to explain how important this issue is for both patient care and reputation of an organization. Based on research findings and healthcare standards, a full assessment of the causes of patient identification problems will be covered in our agenda. The aim is to show that patient identification errors have many sides including no standard protocols, overburdened staffs or human mistakes. This knowledge can be used to come up with strategies to reduce risks and enhance patients’ security at home. 

Outcome

Our session will also discuss ways to use evidence to address patient identification mistakes. As a result, a closer look will be taken at the efficiency of standardized patient identification protocols; technology such as barcoding systems; and staff training and education in decreasing the error rate. Therefore, by using some specific data and evidence that supports these interventions we can demonstrate their potential in improving safety outcomes and preventing future incidents (Song & Kim, 2023).

An ideal outcome for this in-service training is to give our audience enough knowledge and resources that would enable them initiate meaningful change regarding patient identification practices within the healthcare organization. By creating a safe atmosphere with clearly defined responsibilities, we can all contribute towards reducing errors of patient identity, improving care given to patients and maintaining the highest possible standards of safety as well as quality in the health services delivered.

Safety Improvement Plan: The Need and Process to Improve Safety Outcomes

Need of the Safety Improvement Plan

Patient safety is a critical issue within healthcare settings caused by patient identification errors, therefore requiring a focused and systematic intervention to improve this (Mistri et al., 2023). Currently, misidentification of patients poses significant dangers to their health and can have unfavorable consequences, such as giving drugs to the wrong people or performing operations on the wrong people (Romano et al., 2021).  First patient safety is our priority hence any error during the identification process jeopardizes care recipients’ health (Fukami et al., 2020).

Second, there may be legal consequences associated with errors in identification and this puts our reputation as an organization into jeopardy (Popescu et al., 2022). Moreover, there is evidence that through the reduction of error rates and improving the quality of healthcare at large healthcare facilities, programs designed to improve patient identification systems might enhance safety outcomes.

Because of this, the healthcare organization must react by taking measures in order to