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NURS FPX4020 Assessment1 NURS-FPX4020 Enhancing Quality and Safety Capella University Improving Quality of Care and Patient Safety NURS-FPX4020 Summary Patient safety is one of the topmost important responsibilities for healthcare professionals worldwide. As healthcare professionals, it is our duty to provide safe and effective care without causing harm. One of the most preventable safety issues are medication errors. According to Pop et al. (2016), "The Institute for Safe Medication ...

1. TQM: Total Quali- ty Management 2. Customer De- fined Quality 3. Conformance to specification 4. Example of Con- formance to specification is an integrated organizational effort designed to improve quality at every level. TQM is about meeting quality expectations as defined by the customer. measures how well the product or service meets the targets and tolerances determined by its designers. The wait for hotel room service may be specified as 20 minutes, but there may be an acceptable delay...

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NURS FPX4020 A NURS-FPX 4020 Enhancing Quality and Safety Capella University NURS-FPX 4020 Enhancing Quality and Safety Introduction Working in the Emergency Department brings a variety of patients that nurses must attend to and treat. But patient safety with regard to medication administration is still the most important task they perform. Medication errors can occur during any step in the writing, dispensing, or administration process. However, nurses are the last step in the process...

NURS-FPX4020 Assessment 1: ENHANCING QUALITY AND SAFETY - Capella University

Enhancing Quality and Safety Monique Bennett Capella University

Enhancing Quality and Safety Monique Bennett Capella University

Enhancing Quality and Safety Monique Bennett Capella University

NURS FPX4020 Assessment1 NURS-FPX 4020 Enhancing Quality and Safety NURS-FPX4020 Capella University Improving Quality of Care and Patient Safety In-patient falls are one of the biggest issues that we face in the hospital today. Patient safety is one of our priorities that we aim for every day. We want to give our patients on every unit safe but quality care. Patient falls are very preventable and are costly to the hospital if it does occur. According to the CDC (2015), there is $50 bi...

NURS FPX4020 Assessment1 (1 NURS-FPX 4020 Enhancing Quality and Safety NURS-FPX4020 Capella University Abstract The purpose of this paper is to address safety issues regarding medication administration errors and what steps nurses can take to prevent these errors and enhance patient safety. There are several types of med errors such as, administering medications at the wrong time, using the wrong technique, missing a dose, administering to a wrong patient, following verbal orders of a p...