Essay Leadership for the Clinical Context – Current Clinical Indicators Compared to National Benchmarks – Nursing Assignment Help

Assignment Task :

Introduction You have recently been asked by your unit manager to review some of the clinical issues highlighted from several sources that require attention to improve practice. As you read through the information below, make notes related to the following points – in relation to the areas of medication safety and Staphylococcus aureus infections. 

a) Issues related to clinical practice that require attention.

b) Current clinical indicators compared to National Benchmarks.

c) Analyse the clinical indicators to identify areas for improvement.

d) Think about how you might lead change in practices. 

The Local Integrated Health Service (LIHS) The Local Integrated Health Service (LIHS) was established in 2014 and provides a comprehensive, integrated health service. The service commenced as a Government commitment to improving health services covering community assessment through to acute care and back to community care. The health service has achieved interim accreditation and met the National Accreditation Health Standards. Recently, however, there has been a number of media news reports which have stated that there was overcrowding in the emergency department, patients were not receiving the best care and waiting times for elective surgery had increased in the areas of orthopaedics and ophthalmology. 

The media reports in brief include: 

a) A report in daily newspaper reported that mental health patients had been waiting in the Emergency Department for 4 days before a bed was available in the Mental Health Unit.

b) On June 26th, 2017 a patient had surgery on the wrong limb which resulted in an amputation

c) The infection rate within the LIHS was double that of other health services within the region. This has resulted in patients cancelling their surgery, as they have a fear of getting a severe infection

d) On August 24th, 2018 the local newspaper reported that a patient had died at the LIHS Hospital following cataract surgery. The newspaper alleged that the patient was given an incorrect medication after surgery which he was allergic to, which resulted in his death.