Essay NS5204 – Patient Safety and Quality Improvement – Case Study – Nursing Assignment Help

Assignment Task

 

Module learning outcomes
You will need to demonstrate you meet the following module learning outcomes:
1. Appraise the principles of safety and quality improvement in care and evidence-based practice across health and social care, including the role of patients/ service users/ carers and families at the centre of health care delivery
2. Critically analyse and reflect on the role of the nursing associate as working in partnership with service users, families and the wider healthcare team to support the diversity in individual needs.
3. Integrate strategies for assessing, planning and implementing care pathways across a range of clinical scenarios, acknowledging own limitations.
4. Critically analyse safe, effective nursing practice in a relevant clinical scenario whilst developing problem-solving skills in maintaining safe patient care.

Introduction:
Identify a care/case scenario – background to patient details
State the event or incident of this care/case study that were raising concerns about the quality of health outcomes.
State which principles of patient centred care you will address as relevant.
State how you will write a critical analysis of the incident/event addressing the safety needs of that patient.
State that you want to demonstrate your knowledge, skills and attitudes, with observations, assessment of risk of harm, communicate with team, implement the use of safety measures, evaluate the patient outcomes to show safe practice.

Describe which health professionals were involved in the incident? And what were their roles/part played?
How did you assess the situation/incident/event, what evidence-based approach did you use/was used?
Describe and explain the critical exploration of the incident with assessment tools, supported with evidence.
Identify the patient’s health status, where relevant the physical, behavioural, emotional and spiritual dimensions of health outcomes.
Discuss the importance of communication in the whole process.

Intervention(s)
Discuss the intervention(s) in order of priorities, as relevant in:
in prevention of harm or further harm;
in follow-up actions and safety of patient;
in ensuring the elimination/reduction of risk of harm; OR
strategies for quality of care.

This section should show how teamwork, partnership with service users, families and the wider healthcare team supported significant interventions.