COURSE:

 NR544: Quality and Safety in Healthcare

NR544 Week 1 Scholarly Discussion Forum Applying Quality Improvement to Nursing Practice

Describe one patient care scenario where a safety or quality issue is apparent. This can be something you have experienced in your current practice or one you develop for this discussion. Explain the details surrounding the scenario and the impact of the problem.

Select either the DMAIC or PDSA model, and describe how the model could be applied to address the specific issue in your case scenario. Explain how this process would improve patient-related and organizational outcomes.

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SOLUTION

A scenario that comes to mind and often occurs and involves patient safety issues is medication administration errors (MAE). Medication errors occur in different ways, i.e., during prescribing, dispensing, and administration. Over 30% of errors occur at the time of medication administration (H0 & Burger, 2020). MAE has several impacts on both patients and the hospital. For example, mortality, adverse drug effects, morbidity, and………………………………$5