[Solved] NR544 Week 5: Risk Evaluation and Patient Safety

COURSE:

 NR544: Quality and Safety in Healthcare

Requirements

Assignment Criteria for the Paper

  1. Identify a potential risk within a healthcare organization and provide the rationale for choosing this issue.
  2. Discuss the risk management elements and patient safety strategies in this issue.
  3. Complete a literature review related to this issue.
  4. Discuss the risk assessment measures related to internal and external environmental factors, and mechanism.
  5. Discuss use of human factors, engineering, and other factors to improve patient safety.
  6. Use a risk theory and apply it to the patient safety issue.
  7. Integrate two QSEN competencies within your plan to mitigate this risk-related issue.
  8. The body of the scholarly paper is to be 3–5 pages in length, excluding title and reference pages.
  9. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing and APA format as expressed in the current edition.
  10. Include a minimum of four references published within the past 5 years, not including your textbook. References may include scholarly websites of organizations or government agencies and must be presented using APA current edition format for electronic media.

 

SOLUTION

Risk Evaluation and Patient Safety Strategies 

Venous Thrombosis (VTE), which is the disease process of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and or pulmonary embolism (PE), is one of the most patient risks, that can be prevented if special precautions are taken. VTE can affect anyone, many of them occur during hospitalization or soon after discharge. “A study by the National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) showed that between 2007 to 2009, nearly 500,000 patients that had been discharged developed VTE”. (CDC: Centers for Disease Control, 2020). This paper will discuss patient safety strategies, literature review, contributing factors, risk theories, and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN).

Patient Safety Strategies

If VTEs are not prevented, they can be fatal; thus, early implementation of patient safety strategies to prevent fatalities. There are two forms of VTE. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) a blood clot that forms in a deep vein, such as the lower leg, thigh, or pelvis. If the DVT is not diagnosed on time, it can break loose and enter the bloodstream, and travel to the lungs leading to a blockage, this is then termed pulmonary embolism (PE) second form of VTE, and can be fatal. A safety strategy in preventing VTE is for the healthcare organization to have a risk assessment tool that monitors and can identify high-risk patients and help the health care providers determine the best prevention plan………………………………$15