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SIP Poster - Alison WEB PDF
SIP Poster - Alison WEB PDF
SIP Poster - Alison WEB PDF
for Post-Qualifying
Social Work and
Professional Practice
Service
Improvement
Projects
Supporting social work and health practitioners to improve
services one setting and one service provider at a time.
The improvement of services, for the people we
serve, is at the heart of professional practice. This
is why we have designed a Masters degree to
include a focus on service improvement.
Aim
The overall aim of this project has been to
improve patient safety and staff compliance with
documentation by creating a new standardised
care pathway for DFTs to identify contraindications,
potential complications and subsequent actions.
Methods:
Service Improvement
The audit demonstrates considerable
improvements in documenting contraindications
and potential complications and all patients, after
the new pathway had been implemented, had
appropriate pre-assessment preparation.
Colleagues have found the new care pathway easy
to use and no negative views have been voiced.
My team leader comments this [project] has
demonstrated a significant service improvement.
Critical Reflection
Further audit over time is required to determine the
extent of initial project success.
Pre-assessment procedures should be reviewed for
all patients undergoing any electrophysiology and
device procedures to ensure wider patient safety.
References
Middleton, et al., 2005. Reviewing recommendations of root cause
analyses. Australian Health Review, 31, 288-296.
RCN (2010) Record keeping guidance. Available online from: http://
www.nmc.uk.org/Documents/NMC-Publications/NMC-Record-Keeping-Guidance.pdf [accessed 12.9.14].