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Nursing Assignment-Safety

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Nursing Assignment

The paper discusses the following concepts: Safety in Nursing

Safety

Generally, safety is defined as the state of being "safe," it is the state in which an

individual feels entirely shielded from any possible harm and risk. It often entails the

management of recognized dangers in order to produce a state of tranquility or peace.

According to the American Society of Safety Engineers, "safety is the prevention of

injury to patients as well as other people in the healthcare context." It has been broadened to

include patient safety in the profession of nursing (Sherwood & Barnsteiner, 2017).

Improving safety in healthcare is facilitated by various components including the nurses,

they are crucial component in this process. This is due to the fact that nurses usually have direct

contact with the patients, nurses monitor the symptoms of the patient, they administer

medication, and they also communicate self-care while at the same time discharge information to

the patient, this means that they regularly meet the patient and they know what is working and

not working for the [patient.

Moreover, customer service is a joint endeavor involving hospital managers, doctors, and

physician assistants to ensure that patients are well taken care of (Sherwood & Barnsteiner,

2017). Meaningful, verifiable improvements in patient safety will only be achieved when all

healthcare professionals commit to decreasing medical errors.

A successful strategy to increase the safety of the patient safety ought to be customized to

focus on the particular needs of the nurses as well as the specific role that these nurses play in the

provision of direct care patient. To better understand patient safety, nurses seem to break it down

into a series of tangible techniques to reduce medical errors and improve patient outcomes.
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References

Sherwood, G., & Barnsteiner, J. (2017). Quality and safety in nursing: A competency approach to

improving outcomes. John Wiley & Sons.