The Patient Education Program Will Increase Patient Safety

Los Angeles, Doctor and founder John McLaughlin, came up with the idea to reduce health care costs and improve patient safety

This paper will discuss the National Patient Safety Goal NPSG 0.7.06.01 entitled “ Use proven guidelines to prevent infection of the urinary tract that are caused by catheter” (The Joint Commission, 2015). It will identify reasons why this National Patient Safety Goal was chosen as well as the type of organizations that utilize urinary catheters. It will look into the cost of implementing an educational process compared with the hospital cost of Catheter-Associated Urinary Infections (CAUTI). The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) will demonstrate a method on how to gather data, design educational tool, implement standard practice and create a committee by collaborating with other health care disciplines. The effectiveness of the educational process will be evaluated through data collection and analysis. Finally, future health care delivery implications will be explored.

This paper, will discuss the National Patient Safety Goal NPSG 0.7.06.01 entitled “ Use proven guidelines to prevent infection of the urinary tract that are caused by catheter” (The Joint Commission, 2015). It will identify reasons why this National Patient Safety Goal was chosen as well as the type of organizations that utilize urinary catheters. It will look into financial implications of implementing educational process versus the hospital cost of Catheter-Associated Urinary Infections (CAUTI). The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) will demonstrate method on how to gather data, design educational tool, implement standard practice and create a committee by collaborating with other health care discipline. Effectiveness of the educational process will be evaluated through data collection. Finally, future health care delivery implications will be explored.

Patient education increases adherence to medication and treatment regimens, leading to a more efficient and cost-effective health care delivery system.

The Joint Commission also mandates that patients receive education at a level appropriate to their degree of understanding. A clear and effective communication is a cornerstone of patient safety. Yin et al (2010) found that prescription drug counselling using a plain language pictogram intervention, resulted in fewer medication-dosage errors and greater adherence versus standard medication counselling. ‘Teach-back’ technique or ‘show-me’ method is one of the simplest ways to bridge the communication gap between nurse and patient. It is utilized to help nurses to verify the patient understanding of new knowledge and

Hello Mary. I agree there is a need for increased fall education and patient safety awareness of staff. We play a vital role in patient safety and quality improvement. I believe that being a nurse is a constant learning, we learn as we practice. Nursing research helps us to bring forth more efficient nursing care. According to Beck and Polit, it is important to emphasize the clinical nursing research to guide nursing practice and to improve the health and quality of life of our patients (2012). Unfamiliar environment, illnesses, and treatment increase the risk of the patient for falls. We are restraint free in our long-term care unit. Staffs are always looking for alternatives to prevent falls such as medication changes, alarms, 1:1 sitter,

Once the problem and audience is identified, one look at themselves and determine their own motivation and resources which correlates to Phase 3 of Lippitt’s Change Theory. Motivation may be monetary value, to boost employee satisfaction or work load, to boost patient satisfaction or safety, or any combination of these. Identifying the motivation for change can be a key aspect of obtaining compliance with change. (Mitchell

Safety is a basic human need. As defined by Dictionary.com, safety is “freedom from the occurrence of risk or injury, danger, or loss” (n.d.). In the healthcare environment, there are many challenges to keep patients safe. Studies have shown that many adverse events can cause real harm to patients and are preventable. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the prevalence of adverse events in the hospital setting, some causes of healthcare error, and ways to prevent the adverse events.

In the article entitled “Lewin’s Theory of Planned Change as a Strategic Resource”, the author, Shirey (2013) stated that Lewin’s approach to change involves looking at the forces that are needed to diminished or strengthened in order to bring about change within an organization. Burnes and Cooke (2012) added to Shirey’s point by noting that it is important to understand the psychological forces influencing peoples’ behavior at a given point in time before change can be made. Both authors main point of agreement is that there are a number of forces that drive, restrain or balance peoples’ behavior. These authors stated that organizational change is necessary to meet consumer needs. Also, as technology changes, such as the change from the paper medical record to the EMR, health care organizations have to adopt these changes to improve patient safety. In addition, change provides a learning opportunity for employees and allows

One cause of the problem is staff and provider routine; this is how the facility has always provided this information to patients. Staff and providers want to stay within their comfort level; therefore, they are reluctant to try new processes.

With an increase in the number of new prescriptions hitting the market and the growing number of patients taking prescription medications, patient health literacy becomes a rising problem. Approximately ninety percent of Americans currently take prescription or over-the-counter medications; however, patients that have an inadequate health literacy level are more likely misinterpret or suffer adverse drug effects due to a lack of understanding. (7) These possible adverse drug effects could also potentially increase the number of hospitalizations, thus raising health care costs. One study suggested that over half of the documented emergency department visits could have been avoided had the patient been more health literate. (4) If the patients involved would have been better educated about the side effects, contraindications, and drug interactions by their pharmacist or primary care provider, then emergency room visits and/or hospital admittance could have been prevented.

Effective communication with healthcare remains integral in the success of providing care, being receptive to care needs of the ever changing population and remaining relevant with fluid standards. Conversely, Lewin’s Change Theory understands the valued in shared vision by placing emphasis on the role of Change Agent within the three step paradigm. Also important to note Lewin’s paradigm provides opportunity to evaluate and re-evaluate should variance (interference of internal and external factors)within change occur, gather all available information in effort problem solving and most importantly developing a structural plan detailing innovation and outcome which is favorable to obtaining compliance from investors (Marquis and Huston 2008).

Over 60 years have passed since Kurt Lewin introduced his Unfreezing-Changing-Refreezing Model. His model is often considered invalid due to the specific beginning, middle, and end of his model. Today, change is continuous and fluid which critics have argued is not recognized by Lewin’s model. However, the following paragraphs will examine how Lewin’s Model is still applicable in today’s change management world.

Unfreezing proposes that the goal for change should first be apperceived and old examples or deportments be disposed of up to nascent ones are embraced. The second stage focuses on following up on the outcomes after apperception and examination of the current state. Burnes talked about that this 'moving in ' step involves creating early, more profitable manners, values, and stances through the exordium of change in hierarchical structures and procedures.

As a scholar, the Kurt Lewin’s model of change cannot be ignored. It is a law that has been in existence for many decades and has proven beyond reasonable doubt to be very effective. Scholars have written dozens of articles on the same