NURS 4020 assessement 2 1.docx NURS 4020 Root cause analysis patient safety improvement

NURS 4020 assessement 2 1.docx  NURS 4020  Root cause analysis patient safety improvement plan  Capella University  NURS 4020: Improving quality care patient safety  Patient Safety  Patience safety refers to reducing the percentage of a patient's exposure to potential injury while undergoing treatment to the least minimal percentage. Patient safety assures the patient of quality services at medical facilities (Weaver et al., 2013). Patient safety also creates more faith in the treatment process. The Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) refers to patient safety as acting with the patient's best interests in mind to avoid errors that may result in harm of the patient. Considering patient safety, it is also crucial to discuss unsafe medical practices, which are the events in which a patient gets hurt in treatment.  Medication Error  Medication error refers to any harm to a patient resulting from the consumption of medication issued by a medical practitioner that could have been avoided had the practitioner taken precautionary measures. Medication errors include giving a patient medicine at the wrong time, giving an illegal drug, prescribing medicine that is not appropriate for the condition at hand, giving the wrong dosage of the prescribed drug, among others. Some errors may arise during  administration such as giving drugs to the wrong patient, administering the medicine via the wrong route, for instance by giving a patient a medicine solution to drink yet it was intended to be injected