Assessment 2 Instructions: Root-Cause Analysis and Safety Improvement Plan For

Assessment 2 Instructions: Root-Cause Analysis and Safety Improvement Plan
For this assessment, you can use a supplied template to conduct a
root-cause analysis. The completed assessment will be a scholarly paper
focusing on a quality or safety issue pertaining to medication
administration in a health care setting of your choice as well as a
safety improvement plan.
As patient safety concerns continue to be addressed in the health care
settings, nurses can play an active role in implementing safety
improvement measures and plans. Often root-cause analyses are conducted
and safety improvement plans are created to address sentinel or adverse
events such as medication errors, patient falls, wrong-site surgery
events, and hospital-acquired infections. Performing a root-cause
analysis offers a systematic approach for identifying causes of
problems, including process and system-check failures. Once the causes
of failures have been determined, a safety improvement plan can be
developed to prevent recurrences. The baccalaureate nurse’s role as a
leader is to create safety improvement plans as well as disseminate
vital information to staff nurses and other health care professionals to
protect patients and improve outcomes.
As you prepare for this assessment, it would be an excellent choice to
complete the Quality and Safety Improvement Plan Knowledge Base activity
and to review the various assessment resources, all of which will help
you build your knowledge of key concepts and terms related to quality
and safety improvement. The terms and concepts will be helpful as you
prepare your Root-Cause Analysis and Safety Improvement Plan. Activities
are not graded and demonstrate course engagement