Overview Of Studies Related To Patient Safety And Healthcare

1. A higher level of interpersonal skills in nurses can be developed by improving communication skills. This will help the nurses build trust with the patients and elicit cooperative responses concerning the treatment planning. The nurses that develop positive relationships with peers can have a far-reaching impact (Silveira et al., 2022). Some of the interpersonal skills involve active listening; this will assist in diagnosing the symptom and actual problems of the patients (Donlan, 2018). Patience and awareness have an important role in the nursing profession, and calm humour can help in reducing the stressed situation. Verbal communication has played a crucial role in every field, which has led to the improvement in forming a team of good supporting staff. Written communication plays an influential role in reducing many medication errors. All the information written correctly will help provide the right procedure in enhancing the patients’ health (Nilsson et al., 2019). Concise verbal communication supports providing the exact information among the physicians, patients, and the family members of the patients, which will support effective treatment. Two modes are used in interpersonal communication; these are verbal and written (Ghosh et al., 2020). 

1. Creativity and problem-solving skills in nursing are important in the profession of nursing, and this will help in dealing with different kinds of situations that are necessary for serving the profession of nursing. Creative thinking will enable the nurses to resolve some of the patients’ specific issues. Critical thinking will support the nurses in developing awareness and its relation with diagnostic accuracy (Juujärvi et al.,2019). The conceptual knowledge will help support the easy method of medication, and it also helps in providing comfort to the patients when patients will get errorless medication. The critical thinking process keeps the person mentally active and in making decisions during the nursing profession. Few of the specific behavior also help in the development of critical thinking. The problem-solving skill in nursing assists in skillful practice as it promotes the skills for various critical reasoning and solving problem abilities (Xue et al., 2021). 

1. Teamwork in the nursing profession helps in increasing professional accountability; it assists in a different perspective as this keeps the nurses working on the track. A good team can be established through communication skills and maintaining a good relationship with all the team members (Holmes et al., 2020). Good teamwork supports in requiring some of the skills: leadership qualities, better communication skills, and supportive team members (Silveira et al., 2022). An effective team of nurses will help in the management of the safety of the patient. Collaborative work in hospitals helps increase the centered patient care that helps deliver effective health care services to the patients. The main elements of teamwork are mutual support of the team members, leadership, awareness of the situation and communicating with the team members (Carayon et al., 2020). Teamwork usually avoids harm to the patient and increases the safety of the patients. It also helps reduce the errors concerning the treatments and procedures and cut down on medical errors. The teamwork in the nursing sector makes nurses a good team players, and it supports ensuring all the patients’ health records (Brennan et al., 2020).
2. There is an important role of ethics and legal requirements that are highly accountable for the patients. Nurses should have an understanding of moral judgment and professionalism. A few of the professional, ethical principles may include paying respect for others, loyalty and showing honesty. The nurses should provide equal care for all the patients, and there should not be a biased condition that can lead to discrimination in the health care system (Morley, 2018). The legal requirements of the nurses are to regulate and monitor the activity of the patient. An accurate assessment and decision can be made that are required for medical treatment. Nursing ethics should be maintained in health care sectors as this will help in the development of the profession, and it can resolve the confusions and dilemmas of regular work. A nurse must ensure the safety of the patients. The nurse should patiently listen to the patients’ problems; this enhances the patient’s mortality (Morley, 2018). The discrimination between colour, age and sex should be not a part of the professional culture; they should provide equal treatment for all the patients. Advocacy is the responsibility of the nurse, and they should work in advance for the patient’s safety and protection. The nurses should have a duty of self-respect and need to have a commitment towards the ethical rules that will help maintain the nurses’ positive character (Ghosh et al., 2020).
3. Continuous quality improvement is important in the nursing profession, as this encourages all the team members to practice for the betterment of the quality of care as well as for the management of the team members (Kashani et al.,2019). Continuous quality improvement supports creating the process that can develop better outcomes. The process is carried through the application of different strategies and the administrative process. The quality of care is meant for the immediate predecessor to alter the patient’s status. The continuous safety and quality enable nurses to create a safe patient experience and create a timely appointment for the scheduling of the patient (Kashani et al.,2019). Safety can be ensured by reducing medication errors and optimizing sepsis care for the patients. Delivering great quality is good for continuous improvement as it helps in identifying errors and failures (Jeffrey et al., 2020). These roles support in learning the safety improvement and in getting the desired results. This will assist in developing leadership qualities and in promoting a safe environment. This practice demonstrates team learning, and it also promotes sharing knowledge and acquisition in the health care centers.
4. As a profession of nursing in the health care system, the team together can provide good quality for the communities. The nurses’ commitment to core values is to look for opportunities with the other team members (Silveira et al., 2022). One commitment is to work with another team member to recognize for achieving the goals. Sharing the knowledge with other members (it shows collaboration among the interdisciplinary colleagues). Openness is another factor that determines the decisions are made with transparency, and nurses are assumed to accept the accountability (Ghosh et al., 2020). The patient and the nurses usually have the right to understand what decisions are made for any of the treatments and why the particular treatment is required. This will support in holding the accountability of words and actions of nurses (Jeffrey et al., 2020). It also provides opportunities to get feedback and different views. Respect is another factor that helps acknowledge the ideas and listen to the patients patiently. It also helps in dealing with different issues and closing the issues promptly. Empowerment helps in creating trust between the patients, clients and team members.
5. The mission and strategic goals of the Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is aimed to provide better and quality care to the patients and communities in a sympathetic and good manner. The main vision of WSLHD is to provide excellence in the care of the patients, and it also aims to excel in the training of health care professionals and the aim of research with some of the innovations. The core values of WSLHD are collaboration, openness, respect and empowerment. The collaboration supports in improving the performance of the team members and other professionals working there (Silveira et al., 2022). Openness helps provide transparency among the team members, which supports achieving good performance. Openness helps in transparency and accepting accountability for various actions performed in the local health district. This provides the participation of the various treatment plans and getting feedback for various views. It has been realized that open communication has provided all the benefits to the health districts in utilizing the resources of the health care sectors effectively and purposefully (Silveira et al., 2022). Empowerment has provided various commitments concerning the patients, colleagues and clients in various decisions for any treatment. This develops trust for all the levels of the members working in the health care sectors. The main aim of the WSLHD is to bestow the safe and elevated quality of health care (Jeffrey et al., 2020). Another goal is patient and staff satisfaction, positive culture in WSLHD is achieved as this ensures the proper care for the patients and in attaining the satisfaction of the patients and the staff concerning the giving and receiving the care.
6. In continuation with the nursing profession, there is a chance to incorporate LHD Research priorities; this will enable the development of skills and create a learning culture in WSLHD (Lee et al., 2020). It will promote education and research training and support the well-being of the communities (Ghosh et al., 2020). In continuing professional development, research plays a great role in various activities that support knowledge and skills development. This also assists in team-building and longtime effective in promoting the best practices. Learning activities can be beneficial to ensure the safety of the patients (Lee et al., 2020). The research innovation helps improve the quality and interpret the data and represent in the competitors. 

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