Class Name: Quality and Safety in Healthcare
(United States Nursing Undergraduate)
As given by the Professor:
The purpose of the National Patient Safety Goals, as given by the National Joint Commission, is to improve patient safety. The goals focus on problems in health care safety and how to solve them. Below is a list of hospital patient safety goals.
• Improve staff communication – Get important test results to the right staff person on time.
• Use alarms safely – Make improvements to ensure alarms on medical equipment are heard and responded to on time.
• Identify patient safety risks – Reduce the risk for suicide.
Please write an essay discussing these 3 safety goals.
Discussion paper must follow this format.
– APA format
– 2 full pages, not including the cover and reference page.
– References no less than five years old (2016-2021).
– Articles must be based in the United States.
– All references used must be referenced in-text and in the correct format.
– Discussion should include an Introduction, Body and Conclusion.