With your newly minted degree from SNHU, you have been hired as the patient safety officer for a 54-bed acute-care facility. One of your position responsibilities is to serve as chair of the Patient Safety Committee (PSC). This committee helps set and endorse safety policies and oversees dissemination of said policies in the healthcare facility. The PSC also reports to the Medical Executive Committee and the board of trustees on a monthly basis. The chief nursing officer (CNO) approaches you with a concern that the clinical departments she supervises (including nursing and other related departments such as laboratory and radiology) are lagging in their involvement with safety initiatives and solicits your help.
In your initial post for this module, discuss how you would assess the culture of safety demonstrated in the case. What questions would you ask? What kinds of information would you seek? Consider one evidence-based strategy you might use to increase team cooperation with patient safety initiatives in the facility.
Compare and contrast your approach to determining the culture of safety and recommendations with those of at least two of your classmates.
To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric PDF document.
Discussion Rubric: Undergraduate
Your active participation in the discussion forums is essential to your overall success this term. Discussion questions are designed to help you make meaningful
connections between the course content and the larger concepts and goals of the course. These discussions offer you the opportunity to express your own
thoughts, ask questions for clarification, and gain insight from your classmates’ responses and instructor’s guidance.
Requirements for Discussion Board Assignments
Students are required to post one initial post and to follow up with at least two response posts for each discussion board assignment.
For your initial post (1), you must do the following:
Compose a post of one to two paragraphs.
In Module One, complete the initial post by Thursday at 11:59 p.m.
Eastern Time.
In Modules Two through Eight, complete the initial post by Thursday at
11:59 p.m. of your local time zone.
Take into consideration material such as course content and other
discussion boards from the current module and previous modules, when
appropriate (make sure you are using proper citation methods for your
discipline when referencing scholarly or popular resources).
For your response posts (2), you must do the following:
Reply to at least two different classmates outside of your own initial
post thread.
In Module One, complete the two response posts by Sunday at 11:59
p.m. Eastern Time.
In Modules Two through Eight, complete the two response posts by
Sunday at 11:59 p.m. of your local time zone.
Demonstrate more depth and thought than simply stating that “I agree”
or “You are wrong.” Guidance is provided for you in each discussion
prompt.
Library Article: Integrating Research and Quality Improvement Using TeamSTEPPS
This article from the Shapiro Library explains the TeamSTEPPS approach. Note that the TeamSTEPPS approach is a process to promote safety practices and standards among health team members. You will use this resource to complete this module’s assignments and your final project.
Website: Institute for Healthcare Safety: Changes Develop a Culture of Safety
This resource is pertinent to the Milestone Four assignment in this module and addresses how to develop a culture of safety In the healthcare organization.
Video: Successful Outcome Using the TeamSTEPPS Technique (AHRQ) (4:24)
This video provides an alternative media option to see TeamSTEPPS in action.
Video: Inpatient Surgical: Successful Outcome with TeamSTEPPS Technique (AHRQ) (6:59)
This video also provides an alternative media option to see TeamSTEPPS in action.
Website: TeamSTEPPS 2.0 (AHRQ)
The TeamSTEPPS 2.0 resource provides updated guidance/framework on the model.
