- The clinical incident needs to be about the mother/infant alarms for new babies and how the alarms going off is not a huge concern for the nurses.
- Review The Joint Commission’s 2024 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs)
- both the “Download Chapter” and “Easy-to-Read Versions” (both are attached)
- Review the documents for the type of facility you are completing your preceptorship in
- Hospital, Critical Access Hospital, Home Care, or Nursing Care Center
- Using what you have read about NPSGs, base your paper on one of the following:
- A clinical incident that occurred during Preceptorship
- An incident that varied from the guidelines
- A situation where you internally questioned if the guidelines were being implemented correctly.
- Minimum of 2 pages in length, 12 font, double spaced, 1-inch margins, Times New Roman(5pts) Thoroughly describe the incident. (18pts)Locate and describe the facility policy (if any) regarding this situation. If no policy exists, thoroughly describe the key points that should be included in a policy using and citing evidence-based resources. (18pts)In your estimation, what led to the clinical incident occurring? (18pts)Describe in detail the outcome of the clinical incident. What negative outcomes could have occurred? (18pts)Describe what steps you will take as an RN to prevent this type of situation from happening in the future. (18pts)Grammatically correct and free of spelling errors (one point will be deducted for each spelling or grammatical errors).
Patient Handoffs: Patient handoffs, or the transfer of patient care responsibility from one healthcareprovider to another, are critical moments that can
Patient Handoffs: Patient handoffs, or the transfer of patient care responsibility from one healthcareprovider to another, are critical moments that can lead to communication breakdowns and errors.Nurses must have strong communication skills to ensure accurate and complete information transfer.Poor handoff’s can lead to misunderstandings and medical or nursing errors. o