Health Care Culture
Health Care Culture
The purpose of this assignment is to discuss health care culture and describe how CWV (Christian worldview) can be used to improve ethical practices. In a 1,000-1,250-word essay, discuss the important factors associated with health care culture. Include the following in your essay:
1. A definition of health care culture, including culture of excellence and safety.
2. Two or three examples of principles for building a culture of excellence and safety.
3. An explanation of the role of various stakeholders in improving health care culture.
4. An explanation of how Christian worldview (CWV) principles might be used by health care organizations to improve ethical practices, whether the organizations are Christian or not.
5. Two or three examples of how the integration of faith learning and work at GCU (Grand Canyon University) can be implemented by individuals to improve health care culture.
This assignment requires a minimum of three peer-reviewed scholarly sources.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide 7th edition.
This assignment uses a rubric.
Health Care Culture
RUBRIC
Health Care Culture – Rubric
Definition of Health Care Culture
11 points
Examples of How to Build a Culture of Excellence and Culture of Safety
12 points
Role of Various Stakeholders in Improving Health Care Culture
12 points
Explanation of How CWV Principles Might Be Used
12 points
Examples of How the Integration of Faith, Learning, and Work
12 points
Scholarly Sources
11 points
Thesis, Position, or Purpose
7 points
Development, Structure, and Conclusion
8 points
Evidence
5 points
Mechanics of Writing
5 points
Format/Documentation
5 points
Total 100 points
Health Care Culture (Week 2 DQ 2)
Given that human errors should be considered as expected events, healthcare institutions are required to routinize processes aimed at the prevention of human error and limit the negative consequences associated with the error. One most common form of human error in the healthcare industry is medication error. In the United States, approximately 1.5 million patients are adversely affected by medication errors every year (Jones & Treiber, 2018). The provided case study demonstrates two nurses making medication errors, where one leads to adverse events whereas the other one does not.
In such a situation, both the two nurses should face similar consequences. A just culture is considered a value-based culture that promotes shared accountability, hence demands that the situation be dealt with similarly. However, before deciding on which kind of punishment to give, an investigator must be involved, to determine the cause of the medication error, whether it was due to the system, negligence or the nurses just failed to pay attention to following hospital protocols (Jones & Treiber, 2018). Once the cause of the problem has been identified, a corrective measure should follow based on the outcome. This helps promote a sense of accountability, helping the nurse to avoid such errors in the future.
Consequently, in a just culture, clinicians are required to share responsibility for promoting patient safety and the quality of care provided (Marx, 2019). As such, there should be no blame as to who caused the most damage, but rather, the nurses should both share the blame for making the medication error equally, and determine whether there were any system factors contributing to the error. However, if the nurse tends to undermine the hospital policy and frequently cause medication errors, then they should take responsibility for their action and suffer the necessary consequences.
References
Marx, D. (2019). Patient safety and the just culture. Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics, 46(2), 239-245.
Jones, J. H., & Treiber, L. A. (2018, July). Nurses’ rights of medication administration: Including authority with accountability and responsibility. In Nursing forum (Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 299-303).
