Analyze the impact of using tools like RCA, FMEA, and PDSA on the quality and safety of patient care.

Analyze the impact of using tools like RCA, FMEA, and PDSA on the quality and safety of patient care.

Analyze the impact of using tools like RCA, FMEA, and PDSA on the quality and safety of patient care.

NSG week 4

Read the Multifactorial  Mishap case study  see ( )

1) Complete the Root Cause Analysis Worksheet to analyze the case. (see attached worksheet in up load #1)Multifactorial Medication Mishap Case Study:

The Case A previously healthy 50-year-old man was hospitalized while recovering from an uncomplicated spine surgery. Although he remained in moderate pain, clinicians planned to transition him from intravenous to oral opioids prior to discharge.

The patient experienced nausea with pills but told the bedside nurse he had taken liquid opioids in the past without difficulty.

The nurse informed the physician that the patient was having significant pain and liquid opioids had been effective in the past. When the physician searched for liquid oxycodone in the computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE) system, multiple options appeared on the list — two formulations for tablets and two for liquid (the standard 5 mg per 5 mL concentration and a more concentrated 20 mg per mL formulation).

At this hospital, the CPOE system listed each choice twice, one entry with the generic name and one entry with a brand name. In all, the physician saw eight different choices for oxycodone products. The physician chose the concentrated oxycodone liquid product and ordered a 5-mg dose. All medication orders at the hospital had to be verified by a pharmacist. The pharmacist reviewing this order recognized that the higher concentration was atypical for inpatients but assumed it was chosen to limit the volume of fluid given to the patient. The pharmacist verified the order and, to minimize the risk of error, added a comment to both the electronic medication administration record (eMAR) and the patient-specific label that the volume to be given was 0.25 mL (5 mg). For added safety, the pharmacist personally retrieved, labeled, and delivered the drug and a calibrated syringe to the bedside nurse to clarify that this was a high concentration formulation for which the volume to administer was 0.25 mL (a smaller volume than would typically be delivered).

Shortly thereafter, the nurse went to the bedside to administer the drug to the patient for his ongoing pain. She gave the patient 2.5 mL (50 mg) of liquid oxycodone, a volume that she was more used to giving, and then left for her break. A covering nurse checked on the patient and found him unconscious — a code blue was called. The patient was given naloxone (an agent that reverses the effect of opioids), and he responded well. He was transferred to the intensive care unit for ongoing monitoring and a continuous infusion of naloxone to block the effect of the oxycodone. By the following morning, the patient had returned to his baseline with no apparent adverse effects.

2) Write a 525 word-summary in which you:

1~  Explain why a root cause analysis was appropriate for this situation.

2~  Analyze the impact of using tools like RCA, FMEA, and PDSA on the quality and safety of patient care.

Cite a minimum of two peer-reviewed or evidence-based sources published within the last five years to support your summary in an APA-formatted reference page.

Submit your worksheet (500 words estimated for payment purposes ) and summary.(525 words)

Rubric

Wk 4 – Multifactorial Medication Mishap RCA [due Mon]

1    Analyze the registered nurse’s role in quality improvement and.

2    Evaluate how the management of quality drives patient safety and improves health care systems.

3    Evaluate factors that influence quality, safe, patient-centered care.

4    RCA worksheet completed; sufficient detail; submitted with assignment

5     Summary is 525 words or more and submitted; includes at least 2 APA formatted sources for material; includes analysis of ’why’ an RCA was appropriate

6    Impact of tools (RCA, FMEA, PDSA) Clearly analyzes the impact of using tools like RCA, FMEA, and PDSA on the quality and safety of patient care

7    Format Summary is written within the context of expected undergraduate writing standards; references in APA; in text citations where appropriate