Make a follow-up of a student’s weekly discussion and respond with your opinion regarding to her post
——You don’t have to post this in APA format necessarily, it’s just giving feedback to the student with a paragraph, it doesn’t have to be a lot of text—-
Leticia Blanco
Paragraph one: What would you do as a nurse leader or nurse manager (depending on your last name) if your policy or procedure conflicts with the most recent evidence? Describe your response to this nurse.
As a nurse leader if I was charge when this happened, I would advise my floor nurse to not complete the procedure on the patient until we have clarified with our manager and MD to what best practice is. I always told my nurses that they did not have to do anything they felt would not be the best thing for the patient or for the license. In this case I wouldn’t expect my nurse to put their license or their patient at risk for a procedure that is outdated and not best practice. I would also praise the nurse for doing research and knowing that this procedure is not best practice.
Paragraph two: Why is it important to update policies and procedures? What are the risks if they are outdated?
The biggest concern of needing to updated policies and procedures is simply patient safety. The Joint Commission is responsible for monitoring patient safety and if an outdated policy or procedure is exposed to a patient it may be triggered with inconsistency with the Joint Commission (Irving, 2017). If a nurse performs an outdated procedure and a bad outcome is the result for that patient then the hospital could be liable for the damages. Now to be honest the most important thing is not the fact that the hospital could be liable and have to pay for damages, it’s the fact that the patient endured damage from an outdated procedure. Patient safety should always be the main concern for medical personnel and they should always be aware of the procedures and policies they are using for patients.
Paragraph three: What is your role as a nurse leader or nurse manager (depending on your last name) in assuring policies or procedures are up to date?
My role as a nurse leader is to make sure that my floor nurses have support and a resource to be able to ask questions and express concerns to. When assuring policies and procedures are up to date I need to be knowledgeable in the policies and procedures on my current floor so I can educate when one is not being followed or is out of date. Part of my job as a nurse leader is to make the shift go easier and smoother for my floor nurses. I should be the one making sure what they are doing is best practice because they are busy providing the care and shouldn’t have to worry all day about if what they are doing is best practice. As mentioned in the lesson, nurse leaders are often the forefront of revising procedures to be consistent with current evidence (Huston,2020).
Resources: Where did you find your data?
Huston, C. J. (2020). Professional issues in nursing: Challenges and opportunities (5th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
Irving, A. (2017, January 4). Policies and procedures for healthcare organizations: A risk management perspective. Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare. Retrieved August 28, 2022, from https://www.psqh.com/analysis/policies-and-procedures-for-healthcare-organizations-a-risk-management-perspective/
