Question

• Implement patient safety and quality initiatives within the complex clinical microsystem using leadership and communication skills

Answer 1

Through clinical microsystems the following efforts were made by the nurse:

• Through the nurses leadership and being a care co-ordinator there has been change in roles of staffing, culture.
• Major contributions are made towards practice redesign through quality improvement.
• Front-line nurses mainly work on design, testing and implementing the changes in the work environment.
• Nurses devote more time for care co-ordination and improve very good outcomes for the patients who have complex medical needs.
• Clinical Microsystems approach has given more improvements in diseases like hypertension, cystic fibrosis etc.Makes nurses teach patient about the care needed during each problems and how to face each situations.
• Each week there is a dedicated time set aside for monitoring and supervising the quality improvements and patient safety works.
• Nurse leaders learn to take ownership over the cases they get involved in.