Question

Discussed the role of the nurse leader in fostering and promoting initiatives related to patient safety.

Examined the relationship between patient safety and high-performing interprofessional healthcare teams.

Discussed how the use of communication strategies like SBAR improves the high-performing interprofessional healthcare teams.

Justified your answers with appropriate research and reasoning

Answer 1

The role of nurse leader in fostering patient safety are as following

• Hourly rounds to assess quality of care delivered
• Monitoring The oatient safety practices in the ward
• Assessing for the adequate number of staff on duty
• Right distribution of nurse patient ratio to prevent exhaustion of the staff energy
• Following medication rights to avoid medication error while administering
• follow fall prevention protocol

The high interprofessional team and the relationship between the patient are very crucial in patient care.There will be a greater coordination,exchange of information, staying updated and taking appropriate measures when needed to provide a better quality care

SBAR is a communication tool in playing an important role in the high performing interprofessional team in healthcare.Here the professional assess the Situation of patient conditions depending upon the disease conditions ,where it has occured,how it has occured (background ),check out the root cause for the conditions and finally recommending the treatment for patient's ailments.