Discuss the relevance of quality, safety, and risk management within the current healthcare setting: Nursing Management Assignment, RCSI, Ireland

LEARNING OUTCOMES:-

• Critically discuss quality management processes, techniques, and models.
• Critically discuss patient safety and its relevance to nursing and midwifery and the Patient Safety First Initiative, Department of Health & Children.
• Critically discuss the roles and functions of HIQA and its importance in the Irish healthcare system.
• Critically discuss national and international initiatives for patient safety, quality, and risk management.
• Demonstrate the knowledge and understanding to critically evaluate risk management and quality improvement techniques in delivering patient-centered health care services with a focus on the HSE’s initiatives of quality improvement

Identify one quality/safety initiative that was set up within your area of practice in the last three years with a specific focus on improving the quality of patient care. You may wish to review an initiative that was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. The layout of your assignment may take the approach.

• Discuss the relevance of quality, safety, and risk management within the current healthcare setting.
• Discuss the role and function of HIQA and its importance in the Irish healthcare system where applicable.
• Discuss the relevance of quality management within healthcare today using HSE initiatives where applicable

Conclusion

• Present a brief account/rationale for the safety initiative and include a summary of its relevance to your area of practice with particular reference to where it is positioned in today’s health system.
• Outline the quality tools/techniques/models used in the initiative/project i.e Six Sigma, Lean, fishbone technique, etc.
• Critically discuss how the outcomes of the initiative/project improved: patient safety, the quality of care, and addressed risk management making reference to HSE’s initiatives of quality improvement where applicable.
• Present the process and outcome of the project in a simple diagram/flow chart and include as an appendix with the assignment.
• Support your assignment with relevant national and international literature.