NURS 4106 Safety National Patient Safety Goals
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SAFETY
The National Patient Safety Goals are set by the Joint Commission (TJC), an independent nonprofit organization that accredits healthcare organizations in the United States. The Joint Commission NPSG's goals are designed to address specific areas of concern within healthcare and improve patient safety. The NPSG's are developed using information about emerging patient safety issues from widely recognized experts and stakeholders and is updated yearly (TJC, 2023). It is important to understand and adhere to these goals in your nursing practice.
In this Assignment, you will review the NPSG's and identify 3 goals relevant to your nursing practice, choose one goal as a priority for your institution, reflect on the role of nursing and how adherence to the national patient safety goals contributes to a culture of safety in the healthcare setting. In addition, you will find and analyze a real-world example where the failure to meet one of the current NPSG's resulted in an adverse event. You will also identify a Leapfrog Group Safety Grade and consider potential evidence-based interventions that might be implemented based on your local hospital safety grade.
Reference
The Joint Commission. (2023). 2023 national patient safety goals. https://www.jointcommission.org/standards/national- patient-safety-goals/
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- Download the National Patient Safety Goals template
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Navigate to the Joint Commission website E
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goals#:~:text=Each%20year%20we%20gather%20information, tailor%20for%20each%20specific%
and choose one of the following areas that closest matches your area of practice:
- Hospital, Ambulatory Health, Assisted Living, Behavioral health, Critical Access Hospital, Home care, Nursing care. Choose the "Easy to Read" Version of the NPSG. Please
note: Retired NPSG's should not be used.
- Review the Required Learning Resources
- Consider how current NPSG guidelines are used in your clinical practice Navigate to the Leapfrog Groups webpage
(https://ratings.leapfroggroup.org). Enter
your zip code and choose a facility in your city. Identify the safety grade assigned to your local facility and consider potential safety improvements that might be implemented based on a local hospital safety grade
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Complete the National Patient Safety Goals template.
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Criteria
Identifies your nursing specialty and practice.
Identities the appropriate NPSG Chapter for your current practice.
5 to >3.75 pts Masters Expectations
The response clearly identifies nursing
specialty and practice.
5 to >3.75 pts Masters Expectations
The response clearly identifies NPSG Chapter for current
practice.
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Ratings
3.75 to >3.0 pts
Achieves
Expectations
The response identifies nursing specialty and practice.
3.75 to >3.0 pts
Achieves
Expectations
The response identifies NPSG Chapter for current practice.
3 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet Expectations
Pts
The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies nursing
5 pts
specialty and/or practice, or it is missing.
3 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet Expectations
The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies NPSG Chapter for current practice, or it is missing.
5 pts
Identifies the year, name, and
number of each
goal for NPSG 1. Explains the
NPSG with a brief
description.
Identifies the year, name, and
number of each goal for NPSG 2. Explains the
NPSG with a brief
description.
7 to >5.33 pts
Masters Expectations
The response comprehensively and clearly identifies the year, name, and number of each goal for NPSG 1... The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the description.
7 to >5.33 pts
Masters Expectations
The response comprehensively and clearly identifies the year, name, and number of each goal for NPSG 2... The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the description.
5.33 to >4.2 pts Achieves Expectations
The response identifies year, name, and number of each goal for NPSG 1... The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the description.
5.33 to >4.2 pts Achieves Expectations
The response identifies year, name, and number
of each goal for NPSG 2... The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the description.
4.2 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet Expectations
The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies year, name, and number of each goal for NPSG 1, or it is missing... The response includes inaccurate and vague examples that do not support description, or it is missing.
4.2 to >0 pts Does Not Meet
Expectations
The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies year, name, and number of each goal for NPSG 2, or it is missing.... The response includes inaccurate and vague examples that do not
support description, or it
is missing.
7 pts
7 pts
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Criteria
Identifies the year, name, and
7 to >5.33 pts
number of each
goal for NPSG 3. Explains the
NPSG with a brief description.
Masters Expectations
The response
comprehensively and clearly identifies the year, name, and number of each
goal for NPSG 3... The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the description.
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Ratings
5.33 to >4.2 pts Achieves Expectations
The response identifies year, name, and number of each goal for NPSG 3... The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the description.
4.2 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet
Expectations
The response
Pts
inaccurately and vaguely
identifies year, name, and
number of each goal for NPSG 3, or it is missing.... The response includes inaccurate and vague
7 pts
Identifies one
NPSG as a priority for your facility. Supports this
assertion with
evidence and
experience.
Reflects on the
role of nurses and
patient safety. Describes how the
NPSGS contribute
to a culture of
safety in
healthcare.
Analyzes a real-
world example of
failure to meet one
of the current
10 to >7.33 pts Masters Expectations The response comprehensively and clearly identifies one NPSG as a priority... The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully supports the identification.
12 to 9.0 pts Masters Expectations
The response comprehensively and clearly reflects on the role of nurses and culture of safety in healthcare... The response includes relevant, specific, and NPSG appropriate examples that fully supports the reflection.
12 to >9.0 pts
Masters Expectations
The response
comprehensively and
7.33 to >6.0 pts Achieves Expectations
The response identifies one NPSG as a priority.... The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the
identification.
9 to >8.0 pts Achieves
Expectations
The response reflects
on the role of nurses and culture of safety in healthcare... The
response includes
relevant, specific, and NPSG appropriate examples that support the reflection.
9 to >8.0 pts
Achieves
Expectations
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examples that do not support description, or it is missing.
6 to >0 pts Does Not Meet Expectations
The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies one NPSG as a priority, or it is missing... The response includes inaccurate and vague examples that do not
support identification, or it is missing.
8 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet
Expectations
The response inaccurately and vaguely reflects on the role of nurses and culture of safety in
healthcare, or it is missing... The response includes inaccurate and vague NPSG examples that do not support reflection, or it is missing. 8 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet
Expectations
10 pts
12 pts
12 pts
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Criteria
NPSGS resulted in
an adverse effect,
discussing
consequences
and lessons
learned.
Identifies facility, safety grade, and
three areas of improvement for a local hospital.
Identifies three
evidence-based
interventions that
might be implemented for
the local hospital.
Professional
writing: Context,
organization,
audience,
purpose, tone,
style, clarity, flow
clearly analyzes a real- world example discussing consequences and lessons learned... The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully supports the analysis.
5 to >3.75 pts Masters Expectations
The response comprehensively and clearly identifies a facility, safety grade, and three areas of improvement for a local hospital.
10 to >7.33 pts Masters Expectations
The response comprehensively and clearly identifies three evidence-based
interventions for implementation... The response includes
relevant, specific, and
appropriate examples that fully supports the interventions.
10 to >7.33 pts
Masters Expectations
Demonstrates full
awareness of writing context, audience, and purpose... Content is
generally clear, logical, and well organized with appropriate sentence and paragraph structure... Tone is highly professional, scholarly, and free of bias... Style is consistently
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Ratings
The response analyzes a real-world example discussing
consequences and lessons learned... The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples
that support the 3.75 to >3.0 pts analysis. Achieves
Expectations
The response identifies a facility, safety grade, and three areas of improvement for a local
hospital.
7.33 to >6.0 pts Achieves Expectations The response identifies three evidence-based
interventions for implementation... The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples
that support the
interventions.
7.33 to >6.0 pts Achieves Expectations
Demonstrates some
awareness of writing
The response inaccurately and vaguely analyzes a real-world example
discussing consequences and/or lessons learned, or it is missing... The
response includes inaccurate and vague
examples that do not
3.
3upon affalysis, or it is support Piss Not Meet Rising. Expectations
The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies a facility, safety grade,
and/or three areas of
improvement for a local hospital, or it is missing.
context, audience, and purpose... Content is mostly clear, logical, and well
organized with adequate sentence and paragraph structure... Tone is adequately professional, scholarly, and/or free of bias... Style is mostly
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6 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet
Expectations
The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies three evidence-based
interventions for
implementation, or it is missing... The response
includes inaccurate and
vague examples that do
not support interventions,
or it is missing.
6 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet
Expectations
The response inaccurately and
vaguely identifies
three evidence-based
interventions for
implementation, or it is missing... The response includes inaccurate and vague examples that do not
Pts
5 pts
10 pts
10 pts
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Criteria
Professional
writing: Originality, source credibility, and attribution of
ideas
appropriate for a professional
setting/workplace context... Mostly free of spelling,
Punctuation, and grammar/syntax errors. Masters Expectations Writing fully reflects original thought and paraphrasing and adheres to reference
requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim while incorporating appropriate citations and
references in APA format.
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Ratings
appropriate for a
professional
setting/workplace context...
Contains few spelling,
punctuation, and/or 7.33 to 6.0 pts
grammar/syntax errors. Achieves Expectations
Writing adequately reflects original thought and paraphrasing and adheres to reference requirements, including the use of
credible evidence to
support a claim while incorporating appropriate
citations and references in
APA format.
support interventions,
or it is missing.
6 to >0 pts Does Not Meet
Expectations Writing does not reflect original thought and paraphrasing and does
not adhere to reference requirements, including the use of credible
evidence to support a claim while incorporating appropriate citations and
references in APA format.
Pts
10 pts
Total Points: 100
717
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The National Patient Safety Goals Template
Please choose three current national patient safety goals. Navigate to the Joint Commission website and choose one of the following areas that closest matches your area of practice:
Hospital
Ambulatory Health
Assisted Living
Behavioral Health
Critical Access Hospital
Home Care
Nursing Care Center (LTC, Nursing Home)
Please be sure to choose the "Simplified" version of the NPSG; retired NPSG's should not be used.
After selecting one of the areas, that closest matches your are of practice, please complete the following table:
Nursing Specialty
State your nursing specialty and the type of facility where you practice. For example, a Med/Surg RN practicing in an acute care facility.
Chapter
Identify the appropriate NPSG Chapter for your current area of practice.
NPSG 1
For the first selected NPSG, provide the year, name, and number of each goal and in your own words provide a brief description of the NPSG.
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