Quality and Safety in Healthcare and Nursing Practice

For this Discussion, take a moment to consider your experience with quality and safety in your nursing practice. Examine how the selected organization integrates principles of just culture and addresses health equity. Reflect on your experience and consider how your role may support quality and safety measures.
Mistakes happen. Even though your healthcare organization may establish a target of “zero” preventable harm, human factors, and gaps in system processes will result in some error. Reporting errors initiates the inquiry process to activate necessary stakeholders to create a plan to identify, act, and mitigate future risk of harm.
• How might your practice change if reporting mistakes was welcomed versus penalized?
To prepare:
• Review the Learning Resources for this week.
• Reflect on your experience with nursing practice, specifically as it relates to the function of quality and safety. For example, consider how your current organization supports quality, safety, and health equity.
• Reflect on the role and obligations of the DNP-prepared RN in nursing care delivery and quality improvement
Assignment: Post a scholarly response to the following criteria:
• Explain the rationale for the recent increased focus on health equity and quality improvement.
• Analyze the role of a DNP-prepared nurse leading, participating, and promoting patient care quality improvement and safety.
• Analyze the role of the DNP-prepared nurse in promoting just culture within a healthcare organization.
Note: See below Resources that will be helpful for this assignment
Dang, D., Dearholt, S. L., Bissett, K., Ascenzi, J., & Whalen, M. (2021). Johns Hopkins evidence-based practice for nurses and healthcare professionals: Model and guidelines (4th ed.). Sigma Theta Tau International.
• Chapter 1, “Evidence-Based Practice: Context, Concerns, and Challenges” (pp. 3–10)
• Chapter 2, “Creating a Supportive EBP Environment” (pp. 13–37)
• Chapter 3, “The Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice (JHEBP) Model for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) Process Overview” (pp. 43–66)