The national patient safety goal was formed with an objective of improving the safety of the patients worldwide. Further, its mandate is to identify the problems that the health care department faces in order to come up with solutions to them. The National Patient Safety Goal 2013 offers the changes that need to be done in our health facility. In addition, this goal entails identification of patients by their names, date and date of birth (Godshall 20). This is meant to enable all the patients to undergo treatment and get the medicine prescribed by the doctors. Further, this allows the patients to receive blood depending on their blood group in situations that call for blood transfusion.
Through implementing evidence based practice, I was able to collect data from patients, evidences from scientific external sources and from my personal sources as the chief nursing officer. The data from the customers indicates that the patients/clients are not happy with the way they are identified. This is due to the fact that the current process of identification entails identifying the patients by the disease they are suffering from and also through their residence. Based on this, it is important to introduce a new policy guideline to avoid cases of wrong treatment which comes as a result of wrong prescription (Godshall 50). Additionally, this may be avoided through implementation of the national patient safety goal that entails identification of patients in the correct manner. Further, this means that the patients should be identified by their names and year of birth.
The need for change from the method that entails identification of patients by considering the diseases they are suffering from and their residence may be facilitated by many factors which include patients’ complains, low number of patients compared to other hospitals that implement the 2013 national patient goals, government intervention and overall low sales of drugs. Further, to be competitive and be at pace with other medical practitioners the changes should be implemented (Blake and Cindy 34). Additionally, it is advisable to adopt the 2013 goals so as to move with the others and embrace new methods that should make the operations move effectively and attain efficiency.
The change agents, that are the patients, are the main clients of the facility, thus, the facility cannot function without them. Further, if the patients are handled appropriately they could be satisfied with the services and this could make them loyal to a certain medical facility (Blake and Bush 43). Additionally, the rural facility should not aim at making cash only, but it should strive to go an extra mile and serve the patients at their best by adopting the most effective and efficient methods.
The steps involved in change process begin with the creation of a will for change in all the employees. This may come as a result of negative comments from the patients concerning the medication or overall inefficiency from the facility. The second stage is the creation of a team that coordinates the change to other employees. Additionally, this team should posses the leadership skills and have a clear idea of what the change entails above all (Blake and Bush 32).The other stage is deciding about what to do in order to give room to the proposed change. This could entail giving a clear guide to all stakeholders so as to notify them of the anticipated change. The next stage is to communicate with others so that they may understand the intended change better. Additionally, one should make sure that majority of employees understands the change strategy in order to get a strong back up. The next stage is empowering other employees to act by removing the barriers that may hinder the change. Further action is creation of short targets coupled with increased momentum that facilitates change follows. Finally, the implementation of new ideas completes the process.
The steps of a new policy according to EBP and Nursing standards begin with putting into an understandable form the clinical question that entails the change. Next is the compilation of the evidence that necessitates for the change process. This evidence may come from the patients, external sources or the medical practitioners themselves (Blake and Bush 54). Further, the system could get evidence from other facilities that have implemented the 2013 National patient goals. Further, it is important to assess the evidence and its validity after which the right course of action related to change can be taken. Finally, the decision from the clinical department relating to change should be made.
An evaluation plan is necessary because it determines whether the implemented change is effective or not. Further, the plan entails evaluating the implemented change and comparing it to the expected goals. This plan is necessary because it can enable me to know whether the implementation was effective or not (Blake and Bush 24). Evaluation could entail interviewing the patients after the implementation of the change process. The answers from the evaluation give the answer as to whether the change process was effective or not.
Works cited
Blake, Ira, and Cindy Bush. Project Managing Change: Practical Tools and Techniques to Make Change Happen. England: Prentice Hall, 2009. Print.
Godshall, Maryann. Fast Facts for Evidence-Based Practice: Implementing Ebp in a Nutshell. New York: Springer Pub. Co, 2009.Print.