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Risks and Quality Management in Nursing Homes

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

KEY CONCEPTS OF

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Nursing Homes

In General

  • Quality management makes sure the patients receive excellent care.
  • Providing the Right Care at the Right Time
  • Quality where performance meets it's expectations
  • A nursing home is a facility where we place our loved ones to receive around the clock care.
  • This type of facility is capable of providing skilled care to it's patients, in addition to custodial care like meals, dressings, bathing, and supervision.

Steps to Identify Risks (con't)

Falls--Maintain open floors and using wet floor signs. Using bed rails for patient safety.

Medical Care--Give proper medical attention when needed.

Nutrition--Provide proper nutrition to individual patients needs.

Improve Knowledge and Leadership

Appropriateness

Structure

Learn from Mistakes

Timeliness

Effectiveness

Safety

Respect

Risk Vs Quality

in Nursing Homes

Steps to Identify and Manage Risks

Quality Management

in Nursing Homes

Getting the right nutrition keeps patients alert and improves their quality of life

They provide higher skill leveled procedures such as:

  • Several different therapies
  • IV Fluids
  • Wound Care
  • Tube Feedings
  • Ventilators

Every state has a QIO

Quality Improvement Organization

Nursing homes have these in place so that they can stay in business.

Allows Doctor's and Nurse's

to improve their care

Keeping patients safe and away from harm improves quality of care

Sanitation--Maintaining a clean facility as well as, preventing infections.

Employee Liability--Make sure staff know the nursing homes policies and continuously practices them.

Visitors--Keeping patients safe is the number 1 priority. Know who the visitors are.

References

Risk and Quality

Management

and their Relationship

http://elearning.scranton.edu/resource/health-human-services/purpose-of-risk-management-in-healthcare. Retrieved from Web data

Conclusion

http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OfficeofMedicalProductsandTobacco/CDER/ucm106189.htm. Retrieved from Web database

Risk VS Quality

in Nursing Homes

(con't)

Risk Management involves the ability to control the finances, employee and patient liabilities in healthcare settings.

Quality Management requires leadership and clinical background knowledge to maintain credibility in a healthcare facility. Which allow for leaders to handle other aspects like finances, and liabilities of a healthcare facility.

Salem Press Encyclopedia of Science, 2014. Understanding Risk Management. Retrieved from Baker College Library.

No one wants to place a loved one in a nursing home.

But knowing the risks and quality management that's in place in the facility, put's your mind at ease.

Having a plan and making sure the staff are aware of the plan in case of emergency keeps the patient and your staff safe from risk of injury, and improves quality care

By: Matsudaira, Jordan D.. In: Journal of Human Resources. Wntr, 2014, Vol. 49 Issue 1, 32-72; University of Wisconsin Press Language: English, Database: Academic OneFile. Retrieved from Baker College Library

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