The new models of care delivery which have been introduced in the present have impacted the safety plan in the nursing profession by creating a sustainable future. Risk management is a critical concept in the field of nursing and the new policies in compensation and Triple aim have assisted care givers reduce the risks that might occur to patients. Regardless of how strong and skilled your workforce is, if there is no proper design of safety measures nurses and caregivers alone are not well able to protect patients against risk. The introduction of new healthcare technology has decreased the opportunities for errors but the new policies however require organizational commitment and workforce vigilance to the potential errors and plan to address them before they occur. Very many organizations have made a commitment to help in the achievement of low rates of errors in their engagement with patients but I believe there are several elements that must be considered at the mention of patient safety.
a). Identifying potential safety issues
In this determinant for safety, the role of the manager is to stay committed to the leadership of providing safety precautions (Hoffman and Rohe 2010). Words alone cannot bring the healthcare profession to safety but actions expressed through leadership should be an observable factor to employees.
b). Supporting current policies
High reliability organizations that are committed to ensuring a safe culture must have their employees, organizational planners and designers at the fore front of supporting safety measures policies.
c). assuring staff compliance with safety initiatives and are empowered to find and report safety issues
All employees must be empowered to be part of the ongoing program of vigilance (Hoffman & Rowe 2010). However, in this element of employee empowerment, the top management should recognize that smooth flow in the empowerment should begin at the management.
d). staying current with laws and regulations
In this role, communication is a necessary element to ensure the whole team of nurse-patient safety stays current with the regulations and rules of the profession.
e). if the manager’s role varies depending on the context
Nonhierarchical decision making is essential in any organization that supports strong safety culture. The culture of safety should be made at the lowest appropriate level. Non-hierarchical decision making is an elements in creating and sustaining safety culture because it gives power to subordinates to be part of the safety process fully.
Recommendations
I recommend that in every organizations that has strong safety cultures, there should be permission given to is employees to encourage them engage in a contrained improvisation where any of them can work without necessarily getting orders from leadership.
