NR-544 Week 5 Assignment: Risk evaluation and patient safety 

The purpose of this assignment is to (a) provide examples of a potential risk concern in your organization, (b) apply basic principles of risk management and risk reporting to a healthcare risk management concern, (c) demonstrate an understanding of risk management tools by correctly choosing and using them in specific cases, (d) recognize the extent of problems in patient safety in medical care, and (e) explore the contributing factors for this adverse medical outcome.

Requirements

Assignment Criteria for the Paper

1.    Identify a potential risk within a healthcare organization and provide the rationale for choosing this issue.

2.    Discuss the risk management elements and patient safety strategies in this issue.

3.    Complete a literature review related to this issue.

4.    Discuss the risk assessment measures related to internal and external environmental factors, and mechanism.

5.    Discuss use of human factors, engineering, and other factors to improve patient safety.

• Use a risk theory and apply it to the patient safety issue.

7.    Integrate two QSEN competencies within your plan to mitigate this risk-related issue.