Patient Safety Goals

Joint Commission
Grand Canyon University: 206 A Fundamentals of Nursing
1/26/2012

The joint commission creates safety goals to be implemented in the health care setting to keep us and our loved ones from risk of injury. There are seven national patient safety goals for Medicare based long term care. They include everything from making sure you are with the right patient to recognizing a patient who is more likely to fall for any reason. Throughout this essay I will break down and summarize each of the goals, and also one goal that I think is extremely important when taking care of a geriatric patient. It is important to remember that these safety goals are in place to make the health care setting a safe environment for both the patients…show more content…
This is really important because blood infections can then lead to other infections and more. • NPSG.09.02.01: This goal is indented to help reduce the number of falls that occur in the health care setting. The Joint Commission intends for health care providers to assess what patient are at risk for falling and implement procedures to keep them from falling, such as giving walking aids. This goal stands out because patients are in the hospital because they are already sick or hurt and it is up to us as nurses to make sure that their stay with us is in a comfortable and safe environment free from harm. • NPSG.14.01.01: This goal states that health care providers need to assess and reassess every patient’s risk for pressure ulcers and then implement changes to protect them from getting these pressure ulcers. Each health care provider should also be taught how to identify risks and how to take action against those risks. Again, this is important because it is our job to protect our patients from…show more content…
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