University of South Florida

College of Nursing
Ashley Joseph
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• Defining Patient Safety

and Quality Care (PSQCM)
• Types of safety errors
• Institute of Medicine (IOM)
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• Significance of PSQCM to
nursing
• Personal application
• Conclusion

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• Latent failure

• Active failure

• Organizational system failure

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• Technical failure

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• 6 Domains of Health Care

Quality

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• Effective nursing leadership

• Adequate staffing
• Patient safety culture
• Safe work design
• Ongoing learning and support
• Patient Safety governing boards
• Interdisciplinary collaboration

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• Mistakes are inevitable, prevention is

key
• Safety is, and always should be, the
main focus
• Nurses are the biggest components of
PSQCM

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