Continuous Quality Improvement

Continuous quality improvement needs to continue utilizing the patients’ opinion on services rendered because you may think everything is going well because the job is getting done properly and timely, but continuous quality improvement also includes that 20% of how the staff treats a patient. In addition, the patient may have valid ideas on how to improve service because they are not close to the situation on a personal level. Sometimes, if you are too close to the situation you cannot see a viable solution to the issue.
Additionally, all patients should be considered a partner in their care because the medical staff is not with them when they walk out the door. The medical staff can suggest how to improve the patient, but ultimately it is the effort from the patient that decides if the health improves. I understand that there is the mentally challenged population, but even they can help participate in their own way. Granted, some of the population has the mentality of a 1 year old, but most of them can participate in their own way. For instance, Michael is biologically a 45-year-old man, but has the mentality of a 4 year old. He still helps in his own health care by telling the physician how many times a day he washes his hand. The act of handwashing is a participating effort in his health, but the emotional …show more content…
I would not be so quick to write them off as not being able to participate in their own health, but family should help them. However, if no family is available then the nurses should try to help them take care of their health. If it were not for the patient being alive, then the nurse would not have their job. Patients’ being alive is what helps the nurses have a job. Unfortunately, I have seen it where the nurse just does not care if the patient lives or dies, which makes for a miserable existence for the