Nurs 6053 Week 4 Discussion #1
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Nurs 6053 Week 4 Discussion #1
Change has become inevitable in an increasingly global society. Different sectors have accommodated the advantages associated with change, particularly in the healthcare industry, arguing that the benefits are likely to restructure how people view health. The Ask 3, Teach 3 program purposed to elucidate the name, purpose, and side effects associated with administering various medications. I believe that the program is a step towards increasing the nature of accuracy related to the administration of medication. The program also seeks to enhance the association between professionals within the healthcare sector that includes doctors and nurses as part of the process of building a leadership culture (Marquis & Huston, 2017). Documenting channels of change for the program appeal highly to various players by ensuring that it guides leadership in learning.
An
alternative to the Ask 3, Teach 3 program
would be the computerized provider-order
entry systems that aim to eliminate any errors performed through handwritten
orders. In the digital approach, practitioners are required to enter medication
orders and prescriptions into a computerized system with an objective of
spearheading accuracy (Mitchell, 2013). One of the impacts of the automated order system is the integration of
clinical decision-support systems with patient medical history to determine the
applicability of various medications at specific doses. While it controls the
amount and monitors the types of medication offered to patients, the
provider-order entry systems offers an
opportunity where practitioners can assess allergies, practice antimicrobial
stewardship, and check for replacement therapies and drug-drug contact. A significant catalyst for change, in this case, would be the adoption of technology-based
proponents that have become widely used in the contemporary healthcare sector
(McAlearney et al., 2014). To ascertain the
quality of the provider-order entry
system, practitioners need to update, improve, and tailor the methods to fit
each organization’s particular needs and
practice technique.
References
Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2017). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (9th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins.
McAlearney, A. S., Terris, D., Hardacre, J., Spurgeon, P., Brown, C., Baumgart, A., & Nyström, M. E. (2014). Organizational coherence in health care organizations: conceptual guidance to facilitate quality improvement and organizational change. Quality Management in Healthcare, 23(4), 254-267.
Mitchell, G. (2013). Selecting the best theory to implement planned change. Nursing Management – UK, 20(1), 32–37. doi: 10.7748/nm2013.04.20.1.32.e1013