National Patient Safety Goals (Nursing)

Outline:
Section 1: Introduction

About This Course

Learning Objectives

Section 2: National Patient Safety Goals

Goal 1: Improve the accuracy of patient identification.

Goal 2: Improve the effectiveness of communication among caregivers.

Goal 3: Improve the safety of using medications.

Introduction to Reconciling Medication Information

Goal 6: Reduce the harm associated with clinical alarm systems.

Goal 7: Reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections.

Goal 15: The hospital identifies safety risks inherent in its patient population.

Section 3: Conclusion

Summary

Course Contributor

Resources

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Zeliha has extensive experience in critical care nursing in acute care hospitals, including cardiac intensive care (CICU) and medical intensive care units (MICU). She has served in various roles, including educator, preceptor, charge nurse, and advanced critical care life support (ACLS) instructor. She has extensive experience as a code nurse for a 900-bed hospital. Zeliha has been a lung transplant coordinator for around five years and was responsible for pre-transplant care, waitlist management, and post-lung transplant care. Zeliha has worked on cutting-edge transplant organ procurement initiatives such as Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) and has managed patients in a hospital that performs around 100 transplants annually. Additionally, Zeliha has served as quality chair council for the heart and vascular services and has worked on several quality initiatives for the service line, such as infection control, cardiac education, nursing resiliency, and nursing onboarding. She has served on various leadership councils in the CICU. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Saint John University in Rochester, New York. She has a Master of Science in Nursing and a Master’s in Clinical Nurse Leadership (CNL) from Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is also certified as a Critical Care Nurse (CCRN).

Disclosure: Zeliha Ozen, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNL has no Relevant Financial or Non-Financial Relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.