Developing and Evaluating New Practice Approaches
Educating patients and caregivers on the significance of communication when administering treatment plan, which include medications, is essential in the health field. This minimises any mismanagement of medication administration which in turn reduces the number of deaths caused by an accidental medicinal overdose. From research nursing staff who are considered qualified to do the task are making quite a several errors. It is vitally significant that caregivers are not only provided with rules for administering drugs but also give education on why it is essential to follow them to prevent patients’ health decline risks that arise from poor timing, and accidental overdose.
I propose that we contemplate on new educational provisions for caregivers and come up with better systems that aid in administering of medication to ensure that treatment is delivered on a timely basis and in the required dosage to lessen the patient mortality and decline of their health. Such strategies can include clinical leadership as well as patient educational forums. From research, support and essential information in the clinical field have functioned positively (Balakas, Sparks, Steurer & Bryant, 2013). Collaborative practice has brought forth a significant impact on both the health, its practitioners, as well as the recipients (Mannix, & Daly, 2015). Strengthening the relations between caregivers and patients helps in delivering drugs more effectively on and on a timely basis. Through research, nurses who undergo such training gain confidence in doing their work and can make better decisions under such environments. From this, we can conclude the significance of such programs to be introduced in the system (Grindel, 2016).
Educating caregivers and patients of the essence of communication when administering drugs have positive impacts on the economy. Addressing matters such as accidental overdose and patient decline in health that arises from the untimely administering of drugs touches on areas such as productivity of the economy. Good health automatically increases the productivity levels of individuals in various fields and turn, boosts the economy. Reducing cases of ill health and death that increases mortality rates in the state can impact the economy significantly by reducing the amounts of money that are allocated for medicinal purposes. The economy will not need to strain so much from raising issues on health. Implementing the strategies may require investments in several items. This will mean offering financial support to ensure practitioners get the education they need. The investment may be huge, but the outcome will save the state from the losses it can make if the matter is not considered.
The new practice strategies improve the quality of health in numerous ways. First, education and rules that emphasise on the significance of administering drugs and on a timely basis assure the quality and trust of the patient. The patients can rely on their doctors or caregivers when they have emergency health issues and receive treatment that is relevant and timely. Healthcare quality is also improved when patients are made aware of the significance of following the prescriptions given. In this way, they can respond to the medication as is expected, and if not so, they will know what next steps to take. From, these occasions, such as deaths or overdose accidents, will lessen. Quality is also improved since the practitioners or caregivers gain more confidence while doing their jobs. Hence mistakes such as late administering of drugs to patients or wrong dosage can be minimised.