CSU Creating a Culture of Patient Safety Research Paper.docx
1. CSU Creating a Culture of Patient Safety Research Paper
Please view explanation and answer below.1Creating a culture of patient safety.Your
NameInstructor’s NameCourseDate of submission2Adverse Event.Emily was only one and a
half years old when she was detected with a significantabdominal tumor. She underwent
multiple operations and difficult treatment before being giventhe all-clear. Doctors advised
Chris to go with Emily’s final anticipated chemotherapy treatment,a 3-day procedure that
would start on her next birthday, just to be safe. The intravenous bag wasmanufactured by a
pharmacy technician the morning of the patient’s last day of therapy, and it wasloaded with
much more than double the advised amount of sodium chloride. Emily was put onlife-
sustaining treatment and later diagnosed as brain-dead within hours. She vanished three
dayslater. Emily’s situation is sadly not unusual. With more than 250,000 patients in the US
die due tomedical errors, making it the third most significant cause of death following heart
disease andcancer, based on the latest report by Tigard (2022). Other studies give
significantly higherestimates, putting the number of fatalities at as much as 440,000 due to
medical mistakes.Physicians, burial directors, and healthcare examiners rarely indicate on
death records the medicalerrors and failures elaborated, which is the cause of the disparity.
The Centers for Disease Controland Prevention, however, rely on death certificates to
provide figures for fatalities across thecountry.Patient Safety Culture.Patient safety is
prioritized by healthcare professionals because of the shared values,attitudes, and beliefs
that define the patients’ safety culture in healthcare organizations. Patientsafety is a shared
duty of all healthcare professionals, and everyone has a part to play in ensuringthat patients
are safe (Reis et al., 2018). This is the foundation of the patient safety culture.Transparency,
a no-blame attitude, and a dedication to ongoing improvement define the patient3safety
culture. The patient must be treated respe…
