Brainstorming Change Project

Brainstorming Change Project

The number of patients under a nurse’s care at once is known as the nurse-patient ratio. Many factors influence the nurse-to-patient ratio. The severity of the patients receiving care is one such consideration. It is common for there to be only one nurse for every one or two intensive care unit (ICU) patients. One nurse can be responsible for five patients in a less intensive care unit (Qureshi et al., 2019). There are limits on how many patients one nurse may take care of at once in many hospital units. The nurse-to-patient ratio is the primary target of my proposed reform in this paper.

Having the correct number of registered nurses on staff is crucial for providing high-quality care and making the most of their expertise (Qureshi et al., 2019). Staffing models that are flexible enough to account for unit and shift-level characteristics, such as the number of nurses and the nurse-to-patient ratio, are more likely to be successful.

I hope to network with a nurse executive who can help prepare ambitious nurses to pursue higher education and bring more people into the sector. Wolters Kluwer is just one company collaborating with healthcare providers, academic institutions, and nursing faculty around the country to develop innovative approaches to nursing education (Rondeau, n.d). As a story for students and teachers to consider, I will improvise a platform that encourages and educates nurses on the many domains of the nurse-patient ratio draft modification project that will affect quality improvement.

Conclusion

As the United States healthcare system continues to undergo radical change, many medical professionals are being pressed to adopt a more integrative strategy for meeting their patients’ increasingly complicated health requirements. In order to effectively care for patients, modern nurses must be well-versed in a wide range of topics, not only nursing.

References

Qureshi, S. M., Purdy, N., Mohani, A., & Neumann, W. P. (2019). Predicting the effect of nurse–patient ratio on nurse workload and care quality using discrete event simulation. Journal of Nursing Management, 27(5), 971-980.

Rondeau, E. Nurse to Patient Ratios: Significance in Healthcare.

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Step 1: Consider what change you would like to initiate that will benefit the healthcare community.

Brainstorming Change Project

Discuss how you plan to facilitate making contact with a nurse leader and post a draft change project that will impact quality improvement as  a narrative for students and faculty to review