COURSE
NR447 RN Collaborative Healthcare
Step 1: Review the scenario below.
Your healthcare facility is examining methods of improving the organization’s financial health. You are on a committee evaluating different forms of waste in your organization. As a committee member, you have been assigned to consider a specific topic that contributes to waste in healthcare. Your assigned topic is based on the first letter of your last name in the chart below. You will respond to a peer with a different assigned topic.
| Last Name | Topic |
| A – F | Medical errors |
| G – L | Overuse of tests or procedures |
| M – R | Wasting supplies |
| S – Z | Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) |
Step 2: Answer the discussion prompts below with explanation and detail.
- Paragraph one: Elaborate on your assigned topic, detailing its role in contributing to waste in healthcare settings. What are the financial implications of this topic on healthcare organizations?Paragraph two: Explore 1-2 potential evidence-based strategies to address your assigned topic. How do these strategies integrate interprofessional communication and collaboration?
Paragraph three: Reflect on the influence of organizational culture on your topic and the strategies you’ve proposed to address it. As a nursing leader, how can you disseminate your suggested solutions?
References: Provide complete references for all citations.
Step 3: Reply to a peer with a different assigned topic.
ANSWER
The overuse of tests and procedures contributes to waste in several ways. First one being unnecessary healthcare spending. Ordering alot of unnecessary tests increases costs from consuming resources like lab supplies or equipment. Second way is inefficient use of resources including time, personnel, and equipment. Valuable time being spent performing unnecessary things away from more critical patients.…….please click the icon below to access entire answer at $5