Question

What are some examples of sentinel events?

Describe the impact of poor quality care on the individual, family, community, and the United States.

Create a core value statement

Answer 1

Sentinel events are unexpected events that result in a patients death or a serious physical or psychological injury.

EXAMPLES OF SENTINEL EVENTS.

1. Unintended retention of a foreign object.
2. Loss of limb or function of limb
3. Rape
4. Suicide
5. Surgery on wrong patient or body part
6. Infant discharge to wrong family
7. Missed or delayed diagnosis

Impact of poor quality care will affects all the cammiunity ,family and also individually. These affects disproportionaly impacts the poor which is not only morally reprehensible it economically unsustainable for families and entire community

Chronic illness of a patients potentially will affect the life of the family .These issues because of poor health care which individuals to their physical psychological aspects. It will be a reason for lower self development, emotional stability ,lower level of daily functioning. Individuals problems regarding the low quality health care automatically it leads to family and cammiunity.

Can improve this quality of health care by provide well planned and safety care.

Example

Hospital acquired infection can prevent by using safety measures gloves mask using proper sanitizers etc

Give maximum of quality care to the patients without mistakes.Mistakes from a health care person should not be a burden for persons ,their family also to the cammiunity. Be the number one in giving quality of health care.