Nursing foundations

  safety & Quality in Nursing Paper 

formal paper

, using APA format, from one of ECRI Institute’s 10 Patient Safety Concerns for

Healthcare Organizations in 2020:

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ECRI’s Concerns for 2020

Missed and delayed diagnoses. (Topic)

a.

Creativity and reflection in presentation of ideas is encouraged.  

b.

No abstract is needed. 

c.

Heading and level headers are required per APA guidelines.  

d.

Any assignments submitted after the scheduled due date and time will lose 10% PER 

DAY for every day of lateness. 

e.

Papers

will be graded according to the Philosophy of Nursing Grading Rubric 

provided. 

Items to be addressed in the paper (same as listed in the rubric):

1.

Introduction statement

2.

Define the patient safety concern.

3.

Discuss the threats of this safety concern to patient safety.

4.

Discuss risk reduction strategies that can be implemented in healthcare organizations

to address this patient safety concern.

5.

Investigate if this safety concern is occurring across the continuum of care in your 

place of employment. 

6.

Discuss how nurses can respond to the threats of this patient safety.

7.

Summary statement

8.

Mechanics:

Sentence construction, typographical errors, spelling, and vocabulary will 

be evaluated and should be carefully considered as the paper is written.

9.

References:

At least four references are to be included in the paper. The course 

textbooks may count as references. References must be of a professional level and 

cited in the paper using APA format.

10.

Paper can be 3-5 pages paper (not including title page or reference page).

11.

Follow the grading rubric requirements.