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Patient and Work Environment Safety
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:12.00
Study Course Accepted:17.08.2023 09:04:46
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | MDAK_257 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Eva Cela | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, mdak rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061568 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 11 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 22 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Concept and concept of health, microbiology with virology and parasitology, nursing philosophy and process model, evidence-based care and nursing profession, clinical care and rehabilitation in patient care, pharmacology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To gain an understanding of the causal links leading to an adverse outcome in the course of treatment for both patients and staff; the methods to be used to identify risks and contributing factors and to increase patient and staff safety based on adhering to the system and human factor or ergonomic principles. To introduce new initiatives, recommendations and examples of good nursing practice in Europe. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Basic conditions for patient and staff safety | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | System errors. Causes and contributing factors to errors and accidents | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The role of the human factor or ergonomics in patient safety | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | The latest ideas about safety management methods and their use in practice | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Patient safety, requirements of labour protection system, normative documents regulating patient and work environment safety | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Seminar: Patient safety and work environment risks, adverse events and their analysis methods, risk and their mitigation measures, mandatory health checks for healthcare workers | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Work environment risk factors in health care, their division, evaluation. The concept and tasks of occupational medicine | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Work-related psycho-emotional factors and disorders caused by them (burnout syndrome, occupational stress, compassion fatigue), preventive measures | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Reading and analysis of literature, discussions in working groups, evaluation of documents, videos and cases and formulation of opinions, independent preparation and presentation of presentations. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Oral exam (the student must defend the work - identified patient and work environment safety risks (2) during clinical practice, preventive measures, taking into account publications and evidence-based practice). Evaluation of the work according to the developed criteria (published in e-studies for the study course), evaluation according to the RSU regulations. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will be able to explain the causal links that lead to an undesirable outcome for patient and staff safety. Will be able to define the role of work environment and risk factors for healthcare workers. Students will be able to explain various biosecurity criteria for healthcare patients (patient safety culture, safety standardization, safety development in research, safety communication and ethical and social aspects of safety). | ||||||||
| Skills: | Independently evaluate and explain the preventive role of environmental health as an environmental science and medicine in maintaining the health of patients and staff. Will be able to apply and assess patient safety and work environment risks, adverse events, as well as use analytical methods to reduce risks and factors influencing them. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Analyse and develop recommendations, measures to prevent and reduce environmental factors. Evaluate and justify patient safety criteria, leading to learning from potential or actual mistakes. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kalisch J.B. Errors of Omission. ANA 2016. | ||||||||
| 2 | Darba drošības un veselības aizsardzības prasības, saskaroties ar bioloģiskajiem aģentiem darba vidē / Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes Darba drošības un vides veselības institūts. 2011. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Eglīte M. Darba medicīna. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2012. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Patient Safety research Highlights: Program Brief (continued). Available from: http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/factsheets/errors-saf… | ||||||||
| 5 | Clinical Human Factors group. Checklists, teamwork minimizing mistakes in medicine. Available from: http://chfg.org/articles-films-guides/articles/checklists-t… | ||||||||
| 6 | Third draft Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030. Available from: https://www.who.int/teams/integrated-health-services/patien… | ||||||||
| 7 | S. Dekker. Patient Safety : A Human Factors Approach. 2011. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 8 | Circenis K., Millere I. Stress related work environment factors: nurses survey results. International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health. Vol. 4 No. 6 (2012) pp. 1150-1157. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 9 | Ārvalstu studentiem/ For international students: | ||||||||
| 10 | Kalisch J.B. Errors of Omission. ANA 2016. | ||||||||
| 11 | Harold Kerzner. Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. Ebook Central, 2017 | ||||||||
| 12 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Patient Safety research Highlights: Program Brief (continued). Available from: http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/factsheets/errors-saf… | ||||||||
| 13 | Clinical Human Factors group. Checklists, teamwork minimizing mistakes in medicine. Available from: http://chfg.org/articles-films-guides/articles/checklists-t… | ||||||||
| 14 | Third draft Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030. Available from: https://www.who.int/teams/integrated-health-services/patien… | ||||||||
| 15 | Circenis K., Millere I. Stress related work environment factors: nurses survey results. International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health. Vol. 4 No. 6. 2012, pp. 1150-1157. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | G.J.Gyani., A.Thomas. Healthcare Quality & Patient safety. 2022. | ||||||||
| 2 | Asthmore, S., Ruthven, T. & Hazelwood, L. Stage 2: Measuring performance. In New Principles of Best Practice in Clinical Audit. Ed. by R. Burgess. London: Radcliffe, 2011 | ||||||||
| 3 | Bateman, N. The Business of Nurse Management: A Toolkit for Success. Springer Publishing Company, LLC, 2012. p. 246. | ||||||||
| 4 | Flin, R. & O’Connor, P. Safety at the Sharp End: A Guide to Non-technical Skills. CRC Press, 2008. p. 330 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://www.who.int/patientsafety/en/ | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.patientsafesolutions.com/ | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.patientsafetyfirst.ie/ | ||||||||
