UTA NURS3347 2021 April Discussions Latest (Full)

NURS3347 SPECIALIZED TOPICS IN NURSING

Module 1 Discussion

Patient Story

While working on your course project, you will browse a number of videos by searching on the Internet. For example, you may use the term “patient story safety,” "medical error patient story," "medical error in emergency department patient story." You can judge the videos based on what you read in the assigned reading ("Module 1: Readings", under "Modules" tab - Reading #1 by Grissinger (Links to an external site.)), in combination with the impact of the video on you.

The discussion question is:

What makes a patient story video motivating for healthcare professionals?

 

NURS3347 SPECIALIZED TOPICS IN NURSING

Module 2 Discussion

Human Errors

It can be overwhelming to learn new concepts and ideas by reading alone. Videos can be great to relate new concepts with everyday examples.

The discussion question is:

What makes a good video to illustrate the nature of human errors to an improvement project team?

 

NURS3347 SPECIALIZED TOPICS IN NURSING

Module 3 Discussion

Work System Improvement

Project teams working on quality and safety improvement can benefit from awareness of human factors principles and concepts. Short, engaging videos may help team members to think beyond focusing on vigilance and to address system defects that may lead to human errors and patient harms.  In your exploration of videos online for your course project, you may have seen great examples, especially on topics that are resonant with you.

The discussion question is:

What makes a good video to illustrate the concept of work system to a project team, so that they can see multiple components in a work place that can influence safety?

 

 

 

 

NURS3347 SPECIALIZED TOPICS IN NURSING

Module 4 Discussion

Visual Design

Visual design concepts are like a toolbox with tools suitable for different tasks. One may also use these concepts to identify flaws in a work environment, such as when one reviews an incident. There may be a couple of visual design concepts you learned in this module (or outside the module) that you find really interesting and would like to share with others.

The discussion question is:

Which visual design concept would you consider the most impactful in improving patient safety? 

 

NURS3347 SPECIALIZED TOPICS IN NURSING

Module 5 Discussion

Improving with human factors science

With this course coming to a close, we would like to hear from you, through the discussion board, on what plans you may have on applying the knowledge, skills, and perspectives gained in this course.

The discussion question is:

What are your plans to make changes to improve patient safety based on human factors science?