list four quality and patient safety concerns/issues. For each concern/issue listed, provide supporting rationale as to why the concern/issue negatively impacts patient safety and quality.

 

Quality and patient safety concerns/issues

Medication errors: medication errors occur when administration of drugs is done wrongly (Palese, et al, 2018). This increases a risk for further medical problems in the patients, thus deteriorating the quality of the services offered.

Staffing issue: the number of healthcare providers could be too small compared to the huge number of patients (Palese, et al, 2018). This means that patients will take long before being attended. The few healthcare providers tire fast and provide low quality services.

Health facility population: a huge population in the healthcare facility risks the contraction of diseases among the patients and healthcare providers. The quality of services provided is low in such situations as sanity is difficult to maintain.

Security and safety issues: the protection of patients could be at stake. If patients are not well protected, they are vulnerable to attackers who could inflict more pain to them. Fear created among the patients reduces their rate of healing and response to medication.