INSTRUCTIONS
- What is a workaround? Identify a workaround (specific to technology used in a hospital setting) that you have used or perhaps seen someone else use, and analyze why you feel this risk-taking behavior was chosen over behavior that conforms to a safety culture. What are the risks? Are there benefits? Why or why not?
- Discuss the current patient safety characteristics used by your current workplace or clinical site. Identify at least three aspects of your workplace or clinical environment that need to be changed with regard to patient safety (including confidentiality), and then suggest strategies for change.
ANSWER
Workarounds are fairly common in nursing and care settings, particularly in the advent of nursing technology and informatics. Patterson (2018) noted that a workaround is a temporary fix to a problem in a program or system to avoid the hassles of time and effort necessary in developing a standard solution. In my practice, I have encountered an instance where a nurse ….. the electronic health records system (EHRs) instead of entering it manually into the system. The standard procedure is to key in the content of the patient’s medication list to the EHRs. In my view, the nurses settled on….. To access full answer, click on the purchase button below.