Joint Commission’s Core Measures & Hospital National Patient Safety Goals, IOM’s To Err is Human, and Florida’s Nurse Practice Act

1. Read the Institute of Medicine’s To Err is Human: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/9728/To-Err-is-Human-1999–report-brief.pdf
2. Review The Joint Commission’s Core Measures: https://www.jointcommission.org/measurement/measures/
3. Review The Joint Commission’s 2024 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals: https://www.jointcommission.org/-/media/tjc/documents/standards/national-patient-safety-goals/2024/hap-npsg-simple-2024-v2.pdf
4. Review Florida’s Nurse  Practice Act : http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0400-0499/0464/0464.html

After reading and reviewing the above sources, please answer all the following questions:

• In To Err Is Human, the summary of the report published in 1999 stated that between 44,000 and 98,000 patient dies in hospitals each year.  Were you alarmed by this number?  
• Per the report, what is the cause of these deaths?
• Do all hospitals have to follow the Joint Commissions’ Core Measures and National Patient Safety Goals?  Support your yes or no answer with evidence.
• Using the Joint Commission’s Core Measure, what guidelines can a nurse check for in a patient’s chart to determine if the attending physician is following the Core Measures for Cardiac Care? Please list the measures that should appear in the patient’s chart?
• Using the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals, what steps can a nurse take to ensure that he or she does not commit a medication error?  Please list the steps.
• According to Florida’s Nurse Practice Act, what would happen to a RN who witnessed another nurse committing a medication error but did not report the infraction?

Guidelines:

1. Initial post: Respond to the discussion questions posted in Discussion board by Friday (11:59pm)  must be at least 200 words in length to earn credit for the assignment
2. The initial and response posts must each have a minimum of two (2) outside references (i.e., textbook, medical/nursing resources, etc.) to earn credit for assignment
   • Use the standard English grammar and spelling
   • Be substantial and add to the conversation
   • Do not answer question(s) by just listing answer(s) in bullet points. Answers must be written in paragraph form to earn credit.
3. Must cite references using APA 7^th edition format