Assignment task: Look up the National Patient Safety Goals from the Joint Commission's website. The goal is to look at the environment and these patients from the perspective of the Joint Commission's Patient Safety Goals.
1. What precautions should the nurse take relative to each safety goal for each patient?
2. For each patient, is there a safety goal that is the most important?
3. What information about each of these patients is most important to communicate to the nurse on the next shift?
4. What factors about the environment indicate these safety goals are being met?
Gap Analysis: What factors about the environment indicate a need for change so the safety goals can be met?