Word Limit: 2000 words Weighting 50% Due Date :Monday April 8 th , 2019, 5pm Aim : The purpose of this essay is to enable you to critically evaluate current research on the topic of ‘ Failure to...

Running Head: ESSAY: FAILURE TO RESCUE IN NURSING                1
ESSAY: FAILURE TO RESCUE IN NURSING     2
ESSAY: FAILURE TO RESCUE IN NURSING
Table of Contents
a. Introduction    3
. Defining Failure to Rescue    3
c. Discussing the Incidence of Adverse Events linked to Failure to Rescue    4
d. Analysing the Consequences of Failure to Rescue    4
e. Discussing Two Potential Ba
iers    5
f. Discussing Two Potential Strategies to Overcome the Ba
iers    6
g. Critical Evaluation of Two Preventive Nursing Strategies    7
h. Conclusion    9
i. References    11
a. Introduction
The fundamental concept of Failure to Rescue (FTR) establishes that it is not possible to prevent every complication in medical care for patients; however, it is the responsibility of healthcare systems to be able to determine and resolve complications in a swift manner as they happen. The duties and responsibilities of proactive players in the healthcare setting include determining the transitions in the condition of a patient rapidly and to implement proper measures to ensure the well-being of the patient.
FTR usually occurs in situations where clinical teams are unable in terms of minimising resistible damage to the patients (Sheetz, Dimick & Ghaferi, 2016). FTR is used as an indicator for both the safety and quality of the healthcare systems. This essay aims to define FTR, discuss the incidence of adverse effects linked to FTR, analyse the results of FTR, and discuss two potential ba
iers and two strategies to overcome the ba
iers in the context of FTR and critically analyse and evaluate the suggested strategies.
. Defining Failure to Rescue
Failure to rescue, in the nursing setting, refers to the loss of life of hospitalised patients, which is often a result of improper treatment of complications that are threatening to life and insufficient recognition of the complications. FTR is generally connected with the high number of patients with a low number of nurses available and also with different types of psychological elements such as burnouts. FTR is often used as an indicator for measuring the quality of hospital care in a healthcare setting along with the complex rates associated with surgery, as well as, other criteria (Weiser, 2017).
    
c. Discussing the Incidence of Adverse Events linked to Failure to Rescue
    There are many adverse events, which can lead to FTR. The first and foremost issue, being ineffective communication, complicates the timely handoff of information to relevant authorities, which raises issues in the treatment process. The complexity of using present metrics in the context of identifying the deterioration of a patient’s physical or psychological condition leads to ineffective decision-making in terms of taking justifiable actions for improving the condition of the patients. It is suggested by Johnston et al. (2015), that in the modern setting of healthcare systems, there is an imbalance in the individual responsibilities of nurses and shared ownership of the health outcomes of a patient in a specific healthcare system.
The lack of the culture of ownership contributes significantly to the occu
ence of adverse events that lead to FTR. In addition to the aforementioned elements, the lack of proper training and education of the clinical teams contributes significantly to the occu
ence of adverse events consequently leading to Failure to Rescue. The lack of psychological safety, on the other hand, occurs due to the complications raised during the fulfilment process in the conventional hierarchy that can be seen in rigid healthcare settings and leads to the inability of the nurses in terms of taking appropriate actions in times of need.
d. Analysing the Consequences of Failure to Rescue
    There are many adverse consequences of FTR for the patients, the families of the patients, as well as, the healthcare systems. Firstly, it may be said that FTR is prompted by the inadequacy and inability of the nursing systems in terms of detecting the transitions in vital signs or test results, which indicate physical or psychological health deterioration. The failure to identify the areas of concern makes the treatment systems non-functional and complicated to use.
As a result, this leads to constant deterioration of the physical and psychological health of the patient. The failure to identify the proper areas of care further contribute to the continuation of ineffective care processes, which reduces the patients’ chances for improvement. In instances where the patients are released from the hospital without the handoff of relevant and appropriate information to the families of the patients in terms of how to take care of them, the families are unable to cater to the proper care needs of the patients, which lead to further deterioration of the patients’ physical or psychological condition.
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