Reflective Journal Entry- Week 11

1. Share what you had expected to learn about the topic before beginning the unit.

This week I expected to learn more about how to create a culture of safety for the patients I am caring for currently, as well as, how to create this culture as a manger of a hospital unit.

2. What you actually learned from the unit.

After completing this unit I better learned how to create a culture of safety and what that entails. I learned that there are multiple ways to accomplish this and that this will better the quality of care that each patient receives during their stay at the hospital. 

3. Discuss your feelings/experiences from the activities (individual and team)?

I enjoyed the activities this week, especially the case study because it was good to see this type of safety issue be realized in a real life situation. This was a good learning exercise for me to better learn how these issues could be solved and the best way to go about solving them. I also enjoyed the discussion because this is a common thing that happens in the workplace where there are not enough workers for patients due to nurses being sick. I liked coming up with ideas on my own and reading the opinions of my teammates. This is something that could be easily fixed as long as there are certain policies and procedures in place. 

4. How you will utilize the information learned in your nursing practice.

I will utilize this information by making sure that I always have patient centered care and am using teamwork in order to prevent unsafe things from happening to my patients. I feel like these two components are most important for me to implement into my nursing practice for me to provide a culture of safety for my patients that I currently care for. 

5. You personal feelings about the material covered.

I really enjoyed the material that was covered this week. I think the real life case study really helped me to better grasp the concepts that we needed to learn and helped me to realize how I can apply things into my nursing practice. Creating a culture of safety for our patients is really important so that the patients can focus on recovering and not worry about being safe during their hospital stay.