NUR 630
Performance Improvement and Quality in Health Care
Topic 8 Discussion Question 2:
The concept of a "Just Culture" has a number of key elements. Choose the two elements that you feel
are the most difficult to achieve and provide one strategy for each that will make them achievable.
Two elements of a “Just Culture” that are difficult to achieve are trust and open communication that
encourage the reporting of events and create and promote adherance to policies that support patient
safety. In a just culture a balance in open, honest reporting and an organizational culture for a quality
learning environment exists when employees trust the organization and management. Each organization