Improvement Plan Tool Kit
School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Capella University
NURS-FPX4020: Improving Quality of Care and Patient Safety
, Improvement Plan Tool Kit
This tool kit contains information that can be used to help avoid medical errors. Medical
errors are one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Proper communication and
education are important to ensure patients stay safe whenever they are receiving medical
care. Each area of interest contains four or more resources and links to the articles are included.
Annotated Bibliography
Preventing Medical Errors
Mutair, A. A., Alhumaid, S., Shamsan, A., Zaidi, A. R. Z., Mohaini, M. A., Al Mutairi, A.,
Rabaan, A. A., Awad, M., & Al-Omari, A. (2021). MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2305-
6320/8/9/46.
The effective strategies to avoid medication errors and improving reporting systems. This
article reviews how effective medication error reporting system will continue to be the
backbone of healthcare. The use of a good reporting system can continue to help improve
safety and improve education. This helps with future patients and help keep them safe.
Najafi Ghezeljeh, T., Farahani, M. A., & Kafami Ladani, F. (2023). "Attempting to protect self
and patient": A grounded theory study of error recovery by intensive care nurses. Nursing
open, 10(7), 4690–4704. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10277418/.
This article explores the process from recovering from errors by intensive care unit
nurses. This includes evaluating the situation, identifying errors and analyze them.
Medical errors continue to threaten patient safety and continue to be a major challenge in
healthcare.
School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Capella University
NURS-FPX4020: Improving Quality of Care and Patient Safety
, Improvement Plan Tool Kit
This tool kit contains information that can be used to help avoid medical errors. Medical
errors are one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Proper communication and
education are important to ensure patients stay safe whenever they are receiving medical
care. Each area of interest contains four or more resources and links to the articles are included.
Annotated Bibliography
Preventing Medical Errors
Mutair, A. A., Alhumaid, S., Shamsan, A., Zaidi, A. R. Z., Mohaini, M. A., Al Mutairi, A.,
Rabaan, A. A., Awad, M., & Al-Omari, A. (2021). MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2305-
6320/8/9/46.
The effective strategies to avoid medication errors and improving reporting systems. This
article reviews how effective medication error reporting system will continue to be the
backbone of healthcare. The use of a good reporting system can continue to help improve
safety and improve education. This helps with future patients and help keep them safe.
Najafi Ghezeljeh, T., Farahani, M. A., & Kafami Ladani, F. (2023). "Attempting to protect self
and patient": A grounded theory study of error recovery by intensive care nurses. Nursing
open, 10(7), 4690–4704. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10277418/.
This article explores the process from recovering from errors by intensive care unit
nurses. This includes evaluating the situation, identifying errors and analyze them.
Medical errors continue to threaten patient safety and continue to be a major challenge in
healthcare.
