RTT Task 1
Robert Sekulic
Western Governors University

Quality of care for hospital patients during their hospital stay plays an integral role in the healing process for patients. Every patient deserves the right to receive care when care is needed and the right to receive appropriate and safe interventions associated with that care. It is the responsibility of all members of the healthcare team to provide the best quality of care to patients and to advocate for the patients on matters both right and wrong. In the scenario involving Mr. J, many members of the healthcare team failed to advocate for the patient and failed to provide the best quality of care the patient deserves. Nursing sensitive indicators could have played a key role in providing Mr. J an appropriate hospital stay and getting the appropriate interventions to provide the best possible outcomes for the patient. Knowledge pertaining to the appropriate use of restraints and appropriate interventions associated with the prevention of pressure ulcer formation would have provided the staff with the ability to provide proper care to the patient. By unnecessarily restraining the patient and failing to provide appropriate interventions associated with repositioning of the patient, the staff increased the chances for the development of pressure ulcers by Mr. J. The restraint of the patient increased the chances of the patient developing post surgical complications such as deep vein thrombosis and pressure ulcers which could have increased the length of the hospital stay resulting in negative outcomes. During the visitation from the daughter, she stated concerns associated with the reddened areas of her father’s lower back and concerns with the staff’s inability to deliver a culturally acceptable meal. The staff responses to the issues with these concerns were inappropriate and would provide for