Change Proposal Project Components

Capstone Project Change Proposal
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Background
Workplace violence is one of the clinical problems that have resulted in a reduction in the quality of healthcare accorded to patients. Bullied nurses end up performing incorrect procedures to patients as well as causing other medication errors (Arnetz, Sudan, Fitzpatrick, Cotten, Jodoin, Chang & Arnetz, 2018). This puts the patient's life at risk and in other cases, worsens the patient's condition. Nurses require a conducive work environment for them to be able to provide the best quality healthcare to patients. Hospitals have been experiencing an inconducive work environment as a result of violence. This occurs in the case whereby the senior nurses pressure the novice nurses into performing medical procedures without guidance. Some also result in novice nurses taking on extra shifts on behalf of senior nurses. The overload of work results in fatigue, hence making it difficult for novice nurses to effectively take care of patients (Arnetz, Sudan, Fitzpatrick, Cotten, Jodoin, Chang & Arnetz, 2018). In addition, other healthcare professionals also face workplace violence in the different departments of the hospitals.
Problem Statement
Hospitals have been experienced numerous medication errors which result from an inconducive work environment. This is common in the case of novice nurses, whereby they are forced into performing procedures that they should be performing under the supervision of a senior nurse. As a result, they end up working under pressure and overloaded hence making it difficult for them to provide quality healthcare to the patients. As well, violence has also been experienced among other workers, such as sexual assaults. Health workers require a conducive work environment for them to be able to accord the best quality healthcare to their patients. This has been made a difficult task in some hospitals whereby violence is the order of the day. Workplace violence results in mental and physical trauma among the involved nurses. The impact is not only felt by the affected nurses but also by the patients and the entire organization. Some nurses have been reported to change their workplaces as a result of such violence. In addition, the violence does not only occur from the managers to the subordinates but also occurs horizontally between nurses. If these issues are not addressed effectively, the quality of healthcare provided to the patients will reduce. Therefore, an evidence-based solution needs to be implemented to ensure that the nurses have a conducive work environment whereby they can attend to patients effectively.
Purpose of The Change Proposal
The purpose of this change proposal would be the eradication of medication errors which, would, in turn, result in an improvement in the quality of healthcare accorded to patients. The medication errors will be reduced through the creation of a conducive work environment, which is free from violence (Ulrich, Gillespie, Boesch, Bateman & Grubb, 2017). Once this evidence-based practice has been implemented, the hospitals will be a place for hope and healing to the patients. The elimination or reduction of the workplace violence would provide the novice nurses wit...