Lack of teamwork can lead to poor communication

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1. Lack of teamwork can lead to poor communication where major errors can occur as not every person on the team is on the same page nor making the effort. This can be very detrimental as each member is doing their own individual role rather than coming together and unifying as a whole in solving the problem. Lack of knowledge can gravely affect an individuals health because medication errors can happen where either they are being underdose, overdosed, or not taken care of properly either due to lack of training or seeking help. Lack of technology should never be an issue in any health care setting, but because of no resource especially in areas of poverty, you have to use what you can. With a lack of technology, you can be setting your patients in very grave danger as more critical patients need to be heavily and continuously monitored.

2. Human factors dictate the way we operate and manage, therefore they can easily influence medical errors when swayed by a number of factors such as lack of sleep, poor nutrition, stress or anxiety, and ineffective communication. All these factors can hinder our way of thinking when caring for a patient and can increase one's chance of making a healthcare error. As a nightshift nurse, I have came upon a nurse who I knew was new to working nights and was quite tired and droswy, who needed an additional person to help cosign an IV medication whose rate needed to be verified. I was lucky enough to notice her error by setting it to the wrong calculation, and was able to correct her and brief her upon the near mistake she was about to make and what to do to prevent it from happening again.

3. Patients and families are always welcome to the healthcare team in a variety of ways such as appearing in the room, if acceptable, leaving behind phone numbers to reach out to for updates, or even calling from time to time to get a status update so in that way no one is ever left out behind the plan of care. This would immensely impact healthcare in a positive way. Family members are always close to their patients and are well aware of their normal or baseline behaviors, so they are more apt to noticing any unusual changes that we may not be accustomed to so that would help us continue to become proactive and advocate for them to the doctor to help intervene swiftly and appropriately.

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