Write a 525- to 700-word executive summary that informs your executive leadership about the matrix you created and offer your opinion as to which best practices the organization should adopt for its own compliance program.

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Your health care organization has had several small compliance incidents in the past two years, and the organization is now motivated to update their compliance program. Your executive leadership team asked you to review two health care compliance programs from similar organizations to determine how they constructed their compliance program and what aspects your organization should adopt.
Select the type of health care organization you want represented in this assignment (e.g., family practice, hospital, urgent care, or nursing home).
Locate two compliance program documents from comparable health care organizations using your Internet search engine.
Read both compliance program documents and examine the similarities and differences between the two.
Create a matrix that compares how both organizations execute the following compliance components:

How internal monitoring and auditing is conducted
How compliance and practice standards are implemented
The designated compliance officer (or person designated to be the contact for compliance matters), who that person reports to, and their relationship to the organization’s governing board
How employees are trained and educated to model compliant behaviors
How violations or offenses are detected, reported, and corrected
How lines of communication with employees is developed
How disciplinary standards are enforced

Write a 525- to 700-word executive summary that informs your executive leadership about the matrix you created and offer your opinion as to which best practices the organization should adopt for its own compliance program.

Cite the 2 compliance program documents and any additional references that support your opinion (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

What do the Internet sites have in common and how do they take different approaches to providing information to health care workers about improve patient safety?

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This post is to be at least 150 words with at least ONE APA source to reference throughout the post, and to reference in APA format at the end of the post as the reference.   

Safe Medication Practices 

For this discussion, review this week’s Internet resources, linked in the Resources, and answer the following questions: 

• What do the Internet sites have in common and how do they take different approaches to providing information to health care workers about improve patient safety? 
• Which of these sites would you be most likely to consult for policy development or education on safe medication administration for your current practice? Why?  

http://www.massnurses.org/nursing-resources/nursing-practice/articles/six-rights

http://ismp.org/Tools/BestPractices/Default.aspx    (Click download once to go to the page)

Describe the version of the rights of patient medication you would find the most effective and describe the rationale for this choice.

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This post is to be at least 150 words with at least ONE APA source to reference throughout the post, and to reference in APA format at the end of the post as the reference.

Patient Rights  

Many of us were taught that there were five rights of patient medication. Now, according to the textbook or Web site you reference, there are six, seven, and even eight rights. For this discussion, respond to the following:  

Does increasing the number of patient rights make it easier or harder to ensure patients receive the medications that are ordered in a safe, effective manner? 
•Describe the version of the rights of patient medication you would find the most effective and describe the rationale for this choice. 
•Review the “Nurses’ Six Rights for Safe Medication Administration.” 
◦Do you agree with the author’s points on medication safety? 
◦Incorporate this into your decision of the patent’s medication rights. 

Support your position with references from this week’s readings as well as outside sources as needed.

Discuss any consideration to the patient’s cultural needs that were incorporated into the design of the patient education sheet.

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Patient Education Sheet  

This assignment consists of two important techniques needed to ensure patient safety and quality outcomes related to pharmacological therapies. 
For this assignment, assume your supervisor has asked you to develop a patient education tool for new “medication starts” in your current area of practice. You will complete a literature search in order to discover current information (less than 5 years old) on the medication. This information will then be utilized to prepare a single-page, evidence-based teaching tool that highlights patient safety. In the second part of the assignment, you will describe the process of creating the tool, based on your findings, in a short, scholarly report.  Instructions:  

Part 1: Patient Education Sheet 
•Create a patient education sheet. You can either choose an idea from below or choose your own topic:  ◦Antibiotics (Amoxil/Amoxicillin) for pediatric ear infections. 
◦Statin therapy (Zocor/Simvastatin) for a newly diagnosed patient with hypercholesterolemia. 
◦Antihypertensive (ACE Inhibitors/Lisinopril/Zestril) for a patient who was discovered to have hypertension at a work health screening.
 ◦Drugs for treating gastric acidity: Proton pump inhibitors/antacids/H2 blockers for a patient complaining of chronic indigestion and heart burn. 
◦Ear drops or eye drops for an elderly patient. 
◦Any newly released medication for a patient in your typical practice (can be a new drug for diabetes, hypertension, or arthritis; or a new antibiotic).  
•Research the medication you have chosen and determine what information needs to be included on a patient education sheet. As you are aware, different drugs have different safety factors that have to be discussed to increase compliance and patient safety.  
◦What information does the patient or caretaker of a patient need to know? 
◦Choose the categories that you feel are the most important to highlight for your patients (remember that you are creating a single-page education sheet.)  
Limit yourself to 3–5 categories to improve patient understanding. Examples of categories could include, but are not limited to, common indications, side effects, questions to ask your doctor, contraindications, and drug storage and disposal. 
Use pictures that help reinforce education.   
•Attach the patient education sheet as an appendix to your paper or attach it as a separate document. 

 Part 2: Justification of Information 

•Justify why you decided to highlight your specific educational topics. 
•Describe your chosen categories and explain why you felt these were key issues for patient safety. 
•Discuss any consideration to the patient’s cultural needs that were incorporated into the design of the patient education sheet. 
•Explain why you feel those format or design elements were important.  Additional Requirements 
•Length of patient education sheet: 1 page. 
•Length of justification paper: 2–3 pages. 
•References: Support your decisions with references to this week’s readings and other current (less than 5 years old) peer-reviewed journal articles and evidence-based materials. Demonstrate your understanding of the relationship between patient safety, quality outcomes, and pharmacology. 
•Formatting: Follow proper APA style and formatting.