Assignment Task:
1. A healthcare risk management case emerges when a patient sues an outpatient provider due to a missed cancer diagnosis related to a failure to conduct timely and appropriate colon cancer screening. A patient visits an outpatient clinic complaining of gastrointestinal symptoms, but the provider overlooks the patient's risk factors and fails to recommend or perform a colonoscopy as part of the screening protocol.
- Identify the risk.
- Select the most appropriate classification of the risk.
- Describe the risk domain.
2. Factors
- Describe four factors that contribute to the risk. Looking for Online Tutoring?
3. Proactive measures
- Discuss three proactive measures to reduce or prevent the risk.
- Provide support from a scholarly source.
4. Mitigation strategies
- Describe three strategies the advanced practice nurse may use to mitigate the identified risk.
- Provide support from a scholarly source.
5. Regulatory foundations
- Identify at least one regulatory agency that provides guidance to manage the risk.
- Discuss applicable regulations.
- Provide support from a scholarly source or regulatory agency.
6. Summary
- Describe how the advanced practice nurse can monitor the application and efficacy of the mitigation strategy.
- Discuss how you will apply the mitigation strategies in your practice.
- Reflect on what you have learned from this assignment.