Patient Safety In Relation To Staffing Shortage

Patient Safety in Relation to Staffing ShortageStudent’s NameDepartment, Institutional AffiliationCourse Code: Course NameInstructor’s NameDue DatePatient Safety in Relation to Staffing ShortagePICOT QuestionAmong critically ill hospitalized patients, how does intentional hourly rounding compared to normal nurse scheduling address staffing shortage to reduce patient safety issues in a period of three months?Population: Critically ill hospitalized patientsIntervention: Intentional hourly rounding Comparison: Normal nurse scheduling Outcome: Reduced patient safety issuesTime: Three months Part BHow Reimbursement Relates to Nursing-Sensitive Indicators Healthcare reimbursement is directly linked to healthcare outcomes, positive patient outcomes emerge as one of the major nurse-sensitive indicators. There is a hospital acquired condition reduction program that is designed to penalize hospitals financially whenever there is a continuance of poor patient outcomes resulting from issues such as hospital acquired central line-associated bloodstream diseases (Cleveland et al., 2019). The value-based purchasing model is currently used in reducing reimbursements by at least 2% in case of poor patient outcomes, but hospitals also have an opportunity to earn incentives based on their overall performance. Hospitals are therefore continuing to push