Nursing Leaders: Facilitating Quality and Safety through Technology

Nursing leaders today have the benefit and capacity to incorporate the latest technology to ensure quality and safety into the delivery of patient care.  Technology is fascinating, amazing, ever changing, improving and essential to the delivery of quality healthcare.   Leaders are responsible to remain current with the technological advancements, as well as forward thinkers to facilitate initiatives that are efficient, cost-effective, ensuring the best patient outcomes (Weston & Roberts, 2013).  Due to healthcare demands from the government, complexity of care, the aging population and workforce, nurse executives must incorporate technology as a means to advance the health of our current population (Trepanier & Crenshaw, 2013).

The American Organization of Nurse Executives (2015), notes leaders in healthcare must utilize their training and education to the full capacity, eliciting a cohesive team approach to healthcare along side physicians and other disciplines in healthcare to design and shape the healthcare of tomorrow. AONE Guiding Principles: For Future Patient Care Delivery. The continuing focus on healthcare will remain on the delivery of safe, quality care for our patients, as well as performance improvement initiatives, utilization of technology and improving the health of our population (Weston & Roberts, 2013).  

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References

AONE (2015). http://www.aone.org/resources/leadership%20tools/guideprinciples.shtml Retrieved: February 13, 2015.

Trepanier, S. & Crenshaw, J. (2013). Succession Planning: A Call to Action for Nurse Executives. Journal of Nursing Management. 21:980-985.

Weston, M. & Roberts D. (2013). The Influence of Quality Improvement Efforts on Patient Outcomes and Nursing Work: A Perspective from Chief Nursing Officers At Three Large Health Systems. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. 18(3).