Introducing proper care tools and creating an environment in which the length of patients’ hospital stay can be reduced are essential steps toward improving the performance of a healthcare facility. Therefore, introducing the proposed changes to the Temple University Hospital (TUH) environment is an important change that will allow for a positive change in the quality of healthcare services provided at the specified facility (Temple University, 2017). For this purpose, a combination of communication devices and the Archimedes system for trans-parenchymal nodule access will be required (“Archimedes – Total lung access platform,” n.d.). By integrating the specified tools into the nursing practice, one will be able to improve the quality of managing the procedures associated with diagnosing patients and providing therapy.
The integration of the tools for trans-parenchymal nodule access into the TUH environment will serve as the path to increasing the accuracy of the treatment process. Specifically, the selected tool will allow for more accurate navigation of the biopsy process (Bjaalid, Laudal, & Mikkelsen, 2015). The resulting improvement in precision will affect the diagnosis positively, leading to fewer medical errors and helping nurses to determine the source of a particular problem more accurately.
In addition, the integration of the trans-parenchymal nodule tool will make the therapy process less invasive, which will affect patients positively. For instance, the reduction in the levels of invasiveness will lead to fewer instances of hospital-acquired infections (McAlearney et al., 2017). The specified issue is of particular importance to patients since the increased length of stay may entail a vast range of negative consequences, which include the acquisition of HAIs and the following development of comorbid issues, thus reducing their chances for recovery.
Furthermore, the approach described above will entail better patient-nurse communication due to the integration of IT and ICT tools into the process. As a result, new options for improving patient education will emerge, encouraging nurses to play the role of educators (Rabbani et al., 2015). It is expected that the specified process will be twofold, with both patients and nurses acquiring new skills. The abilities that nurses will develop will include improved strategies for cross-cultural communication and management of diverse patients’ needs (Crawford, Candlin, & Roger, 2017). Thus, the overall quality of nursing services and especially the management of lung biopsy will increase rapidly.
It is expected that the proposed set of tools for enhancing the quality of healthcare services will lead to a significant change in nursing care. With a better understanding of their health issues, patients will follow the instructions provided by nurses more carefully. Healthcare experts, in turn, will perform the process of biopsy more effectively, yielding accurate results and obtaining the data that will inform the choice of actions for managing patients’ needs. In addition, the incorporation of the selected tools will make the biopsy less invasive, thus causing patients lesser discomfort. Therefore, the identified approach toward addressing health issues at TUH should be seen as a crucial step in managing the efficacy of nursing care.
Incorporating strategies for enhanced patient-nurse communication and the Archimedes system, which allows accessing the trans-parenchymal nodule, will set the platform for rapid quality improvement in the TUH environment due to improvements in the processes of diagnosing and managing therapy-related concerns. The specified strategies will make it possible for more effective access to lesions, thus making the treatment process more effective and reducing the threat of negative outcomes for patients. Therefore, the selected approach should be incorporated into the TUH setting through meticulous training of its nursing staff and the provision of the required equipment, including IT and ICT technology.
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