Quality Control

• What do you consider elements of quality care when receiving healthcare services? 

          Elements of quality care include knowledgeable, caring staff; proper, working equipment to be able to diagnose and treat problems in a timely manor; and the ability and know how to keep patients safe from injury.

• What do you consider elements of quality care as a professional nurse? 

          Elements of quality care as a professional nurse include knowledge to keep patients safe from medication errors, and from other injuries; the ability to admit when they do not know something and the humility to ask for help to avoid causing harm; hard working and willing to do the jobs that need to be done even if they are not pleasant jobs!

• Are the two similar or different? 

          I believe the two are very similar. The patient is not going to receive quality care if the nurse does not posses the qualities listed above.