CLINICAL INCIDENTS SHARING PROGRAM

Nursing Abstract Introducing Clinical Incidents Sharing Program for Nurses in Singapore

The Kwong Wai Shiu Nursing Home’s clinical incident-sharing session program aims to uphold Singapore’s standards for senior patient care in terms of accessibility, expense, and quality. To decrease medical errors while providing care, the approach precisely detects and reports crucial conditions. Through government and non-government nursing care assistance, Singapore has enhanced services for the elderly over the past three decades. For older patients to receive safe and effective care, individual organizations must ensure that medical errors are reduced. Kwong Wai Shiu Nursing Home uses the clinical incident sharing session program (CISSP) to address the issue thanks to strong leadership, a welcoming culture, ample resources, effective communication, information sharing, training, and ongoing learning. The technique benefits the organization by enhancing nurses’ knowledge, competencies, and capacity to support clinical judgment and critical thinking throughout service delivery.

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Clinical Incident Sharing Program for Nurses in Singapore

Introduction

Caregiving for Singapore’s senior population is difficult. In 2013, 19% of the population was 65 or older. Due to demographic changes like the rise in dual-income households, the dissolution of extended families, and the rise in age-related degenerative diseases, the burden of care has increased. Providing support and care for older adults at home may be challenging for families with limited resources. Family members’ circumstances are made worse by frailty, functional reliance, and the possibility of falls (Low, 2017). Many families decide to place their elderly loved ones in nursing homes to guarantee they receive essential care as they age or become unwell. The expansion of the support system has generated a need for high-quality services.