Safety in user care in Nicaraguan health units: a scientificethical commitment of the health professional
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Commitment, Ethical, Professional, Health, Safety, UserAbstract
The writing reflects on patient safety during the care process that is demanded in the different health units. There are standards and protocols that guarantee the quality of care in the services provided by health professionals. Public and private health institutions are committed to guaranteeing the conditions for the development of a safe, effective, efficient and error-free process, likewise, health professionals from training have a commitment that demands ethical and deontological principles, in a manner that, all have to comply with those norms that guarantee the safeguarding of the health and life of the patient under the principle of non-maleficence. The World Health Organization, for its part, has strongly emphasized strategies that guarantee safety in user care designed in the different instruments for monitoring and evaluating indicators of health services. These strategies are directed from structural and organizational aspects in the public health system, but also, to human action; how health professionals are able to work as a team, to interact effectively in each context of action without losing sight of each other. Given that each one has a different responsibility in the care process. For this reason, it is stated that patient safety is not only the responsibility of the nursing staff, although they are the ones who have a strong responsibility towards them.
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