Checklist Manifesto Questions

Checklist manifesto by Atul Gawande is the book these questions need to be answered from.

Discussion Questions: Chapter 3 & 4

1. In the chapter The End of the Master Builder, how do they do it better? What does the teamwork look like? Compare this scenario to a clinical scenario you have observed or been part of. Give details but maintain HIPPA.
2. As we see in the book so far there are other professions with similar complexities as nursing and medicine. There is equally a need for perfection from fallible humans. What can nursing learn from the Boston builder?
3. What type of leadership is seen in these few chapters read so far? What styles of checklists are used by the Boston builder and how are they different from the Katrina/New Orleans case. How can you relate this to nursing cases?
4. There are two situations discussed in these chapters regarding the type of checklists used. Stupid criteria stuff and communications tasks. . Some of the biggest failures are attributed to the lack of communication. Relate both of these to our nursing critical thinking discussions and NOF communication goals.

Discussion Questions Chapter 5 & 6:

1. Dr. Gawande was asked to work with The World Health Organization (WHO) to reduce avoidable deaths from Surgery. Surgery is complex enough in one hospital. How did he tackle this surgical dilemma with the assistance of a study involving soap in Karachi? Give examples of how this relates to surgeries in our hospitals and how it relates to the fight against COVID 19 this year. Utilize the four killers he mentions.

2.Some of the first Checklist success was related to communication and teamwork. Discuss some examples in the book that relate to improved outcomes with improved communication or poor outcomes with failures in communication and teamwork. How is the Checklist involved? How were pilot studies used? Describe what was meant by the term to spread the responsibility and how that relates to communication and teamwork.

The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

Discussion Question:

Think about this quote from the book reviews, Gawande asks of professionals one key thing: to be humble enough to admit ones own humanity and take simple steps to prevent simple errors… and perhaps what is most admirable about Gawande is that he does not leave himself out of this request… allowing us a glimpse at his own fallibility and that very humility that is needed to improve ourselves. He has created the humblest of tools, the Checklist, to get medicine back to basics. Discuss this quote and statement in depth. How will it relate to you, your patients and healthcare as you begin your nursing career? Please use examples from the entire book and be specific as to how you will use what you have learned from Dr. Gawande in your practice and profession.