Nursing Quality in the Healthcare Setting by Ruth Labardee, MSN, RNC, CNL
Summer 2014
Assignments and Activities
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@ The learner
will state the
purpose of the
National
Database for
Nursing Quality
Indicators
(NDNQI). (#1)
* The learner will
formulate a list
of Nurse
Sensitive
Indicators that
are applicable for
his/her
healthcare
setting. (#2)
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@ Read the below article about the
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National Database for Nursing
Quality Indicators
http://www.nursingworld.org/Main
MenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/A
NAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/
Volume122007/No3Sept07/NursingQ
ualityIndicators.aspx?%3E
@ Review the Joint Commission
website for information regarding
items hospitals measure for their
quality metrics
http://www.jointcommission.org/cor
e_measure_sets.aspx
@ Create one
PowerPoint slide
demonstrating the
relationship between
hospital quality and
nursing quality (25
points) [each student will
have 3 minutes to
describe their slide to
colleagues during this
week’s synchronous class
session]
Week 1
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Module 2: Nurse Sensitive Indicators
@ The learner
will illustrate the
relationship
between nursing
quality and
hospital quality.
(#1)
Assessments (points)
[how student
performance will be
assessed]
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@ Write 2-3 page paper
in APA format, explaining
the importance of nurse
sensitive indicators in
healthcare. * Within this
paper, write a paragraph
on 2 or 3 of the
indicators that are
applicable to your unit,
and why these are
measured (50 points)
[submit paper to the
dropbox in Carmen]
Week 2
Module 1: Introduction to Nursing Quality
Module
Objectives
Week
1. Explain what Nursing Quality is and its impact on healthcare outcomes for patients.
2. Describe the importance of benchmarking Nurse Sensitive Indicators against other like organizations.
3. Demonstrate use of a process improvement model to improve healthcare metrics.
@ Watch video clip on Nurse
Sensitive Indicators
http://www.nursingquality.org/#vide
os
* Review the list of indicators that
are considered to be Nurse Sensitive
Nursing Quality in the Healthcare Setting by Ruth Labardee, MSN, RNC, CNL
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Module 4: Process Improvement
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* The learner will
demonstrate
where to find
unit specific
Nursing Quality
Data in the
healthcare
institution. (#2)
* The learner will
explain how
his/her unit
compares to
another unit
within the
institutions for a
specific Nurse
Sensitive
Indicator. (#2)
# The learner will
compare and
contrast the
different
components of
the Plan, Do,
Check, Act
Model. (#3)
# The learner will
identify one
Nurse Sensitive
Indicator that
does not meet
the national
benchmark, and
design a plan for
improvement
using the Plan,
Do, Check, Act
Model. (#3)
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*Interview a QI representative or
nurse manager and find out how the
data is collected and where the data
is kept.
*Compare one of the nurse sensitive
indicators metrics from your unit, to
another like unit within your
institution.
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* Create a post on the
discussion board
comparing the outcome
you identified against
that same indicator from
another like unit. What
surprised you about the
results? What impacts
these results? (25
points) [submit to the
course blog page]
Week 3
Module 3: Nursing Quality Benchmarks
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# Watch Screen-casto-matic
presentation
# Watch video on the Plan, Do,
Check, Act (PDCA) cycle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9
47wRN72Wg0
# Read the article on Nurse Sensitive
Indicators
http://journals.ohiolink.edu.proxy.lib.
ohiostate.edu/ejc/pdf.cgi/Burston_Sarah.
pdf?issn=09621067&issue=v23i1314&article=1785_nistrnqaadoi
# Test your knowledge: Quiz
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# Create a PowerPoint
presentation that
describes the nurse
sensitive indicator you
have chosen from
Module 3, and map out a
PDCA cycle to improve
the outcomes of this
indicator. Provide at
least 2 references for this
assignment (50 points)
[submit presentation to
Carmen drop box by
11:59pm the day before
class. You will be given
10 minutes during the
synchronous class to
explain your presentation
to colleagues]
Week 4
Summer 2014
Total of 100 possible points