Quality Improvement Report Cynthia Leonard, BSN, RN HCS/588 June 4, 2012 Darlene M. Cantu, RNC-NIC, C-EFM, MSN Quality Improvement report Quality measures and quality improvements are the focus of most health care organization today. Quality has many meanings and consumers, health care organization, regulatory agencies, and professionals have different view of the meaning of quality. Quality has advanced from the ability to give good care to the need to ensure that patient’s expectations
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Traditionally this encourages an incentive for providers to order more treatments because the more services that are provided depends on the quantity of care. The main focal point of health care is to provide quality and not quantity. Bundled payments is one reimbursement for treatments and includes all forms of inpatient and outpatient care and the physician fees. This helps to minimize the waste in the system and attempt to provide efficient care. The implementation
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give to our patients when I do my leadership rounding. This week, kudos goes out to Michelle Salem, Shannon Faulkner, and the nursing team. Our patients appreciated the love and compassion they received from each of you and made it mission to recognize you. As we discussed in our staff meeting and daily shift huddle, we have some care concerns needing improvement. 1. We have responsibility to answer the call light promptly to address out patient needs. When conducting hourly rounds it is
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Please write an Op-Ed to your newspaper of choice in which you argue for national attention to quality and patient safety improvement OR to expanding access and equity in the U.S. health care system. For those that write about quality, you may wish to include discussion of some of the following: provide evidence on the current state of quality and patient safety in the U.S. health system: National attention is currently focused on the debacle of The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) roll out. The
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Nurse Baccalaureate prepared nurses are entering the nursing profession now, more than ever before. This is a result of extensive research that has been conducted and has evaluated the benefits of hiring nurses who have their bachelor’s degree. The purpose of this paper is to discuss why nurses are encouraged to obtain their BSN. In the United States, there are approximately 3 million nurses working in the healthcare industry. This makes nursing one of the largest components of the healthcare system
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weaknesses. The American Nurses Association (ANA) has developed standards of professional nursing practice for the nursing community to follow. Through the scope and standards of professional nursing practice, I have produced five year and ten year goals including an evaluation of those goals. Professional Development Plan Nurses must possess an understanding of the ethics of the nursing profession and the responsibilities imposed on the nurse’s professional practice
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Quality Improvement Email Glorybel Rodriguez HCS/588 Measuring Performance Standards November 24, 2014 Dr. Debbie Simmons Quality Improvement Email Health care organizations aim to provide both quality and safe patient care. These two fundamental and critical concepts in health care require continuous effort. “Organizations must make an intentional effort to measure, assess, and improve performance” (Spath, 2014, pp.266). Quality improvement (QI) is essential for the continued success
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Leadership SMART Goal Sherri Love Chamberlain School of Nursing Christle Shavers NR 447 Collaborative Health Care Team-building Leadership Core healthcare competence According to the Institute of Medicine, patient-centered is “health care that establishes a partnership among practitioners, patients, and their families (when appropriate) to ensure that decisions respect patients’ wants, needs, and preferences and that patients have the education and support
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ECT 4183 Module 4 Program Goals and Standards Worksheet Name Title of Your CTE Program ___Practical Nursing (Post-Secondary)_________________________________________ |Program Goal for Practical |SCANS Competency |21st Century Skills |All Aspects of Industry |CPALM |Florida Goal 3 Student | |Nursing – Post-Secondary | | |
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the organization’s strategic plan that will shape the development of a comprehensive network of services for their community. The organization provides the usual array of inpatient services expected in a moderate-sized community hospital. A local nursing home and retirement community is for sale, and the organization is considering the purchase of that agency. Several physician practices are also interested in alliances with the hospital. There is a local county health department that provides some
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