Risk and Quality Management Strategies 4 Executive Summary VOLUME 2 July 2009 Key Recommendations Assess current activities in risk management and quality improvement to evaluate their effectiveness in addressing overlap. Establish a structure to ensure that patient care activities are addressed in a coordinated manner involving risk management and quality improvement functions. Seek legal counsel to ensure that the structure for risk management and quality improvement activities
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been presented to us addresses the issue of measuring and improving quality through evidence-based quality management. The information in this particular case was obtained within a home health organization. The organization is The Visiting Nurse Association Health Care Partners of Ohio (VNAHPO). VNAHPO is a not-for-profit agency that provides a variety of services including home health services, hospice cars, and private duty nursing. It is a large community healthcare organization located in Ohio that
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Professional Development of Nursing professionals Introduction Nursing has become the fastest growing profession within the health care field. Nursing has increased not only in demand but also in standards of patient care and expectations. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) discusses various changes within the scope of nursing as well as how nursing has and impact on the future for advancing health. Furthermore, IOM has significantly impacted the nursing education, nursing practice, as well
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Standards are based upon expert nurse input, nursing literature and research that supports the qualities of a positive practice environment. All 12 standards apply to health care organizations and long term care institutions. Additional standards apply to the long term care environment. 1. Nurses Control the Practice of Nursing A shared governance model centers a healthy work environment for nurses. RNs directly involved in decisions that affect nursing practice with demonstrated autonomy and responsibility
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2006 pg.2). It operates under the principle that there is always room for improvement, development, and actions to increase the quality. The prevention of falls involves an interdisciplinary method of care. Most aspects of fall prevention are routine, other parts should be customized specific to each patient‘s level of risk. No healthcare worker working
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Canadian health care facilities to provide excellent service and quality. Increasing health care costs changed government funding, requiring providers to be held accountable for more of the financially responsibility in the early 1990s. During the mid-1990s, hospitals and regional health authorities across Canada were under siege from funding restraints, mergers and forced closures. The healthcare industry focused on delivering high-quality patient care and aligning the key stakeholders to the newly
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Development of the Future of Nursing James Flynn Grand Canyon University December 7, 2012 Title: Development of the Future of Nursing In an effort to provide American citizens with high quality, affordable health care the president signed into law and passed with help of congress, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in March of 2010. The ACA will attempt to provide at least 94% of the population with quality health coverage, while staying
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and in the nursing profession, healthcare providers have come to the conclusion that elevated levels of formal education are necessary among nurses to ensure the highest degree of care possible. Current education levels found among the working profession have been found wanting and in need of improvement. Formal educational differences between those who have sought and obtained their baccalaureate in nursing versus those who have stopped at an associate degree or a diploma in nursing have been shown
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Educational Preparation Well nursing educated environment is essential to bring about quality care and patient satisfaction. NCLEX competency exam is taken by aspiring nurses with ADN or BSN degree. It is an exam that measures competency needed to perform safely and effectively as a newly licensed, entry-level nurse ((National Council of State Board of Nursing, 2008). Graduates from BSN and ADN programs do not receive the same equivalent education background. Besides the obvious number of
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The Effect of the 2010 IOM Report on the Future of Nursing The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences. This organization was designed to secure the services of prominent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters relating to the health of the public. “The Institute acts to be an adviser to the federal government and, upon its own initiative, to identify issues of medical care, research, and education” (Institute of Medicine
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