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Quality improvement processes

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Which factors led to an increased focus on health care quality in the United States? -A rise in the cost of insurance -Public disclosure of safety issues
Hospital team members teach the staff to work more efficiently without sacrificing patient care. Which health care initiative is this hospital using? Performance improvement (PI)
Using recent global studies to identify and address major safety issues Quality IMprovement (QI)
Creating an organizational taskforce to anticipate and avoid safety issues continuous Quality Improvement( CQI)
Acting to improve productivity while maintaining patient safety Performance improvement (PI)
A health care provider takes steps to reduce medical errors during patient care. This is an example of which National Academy of Medicine goal to enhance the quality of health care? Safety
Which task is important to the lean model of quality improvement (QI)? Customizing the workflow according to patient needs
Which principle is common to all quality improvement (QI) models? An emphasis on patient needs
Which is a benefit of the principle of patient-focused care with respect to the QI model? Instilling confidence and trust in patients
Which strategy for collecting data should the nurse apply when evaluating nursing outcomes? Reviewing the number of patients with heart failure who have quit smoking after receiving counseling
The nurse manager is concerned that charting is not being completed correctly by the nurses. The nurse manager should use which audit tool to evaluate this problem? Process audits
Which statement describes a concurrent audit? Implemented while the patient is receiving care
Which organizations maintain databases with nursing-sensitive data to be used for improving health care outcomes? -American Nurses Association -California Nursing Outcomes Coalition -United States Department of Veterans Affairs
How is a check sheet used when making organizational improvement decisions? To record raw data
Which set of data should be represented using a simple bar graph? A comparison of nursing turnover under two different nurse managers
Determine the relationship between patient age and positive outcomes Scatter diagram
Graph patient mortality rates after gastric surgery over the last 10 years run chart
Observe the procedure from receiving discharge orders to discharge teaching Flow process chart
Record the number of patients treated per nurse per day over a week check sheet
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