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Quality improvement processes
Question | Answer |
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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 |