Assignment Instructions
Competency
Analyze data from quality improvement initiatives to develop evidence-based solutions that impact quality and safety.
Student Success Criteria
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Scenario
As a new nurse manager in a hospital, you have been invited to join a Healthcare Innovations Committee. The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Executive Leader, who is your mentor, has asked you to present an initiative to the committee. The committee consists of the Medical Director, who holds an MD, two doctoral-prepared nursing executives, four-unit coordinators who hold a BSN, and staff members from the operations department.
The DNP shared the results of a quality improvement (QI) assessment and determined there is a need for improved education on isolation for respiratory patients. Your mentor has informed you that initial efforts have improved respiratory isolation precautions. The current census reports an average of 22% of patients with hospital-acquired respiratory infection in isolation. This number has reduced from 33% over the past six months. The goal is to improve efforts by another 5% over the next quarter. For the next committee meeting, you will modify the existing PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) model and write an improvement goal to explain how you will a) establish improvement goals; b) identify possible strategies; c) choose specific interventions for implementation, and d) prepare a written improvement goal.
As you are creating your QI action plan, include strategies that encourage communication and engagement of nurses, leadership, and stakeholders. Utilize the information in the Patients on Isolation with Respiratory Infection diagram below to identify trends from 2019-2020 to determine if specific infections should be incorporated in your plan to achieve your quality improvement goals.
Instructions
- Using the PDSA proposal visual below (or a similar template or a template of your choosing), prepare an action plan that includes:
- Evidence-based solutions to the issue based on data from the implementation of the initial quality improvement initiative
- A plan for the implementation of revised interventions
- Revised improvement goals
- Revised evaluation strategies
- The current QI model is the PDSA model. Describe how the Lean or Six Sigma QI model might also be used to address this issue.
PDSA Proposal for Respiratory Isolation.pptx
- Include professional language and style and use in-text citations and references in the correct APA style
Resources
- PDSA Worksheet AHRQ
PDSA Worksheet AHRQ.docx
- AHRQ (2020). .
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