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 community 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 that 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 is 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.