Investigate principles of quality improvement and healthcare policy

NU420M4-4: Investigate principles of quality improvement and healthcare policy to improve healthcare in diverse and global populations.

Investigate principles of quality improvement and healthcare policy

This Competency Assessment assesses the following outcome(s):
NU420M4-4: Investigate principles of quality improvement and healthcare policy to improve healthcare in diverse and global populations.

Assessment Background
You are a registered nurse (RN) in the intensive care unit (ICU) at your facility. The ICU has 24 beds, 1 nurse manager, 4 clinical nurse specialists (on a rotating schedule), and 6 charge nurses (on a rotating schedule). Typically, your unit has anywhere from 18-24 patients per shift. In order to climb the clinical ladder, you have been asked to create a new policy for your unit that will improve patient outcomes related to one of the following topics:
Firstly, Mortality

Secondly, safety of care

Thirdly, readmissions

Fourthly, patient experience

Further, effectiveness of care

Additionally, timeliness of care

Finally, efficient use of medical imaging

Assessment Instructions:
1.  Choose one healthcare outcome.
2.  Research best practices for improving the healthcare outcome.
3.  Identify the best methods for implementing the best practices for your healthcare outcome of choice.
4.  Create your policy using the provided template.
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