Discuss: #1: After reading the chapters, discuss the purpose of having a quality improvement (QI) nurse on staff. What is an equipment problem, process workaround, or care issue at your facility that a QI nurse would likely be able to resolve? (No identifiers.)
1. Discuss how health policy initiatives are used to guide and direct your clinical practice as an Advanced Practice Nurse. 2. Please locate the Medicaid eligibility criteria for 3 different states. Compare and contrast the eligibility criteria, then discuss the implications of the criteria for people in each state.
Consider the client satisfaction data currently analyzed at your workplace. If you do not have a current practice location, select a local healthcare facility or provider Describe one specific tool used to measure client satisfaction. Discuss how accurately client satisfaction scores reflect quality in the organization. Analyze the strengths and limitations of using satisfaction … Read more
What is important to my daily practice? Am I concerned about the safety of nurses and patients? Am I concerned about medication errors? Am I concerned about available resources for nurses and patients? What other community concerns may I have?
Review the clinical skills in the PMHNP Clinical Skills List document. It is recommended that you print out this document to serve as a guide throughout your practicum. Review the “Developing SMART Goals” resource on how to develop goals and objectives that follow the SMART framework. Review the resources on nursing competencies and nursing theory, and … Read more
Think about a successful healthcare environment where you worked. Discuss in detail one or two habits of team leaders who used system thinking in the work environment. Do you think these habits improved the care that was delivered to patients and improved efficiency? Why or why not? Support all responses using at least one scholarly … Read more
Consider the quality measures that are currently analyzed at your practice location. If you do not have a current practice location, select a local healthcare facility or provider Describe one clinical client-focused quality measure currently analyzed in your practice location. What data is collected, and from where is the data taken? Who is … Read more
This week you will decide how you will collect your study data so that it is objective and systematic. Additionally, you will discuss the reliability and validity of your data collection method. The headings in your in your final research proposal assignment for this section will be: Setting – which would focus on your data … Read more
Rather than focus on the treatment of chronic disease, policies that influence population health tend to emphasize prevention and wellness; the reduction or elimination of waste and the eradication of health disparities based on race, ethnicity, language, income, gender, sexual orientation, disability and other factors. The reasoning is that good health belongs to the whole, … Read more
PICOT question to reference In hospitalized older adult patients (P) , how does identification of delirium (I) compared to not identifying (C) affect prevention or management of delirium and its effect (O) within 3 month’s time (T)?