NUR 630: Performance Improvement & Quality Health (NUR630)

Describe at least two limitations to both primary and secondary data and how understanding those limitations can improve your future CQI work.

What is the difference between primary and secondary data? How can primary and secondary source data be used to drive CQI? Provide a specific example of how each source can be used to drive CQI.

Identify which of the following approaches you would choose to assist in determining and measuring outcomes: FMEA, Pareto Principle, and control charts. Describe the best approach and explain why you chose it?

Measurement is required to determine the success of your CQI project. What is the difference between outcome and process measures? Which are more important? Why? Support your reasoning with an example.

In a 1,000-1,250 word paper, consider the outcome and process measures that can be used for CQI. Include the following in your essay: 1. At least two process measures that can be used for CQI. 2. At least one outcome measure that can be used for CQI. 3. A description of why each measure was chosen. 4. An explanation of how data would be collected for each (how each will be measured). 5. An explanation of how success would be determined. 6. One or two data-driven, cost-effective solutions...

You are the nurse leader on an obstetrics unit. You have been tasked to utilize a Six Sigma approach for standardizing the discharge process. Where do you start?

You are a member of an operating room team. The hospital is reporting an increase in the complication rates from your team. Choose one of the quality models and explain how you would use it to address the cause or adverse events.

This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment. The purpose of this assignment is to examine quality models used in health care. With your CLC group, create a 10-15 slide PowerPoint on Lean, Six Sigma, and 5S quality models. Include the following in your presentation: 1. A description of each quality model. 2. A brief history of each quality model. 3. A description and examples of how each quality model can be applied to the health care setting. 4. Include a title slide, refere...

Select a problem that you have experienced or identified within your workplace or in a health care setting. What steps would you take to address the problem?

Your unit data reflects an upward trend in blood administration errors. It is likely an individual failure or a system failure? Which theory or model would you use to address it?