Nur630 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NUR 630 (Performance Improvement and Quality in Healthcare) Topic 6 Discussion Question 1 Description: 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.

What two elements do you believe play the most significant role in sustaining change and why? Support your answer with one or two references.

NUR 630 (Performance Improvement and Quality in Healthcare) Topic 8 Discussion Question 2 Description: The concept of a "Just Culture" has a number of key elements. Choose the two elements that you feel are the most difficult to achieve and provide one strategy for each that will make them achievable.

NUR 630 (Performance Improvement and Quality in Healthcare) Topic 7 Discussion Question 2 Description: You are going to present data that has been collected to your administrative group. The focus is on outcome measures and the data collected is unplanned readmission rates at two different hospitals. What format would you choose to display your data and why? What information would you include with the data?

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.

The concept of a "Just Culture" has a number of key elements. Choose the two elements that you feel are the most difficult to achieve and provide one strategy for each that will make them achievable.

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

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?

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?

NUR 630 (Performance Improvement and Quality in Healthcare) Topic 4 Discussion Question 1 Description: You are a member of an operating room team. The hospital is reporting an increase in complication rates from your team. Choose one of the quality models and explain how you would use it to address the causes or the adverse events.