Developing Changes

prepare the presentation using the following scenario and the required outline. You will need to complete a literature search to find a best practice scholarly article for patient falls. The evidence from the literature will assist you in development of your presentation

Quality Improvement Scenario
You are a nurse leader in the medical/surgical division of a large teaching hospital. Despite standard yearly education, patient falls over the last 6 months have been 4.52 falls/1000 patient days, when the organizational goal is 3.42 falls/1000 days.
Quality Improvement Outline

1. Overview of the Problem:
   • State the problem.
2. Aim Statement:
   • Write an Aim Statement that is specific, measurable, attainable, reasonable, and has a time frame.
3. Choosing Measures:
   • Use the family of measures to identify each measure:
   o Outcome Measure: Where are you ultimately trying to go?
   o Process Measures: Are you doing the right things to get there?
   o Balancing Measures: Are the changes you are making to one part of the system causing problems in other parts of the system?
4. Developing Changes: What change can you make that will result in improvement?

• Five useful ways to develop changes are: critical thinking, benchmarking, using technology, creative thinking, and change concepts.

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