Part 1: Quality Improvement Processes
For each of the quality improvement processes and approaches listed, describe the process and the core elements associated with it.
Six Sigma
PDSA
TQM
CQI
Part 2: Verification of Practice Problem
Review the practice problem that you identified in LC4001, and review the feedback provided by your faculty SME. You will use this practice problem in this Assessment as well.
Collect data on the practice problem that you identified in LC4001 that deals with an issue at your practicum facility. There are several places that you can gather data on the practice problem. They include, but are not limited to:
• Interview infection control and quality nurses at your practice experience facility
• Review HCAHPS data
• Access and review dashboards at the facility (QI dashboards)
• Use the Hospital Compare website (https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html)
You should aim to collect enough data to ensure that you understand how many times or how often a problem is occurring and over what time frame. Note that the data that you need is not global, national, or even state data. You want to focus on data that is specific to the facility and area.
Part 3: Quality Improvement Processes
Explain how the information that you found about the practice problem might be addressed by a quality improvement process.
Review the information about the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) process. Explain how you would apply this process to your selected practice problem to determine potential solutions to the practice problem.
Describe the measures that should be analyzed after the intervention is applied to determine its success.
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