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NUR 630 (Performance Improvement and Quality in Healthcare) Topic 8 Assignment: Overview of Quality in Healthcare Description: Choose one quality or patient safety concern with which you are familiar and that you have not yet discussed in this course. In a 1,250-1,500 word essay, reflect on what you have learned in this course by applying the concepts to the quality or patient safety concern you have selected. Include the following in your essay: 1. Briefly describe the issue and associat...

The purpose of this assignment is to discuss health care culture and describe how CWV can be used to improve ethical practices. In a 1,000-1,250 word essay, discuss the important factors associated with health care culture. Include the following in your essay: 1. A definition of health care culture, including culture of excellence and safety. 2. Two or three examples of principles for building a culture of excellence and safety. 3. An explanation of the role of various stakeholders in impro...

NUR 630 (Performance Improvement and Quality in Healthcare) Topic 5 Assignment: Benchmark - Outcome and Process Measures Description: 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 eac...

NUR 630 (Performance Improvement and Quality in Healthcare) Topic 8 Assignment: Overview of Quality in Healthcare Description: The purpose of this assignment is to apply the concepts you have learned in this course to a situation you have encountered. Choose one quality or patient safety concern with which you are familiar and that you have not yet discussed in this course. In a 1,250-1,500 word essay, reflect on what you have learned in this course by applying the concepts to the quality ...

The purpose of this assignment is to differentiate quality improvement (QI), evidence-based practice (EBP), and research. Create a graphic image or visual model differentiating quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research. You can use PowerPoint, Smart Art in Word, or other software that creates a graphic. Be creative in your design. Include the following information in your graphic image or visual model: 1. Compare and contrast quality improvement, evidence-based practice, a...

NUR 630 (Performance Improvement and Quality in Healthcare) Topic 1 Assignment: Visual Model Description: The purpose of this assignment is to differentiate quality improvement (QI), evidence-based practice (EBP), and research. Create a graphic image or visual model differentiating quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research. You can use PowerPoint, Smart Art in Word, or other software that creates a graphic. Be creative in your design. Include the following information i...

NUR 630 (Performance Improvement and Quality in Healthcare) Topic 5 Assignment: Benchmark - Outcome and Process Measures Description: 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 e...

NUR 630 (Performance Improvement and Quality in Healthcare) Topic 2 Assignment: Healthcare Culture Description: The purpose of this assignment is to discuss health care culture and describe how CWV can be used to improve ethical practices. In a 1,000-1,250 word essay, discuss the important factors associated with health care culture. Include the following in your essay: 1. A definition of health care culture, including culture of excellence and safety. 2. Two or three examples of pri...

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?

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?