Quality Improvement

Definition

Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems.

KSAs

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 Note: Nursing Outlook Lead Article-Competency Definitions and KSA's

Annotated Bibliography(s)

• Quality Improvement - updated June 2008

• Quality Improvement - Updated October 2007

• Quality Improvement - Updated July 2007

• Quality Improvement

Related Teaching Strategies

• Clinical settings
• Clincal Evaluations Using KSA's:Developing Tools and Strategies
• Data Mining: Directed data collection exercise
• Data Mining: Timed data collection exercise
• Interdisciplinary CQI Course Syllabus
• Medication Reconciliation
• Rapid Improvement Strategies: Slide Presentation
• Senior Nursing Student Capstone Clinical Integration Paper: Incorporating Quality and Safety Competencies
• Staff work-arounds assignment
• Student Interdisciplinary Team CQI Field Project
• Website Evaluation Exercise

• Online or web-based modules
• Interdisciplinary CQI Course Syllabus
• Rapid Improvement Strategies: Slide Presentation
• Using Process Flow Charts to Improve Clinical Care

• Classroom
• Interdisciplinary CQI Course Syllabus
• Interprofessional Curriculum in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
• Medication Reconciliation
• Medication Variance Report: Authentic Assessment Exercise
• Rapid Improvement Strategies: Slide Presentation
• Student Interdisciplinary Team CQI Field Project
• Using Process Flow Charts to Improve Clinical Care

• Independent study
• Rapid Improvement Strategies: Slide Presentation
• Using Process Flow Charts to Improve Clinical Care