Nursing Quality Indicators: Case Study
RTT1 Task 1
Shirley Krussel
Western Governor 's University
December 12, 2014
RTT1 Task 1
The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) established by the American Nurses Association (ANA), provides reports on how care, specifically provided by nurses, affects patient outcomes. Based on these reports, the ANA has developed a national set of nursing sensitive indicators that measure the process of care, the structure of care, and patient- focused outcomes in a health care setting. NDNQI 's aim is to help nurses plan and implement patient safety and quality improvements through evidence-based care (Montalvo, 2007).
Nursing-sensitive Indicators
In this case study of Mr. J’s hospital stay, actual and potential issues are presented. Mr. J is an elderly Jewish man with mild dementia who fell at home and fractured his hip. In the scenario presented he is restrained in bed, taking pain medications but is oriented, and the daughter reports a red area …show more content…
P., Haas, J., Salman, L., & Larson, E. L. (2006, August). Impact of staffing on bloodstream infections in the neonatal intensive care unit. JAMA Pediatrics, 160(8), 832-836. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.160.8.832
Montalvo, I. (2007, September). The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI). The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 12(3). Retrieved from http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Volume122007/No3Sept07/NursingQualityIndicators.html
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2006). Americans’ view of nursing care (2). Retrieved from https://folio.iupui.edu/bitstream/handle/10244/524/Research_Highlight_2_0604.pdf?sequence=2
Russell, R. B., Green, N. S., Steiner, C. A., Meikle, S., Howse, J. L., Poschman, K., ... Petrini, J. R. (2007, July 1). Cost of hospitilization for preterm and low birth weight infants in the United States. Pediatrics, 120(1), e1-e9.
Shirley Krussel
Western Governor 's University
December 12, 2014
RTT1 Task 1
The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) established by the American Nurses Association (ANA), provides reports on how care, specifically provided by nurses, affects patient outcomes. Based on these reports, the ANA has developed a national set of nursing sensitive indicators that measure the process of care, the structure of care, and patient- focused outcomes in a health care setting. NDNQI 's aim is to help nurses plan and implement patient safety and quality improvements through evidence-based care (Montalvo, 2007).
Nursing-sensitive Indicators
In this case study of Mr. J’s hospital stay, actual and potential issues are presented. Mr. J is an elderly Jewish man with mild dementia who fell at home and fractured his hip. In the scenario presented he is restrained in bed, taking pain medications but is oriented, and the daughter reports a red area …show more content…
P., Haas, J., Salman, L., & Larson, E. L. (2006, August). Impact of staffing on bloodstream infections in the neonatal intensive care unit. JAMA Pediatrics, 160(8), 832-836. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.160.8.832
Montalvo, I. (2007, September). The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI). The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 12(3). Retrieved from http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Volume122007/No3Sept07/NursingQualityIndicators.html
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2006). Americans’ view of nursing care (2). Retrieved from https://folio.iupui.edu/bitstream/handle/10244/524/Research_Highlight_2_0604.pdf?sequence=2
Russell, R. B., Green, N. S., Steiner, C. A., Meikle, S., Howse, J. L., Poschman, K., ... Petrini, J. R. (2007, July 1). Cost of hospitilization for preterm and low birth weight infants in the United States. Pediatrics, 120(1), e1-e9.