NURS-4220K Week 1: Discussion Defining Quality

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NURS-4220K Leadership Competencies-Summer

Preparing the Discussion:

  1. Post your definition of quality.

  2. Apply your definition to the work of one major quality theorist (e.g., Donabedian, Juran, Deming, or the Triple Aim – IHI/Berwick).

  3. Identify a practice problem you have experienced as a health care customer or practitioner.

  4. Explain how eliminating wasteful practices could have improved the experience.

  5. Include how your definition of quality applies to that experience.

  6. Support your response with references from professional nursing literature.

  7. Write at the capstone level.

 

Sample Solution

A measurable patient-centered practice problem related to quality or safety that is relevant to my practice setting that I will focus on in my Capstone paper is healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs). HAIs are given to the patient by healthcare staff while in the hospital, and they are detected at least 48 hours after admission…..Click below to access the full sample solution (PDF)