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Governance: Chapter 1

Terms in this set (18)

Quality Management
Is a preventive approach
Involves continuous evaluation and improvement
Is implemented through patient satisfaction surveys
Benchmarking
Compares an organization's data with similar organizations
Uses outcome indicators to compare performance across organizations
Uses results to address weaknesses and enhance strengths
identifying the clinical question
First step in EBP:
Identifying the clinical question
Finding evidence to answer the question
Evaluating the evidence
Applying the evidence
Evaluating the outcome
Steps in EBP (5)
nursing language; evidence-based
Electronic Health Records: Includes health information from all medical sources
Can be accessed by multiple authorized providers at different locations
Allows for collective data analysis, facilitates a common __ __, and support __-__ practice when fully integrated
confidentiality; costs
Barriers of Computerization:
Privacy and __ concerns
__ of implementing and operating
efficiency; errors
Benefits of Computerization:
Reduced redundancies
Improved __
Decreased medical __
Lower health care costs
administrators; motivates
Nurse Manager:
Balances the needs of __ and
employees
Functions as coach, teach, and facilitator
__ and inspires others
quality; Supervise
Nurse Managers today:
Monitor and improve __ care
Manage with limited resources
Help design new systems of care
__ teams of professionals and nonprofessionals from a variety of cultures
quality; professional
The Magnet Recognition Program designates organizations that recognize health care organizations that provide nursing excellence.
Must promote __ in a setting that supports __ practice.
Identify excellence in the delivery of nursing service.
Disseminating best practice in nursing services.
leadership; teachers; development
Magnet Recognition: Quality of nursing __. Organizational structure. Management style. Nurses as __. Interdisciplinary relations. Professional __
Look at how well hospitals are doing and compare
The quality indicators the group focuses on include ICU staffing, electronic medication ordering systems, and the use of higher performing hospitals for high-risk procedures.
How is Leapfrog used in hospitals for quality management?
identify issue and educate
Opportunity for staff involvement on brainstorming if possible cause of rise in infections
MONEY
Primary driving force in strategic planning in all hospitals?
improves quality
Why is research important?
based on quality improvement of hospital
Know why Magnet hospitals are good for quality improvement?
Used to decrease cost, improve quality, improve time frame
Why robotic is used in hospitals?
Manager
Who would be responsible for patient satisfaction on unit?
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