This Competency Assessment assesses the following outcome(s):
NU420M4-4: Investigate principles of quality improvement and healthcare policy to improve healthcare in diverse and global populations.
Assessment Background
You are a registered nurse (RN) in the intensive care unit (ICU) at your facility. The ICU has 24 beds, 1 nurse manager, 4 clinical nurse specialists (on a rotating schedule), and 6 charge nurses (on a rotating schedule). Typically, your unit has anywhere from 18-24 patients per shift. In order to climb the clinical ladder, you have been asked to create a new policy for your unit that will improve patient outcomes related to one of the following topics:
- Mortality
- Safety of care
- Readmissions
- Patient experience
- Effectiveness of care
- Timeliness of care
- Efficient use of medical imaging
Assessment Instructions:
- Choose one healthcare outcome.
- Research best practices for improving the healthcare outcome.
- Identify the best methods for implementing the best practices for your healthcare outcome of choice.
