Nursing Question

Learning Goal: I’m working on a nursing multi-part question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Leadership- PLEASE USE SCHOARLARLY ARTICLE LESS THAN 5 YEARS

NDNQI Group Clinical Assignment

• Review the attached article about the ANA’s National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI)
• Only choose one from the nursing sensitive indicators from the below list.
  • Patient falls
  • Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers
  • Restraints
  • Urinary catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
  • Central line catheter associated blood stream infection (CLABSI)
  • Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
• :
  • Write a paragraph describing the issue that they selected.
  • In the next paragraph, detail at least 3 nursing activities that will improve the indicator.
  • Describe how clinical indicator data has been used to improve patient outcomes in your clinical experiences.
• The NDNQI Clinical Assignment must include the following elements (see rubric)
  • Title Page: in APA format
  • Introduction: One paragraph describes why nursing is important to quality care & how that is evaluated.Cites (with a reference) one scholarly source aside from the NDNQI reference above, in APA style.
  • Purpose Statement: Introductory paragraph that responds to, “The purpose of this paper is to…….”
  • Description of nursing sensitive indicators.For each indicator, describe the indicator/issues.Cites (with a reference) one scholarly source aside from the NDNQI reference above, in APA style.
  • Describe 3 nursing activities for each indicator that will improve the indicator in one paragraph.Cites (with a reference) one scholarly source aside from the NDNQI reference above, in APA style. Additionally, each student will describe how clinical indicator data has been used to improve patient outcomes in their clinical experiences.
  • Conclusions: In one paragraph, summarize the findings without introducing new information.

http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Volume122007/No3Sept07/NursingQualityIndicators.html

EXAMPLE for a group of 2

Group member 1: Restraint…. paragraph about what are the issues related to restraints.Next paragraph details 3 things that nurses can do to reduce the number of restraints; plus, how clinical indicator data has been used to improve patient outcomes in your clinical experiences.

Group member 2: Pressure Ulcers…. paragraph about what they are, how they happen etc.Next paragraph details 3 things that nurses can do to reduce pressure ulcers; plus, how clinical indicator data has been used to improve patient outcomes in your clinical experiences.