RTT1 Task 1 Eric M. Lunsford Western Governors University Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership January 11, 2015 RTT1 Task 1 A. Nursing Sensitive Indicator Since Florence Nightingale’s work over one hundred years ago, researchers have tried to define nursing’s role on patient health outcomes. Nursing Sensitive Indicators (NSI) have been developed through the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) to address this need. The NDNQI provides nursing specific indicators
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Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership Task 1 Western Governors University Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership RTT1 Task 1 Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership Task 1 A. Nursing-Sensitive Indicators Nursing-sensitive indicators reflect the structure, process and outcomes of nursing care. The structure of nursing care is indicated by the supply of nursing staff, the skill level of the nursing staff, and the education/certification of nursing staff. Process indicators
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Organizational Systems & Quality Leadership RTT1 Task 1 Willem Botha Western Governors University Texas Nursing-sensitive indicators consist out of three categories that include the following: Structure, process and outcome. Structure refers to the organizational aspect of nursing that is made up of staffing levels; experience vs inexperience; educational levels or the make-up staffing at any point on the unit or facility. The Process is aspect of policies and procedures at the facility and
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Running head: NURSING SENSITIVE INDICATORS 1 RTT1 Task 1 Krista Vandiver, RN, CEN Western Governors University NURSING SENSITIVE INDICATORS Nursing-Sensitive Indicators According to the American Nurses Association, nursing-sensitive indicators “reflect the structure, process and outcomes of nursing care.” ("Nursing Sensitive Indicators," 2015) Understanding the indicators is an important piece of nursing, not only to assist the patient, but the patients loved ones as well, to ensure quality
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RTT1 TASK 1 In this scenario several hospital employees provide care for a 72 year-old male retired rabbi patient. The patient was admitted with a broken hip, he is restrained and during his stay he was given the wrong meal tray. Nursing-sensitive indicators such as pressure ulcers and patient satisfaction will be addressed. These indicators can be addressed and measured by the hospital through collecting data pertaining to pressure ulcer prevention and Press Ganey scores for patient satisfaction
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Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership Task 1 It is critical to have an understanding of nursing-sensitive indicators in order to provide safe, quality, compassionate and satisfactory patient care. In this scenario, applying restraints to Mr. J, a demented patient with hip fracture seems appropriate. However, it is standard practice that restraints are to be removed as soon as possible, and the patient in restraints may need assistance to change position every two hours. In Mr. J’s scenario
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Analysis of Nursing Indicators Related to Lapses in Nursing Care name name Western Governors University Nursing-sensitive indicators are areas of data collection which have been empirically shown to correspond to patient outcomes; “NSI reflect the structure, process and outcomes of nursing care.” (Nursing World, 2015). These data are collected in many types and locations of medical and nursing facilities and nursing units, which report their data to The National Database of Nursing Quality
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ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS & QUALITY LEADERSHIP Nursing Sensitive Indicators Nursing sensitive indicators are define as those indicators that capture nursing care or its outcomes most affected by nursing care (Medscape). These indicators have been defined due to the necessity for data to show proven links between nursing interventions performed, nurse staffing levels and patient outcomes. These nursing sensitive indicators help to identify the structures of care and care processes to which both
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Organizational Systems & Quality Leadership Rtt1 Task Currently, the most critical issues in health care are safety and quality of patient care due to changes in health care delivery. Facilities have an emphasis on the bottom line and finding areas to cut costs. Cost cutting measures include a decrease in the number of nurses to provide direct patient care and shorter lengths of stay due to reimbursement changes. This means fewer nurses caring for sicker patients putting patient care in jeopardy
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A. Discuss how an understanding of nursing-sensitive indicators could assist the nurses in this case in identifying issues that may interfere with patient care. An understanding of nursing sensitive indicators would assist all nurses in identifying the underlying problem that has the potential to cause patient harm and a negative patient outcome. In this case, the redden area was an indication that the patient is at risk for developing a pressure ulcer in that area. Actions such as repositioning
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