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Why is a Professional Practice Model important?
1. Provides the foundations for Quality Nursing Practice
2. Important Resource for Nurse Leaders who seek to advance their organization in a journey for Excellence
What does NDNQI stand for?
National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators
Out of the 22 evidence-based Leapfrog measures of patient safety, how many domains does VCMC/SPH participate in and what are they?
Process/Structural Measures
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE)
Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA)
ICU Physician Staffing (IPS)
Safe Practice 1: Culture of Leadership Structures and Systems
Safe Practice 2: Culture Measurement, Feedback, & Intervention
Safe Practice 9: Nursing Workforce
Hand Hygiene
H-COMP-1: Nurse Communication
H-COMP-2: Doctor Communication
H-COMP-3: Staff Responsiveness
H-COMP-5: Communication about Medicines
H-COMP-6: Discharge Information
Outcome Measures
Foreign Object Retained
Air Embolism
Falls and Trauma
CLABSI
CAUTI
SSI: Colon
MRSA
C. Diff.
PSI 4: Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable conditions
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite
What does RL mean/stand for in risk management?
Risk level.
What does CPQCC stand for?
California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative.
What does HCAHPS stand for?
The HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) survey is the first national, standardized, publicly reported survey of patients' perspectives of hospital care.
What type of event(s) necessitate an EA?
Events that necessitate an event analysis include any occurrences that result in patient harm, near misses, potential for harm, or significant deviations from standard practice, such as medication errors, surgical complications, falls, wrong patient identification, delayed diagnoses, healthcare-associated infections, adverse drug reactions, and sentinel events (which are particularly serious incidents like unexpected deaths or severe injuries)
In what year was AONL (American Organization for Nursing Leadership) established?
The American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) was established in 1967 by a group of nurse administrators from the American Hospital Association (AHA) Council of Nursing. The organization was originally called the American Society for Hospital Nursing Service Administrators (ASHNSA). In 2019, the organization changed its name to the AONL to reflect its commitment to inclusivity.
The review of giving a patient the wrong medication is an example of what?
Root Cause Analysis; the process of learning from consequences
Please name three agencies that evaluate hospitals to ensure compliance with accreditation and local, state and federal regulatory standards
CMS/CDPH/TJC/HCAI/DNV-Det Norske Veritas,etc.
In what year was the Patient's Bill of rights first adopted by the American Hospital Association?
1973 and revised in October 1992. Patient rights were developed with the expectation that hospitals and healthcare institutions would support these rights in the interest of delivering effective patient care.
On the comprehensive (REGULATORY) SURVEY -READY HELPFUL INFORMATION SHEET as distributed by our famous QAPI department; how many categories are there?
20
A blame free environment in which reporting of errors is promoted and rewarded
Culture of Safety/Just Culture