Steps of
QI Model
QI Model
During this step, an established plan is implemented.
What is Do?
Minimizing the occurrence of preventable mistakes when administering and monitoring medication.
What is decreasing medication errors?
When the programs being ran are not helpful and the theories being developed are incorrect.
What is poor programs & faulty theory?
Determines what needs to be improved and establish measurable objectives and goals.
What is identifying?
She developed hygiene practice and protocol in the aftermath of the Crimean War.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
During this step, one reviews the given results.
What is Study?
Recognizing an underlying problem or defining an issue to understand the cause.
What is identifying problems?
When the programs being led are beneficial but creating change is not done well.
What is good programs & poor implementation?
Studies the background and context of the issue, analyze existing data, and identify areas of variation.
What is analyzing?
He implemented mandatory hand washing following an outspread of childbed fever.
Who is Ignaz Semmelweis?
During this step, one decides to revise the change, to accept the change, or to abandon the change.
What is Act?
Enhancing the quality of care delivered by professionals within the healthcare setting.
What is improving clinical performance?
It can be hard to implement changes if there is a lack of supplies to do so.
What is resources constrained?
Researches and develops potential solutions.
What is developing?
He created hospital standards revolving around the assessment patient outcomes.
Who is Ernest Codman?
During this step, one identifies the issue at hand.
What is Plan?
Alleviates the exhaustion that nurses experience due to the demanding nature of their work.
What is reducing nursing fatigue/stress?
This type of intervention may have unclear goals or an overly difficult design which can be hard to implement if it is hard to understand.
What is complex QI interventions?
Implements small local tests and if a change is successful, the implementing it more broadly.
What is testing/implementing?
He created the Structure-Process-Outcome model.
Who is Avedis Donabedian?
The _____ model is used to assess quality and safety in health care, and to develop processes to improve client safety and care.
What is PDSA?
The overreaching purpose and significance of quality improvement.
What is improving client outcomes?
It is difficult to know what changed to make in a specific field if there is little information about it.
What is low quality improvement implementation studies?
Creates consistent guidelines, methods, steps, processes and/or practices that improves the quality of client's care and safety.
What is standardizing?
He created the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model.
Who is Dr. Edward Deming?