Discussion: Quality Indicators

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Discussion: Quality Indicators

Florence Nightingale introduced research to the field of nursing, and with this introduction, a focus on improving patient care has continued to be at the forefront of nursing practice. Improving patient care lends itself to the study of quality care and patient safety, and nurse-sensitive quality indicators highlight the elements of healthcare in which patients are directly impacted by the care provided by nurses.

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What are nurse-sensitive indicators? What elements of a patient’s care are directly impacted by the role and delivery of care of nurses? How might these nurse-sensitive indicators change healthcare delivery and the nursing profession for a future DNP-prepared nurse?

For this Discussion, you will explore your understanding of nurse-sensitive indicators of quality by reflecting on those quality indicators that may pertain most to your practice setting. You will conduct a literature search for articles that address these quality indicators and reflect on the connections between the quality indicators and quality improvement theories and philosophies.

To Prepare:

Addressed each of the bullets below with a subtopic, all the references used must have an in-text citation in each paragraph. All Articles MUST BE PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES THAT MUST BE USED AND should come from USA and must be within last four years only that is from 2017 to 2021. Please do not begin a paragraph with author name(s) (PLEASE USE parenthetical/in-text citations APA format and 7 edition)

·         Post a brief description of the two nurse-sensitive indicators of quality that you selected.

·         Analyze the influence of early quality improvement theories and philosophies on the development of the quality indicators you selected. Be specific.

·         Then, cite the two (2) nursing research articles you selected, and explain how these indicators may influence your practice setting. Be specific and provide examples.

PLEASE THIS TEXTBOOK BELOW MUST BE USED, WILL DOWN LOAD  one  ARTICLE which is peer reviewed to  YOUR WEBSite THAT MUST BEEN USED TO ANWER ALL THE above bullet points above

Nash, D. B., Joshi, M. S., Ransom, E. R., & Ransom, S. B. (Eds.). (2019). The healthcare quality book: Vision, strategy, and tools (4th ed.). Health Administration Press.

·         Chapter 3, “Variation in Medical Practice and Implications for Quality” (pp. 75–101)

·         Chapter 7, “Health Information Technology in Healthcare Quality and Safety: Prevention, Identification, and Action” (pp. 189–211)