MARQUIS MODULE 4.01
A nurse leader at a long-term care facility wants to determine if vital signs are being checked according to policy. What can the leader do to measure this process of care?
A process audit
A health care team has been challenged to determine what other facilities are doing to decrease the number of hospital-acquired infections so that an action plan can be created to decrease the rate in their facility. What will the health care team do to achieve this challenge?
Benchmarking
A nurse manager would like to determine how well the team is doing in terms of meeting the hospital's goal of increased patient satisfaction. What action should the manager take after determining best practices?
Capture when the team is and is not using best practices and the outcomes
An older adult patient fell out of bed 2 days after a hip replacement and had to return to surgery. What process should be done in order to prevent future negative outcomes such as this?
Critical event analysis
An older adult patient recently had a hip replacement with an indwelling catheter inserted. The patient developed symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI) postoperatively, and the nurse placing the catheter was reeducated by the nurse leader regarding avoidance of UTIs when inserting catheters. Which quality approach did the nurse leader use?
Quality assurance techniques
