Question

At a recent staff meeting, the medical-surgical nurse manager reports that the rate of repeated hospitalizations for patients with chronic heart failure has increased 50% in the past 3 months. As a staff nurse you agree to be part of the unit quality improvement team to examine the causes of the increase and make evidence-based recommendations for improving the outcomes for this patient population. Specific patient data and summaries are available for the team to review as needed. Where will your team begin with this process during the first meeting of the team? What internet sites will your team use to determine best practices for decreasing repeated hospital stays and why? How will you know if the plan of action to improve care was effective?

Answer 1

The team has to begin its work right from admitting the patient because this gives a clear knowledge of patient condition from the time of admission and can be helpful in comparing during the time of discharge.

The AHRQ quality tool websites can provide the necessary information about how to improve the quality of the work in an organisation or in a project

The effectiveness can be identified by taking a feedback ,review ,follow up after the discharge from the hospital.