How does increased in Nursing Staff make a positive impact on quality patient care Outcomes

By decreasing hospital re-admissions for patient with HF

What is Quality Management?

The evaluation of medical & nursing process for quality

What are Audits needed?

examine records to verify accuracy & proper use of resources

What were some of the changes made to the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) of 2010?

Expanding and reforming Medicare and Medicaid

How do we prevent serious medication errors related to Adverse Drug Events (ADE)

By not combining medication with the same active ingredients

What is Benchmarking, in the Quality Improvement Process?

Identifying areas for improvement for better patient outcome

When the "Six Stigma" were created by Motorola and GE, they were looking for what?

A process to produce a near-perfect Product

What is a Peer Reviews?

Is to professionally critique a colleague's work by standard

What is Quality Improvement?

Systematic and Continuous measurable action

Pearson has identified the Lean Six Stigma as which of the following?

To Eliminate waste and maximize value

What is Outcome Management

It use patient experiences to guide improvement in all areas

A Sentinel Event is an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious injury. Select a injury

Healthcare worker slipped on wet hosp. floor and broke arm

When we speak of performing a Utilization Review, we are looking for what?

Analyzing the use of resources: overuse, underuse, or misuse

What does Intraprofessional Mean?

Focus on one Discipline (Nursing)

When studying Continuous Quality Improvement, there are standard to be met or exceeded, for who

Enternal and Internal customers

Concepts related to Quality Improvement. Ethics is?

Patient have the right to the best quality care

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1
How does increased in Nursing Staff make a positive impact on quality patient care Outcomes
By saving the hospital revenue
By not under using nursing resources
By having another nurse on standby for emergencies.
By decreasing hospital re-admissions for patient with HF
2
What is Quality Management?
Quality Management is a process that is not managed
Medication management
The evaluation of medical & nursing process for quality
Quality Management is a study of human errors
3
What are Audits needed?
Needed to track attendance in school
Needed to examine learning techniques
Needed for bank reports
examine records to verify accuracy & proper use of resources
4
What were some of the changes made to the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) of 2010?
College student were the only recipient of ACA
Only Medicare and Medicaid recipients are effected by this
Expanding and reforming Medicare and Medicaid
Private insurance could not be a part of this reform
5
What happens when an organization attempts to balance the blame-free environment.
It is called a "Just Culture"
It is suppose to make the staff member feel guilty
It causes nurses burn-out
It relieves the hospital of any wrong doings
6
How do we prevent serious medication errors related to Adverse Drug Events (ADE)
By Conducting a medication reconcillation at all transitions
By not combining medication with the same active ingredients
Do not give patient's medications to other peoples
Double checking the seven medication rights every time
7
What is Benchmarking, in the Quality Improvement Process?
Affordable Health Care Act
Identifying areas for improvement for better patient outcome
Having an outdoors picnic
Healthy Living Styles
8
The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA), is a systematic process to improve what?
Total Quality Management (TQM)
Can be just as effective using on Studey and Act
Provide not real value to patient care
Does not need all the steps all the time
9
When the "Six Stigma" were created by Motorola and GE, they were looking for what?
Building more products in this USA
Wanted more time to work on productivity
To gain knowledge on how consumers thimk
A process to produce a near-perfect Product
10
What is a Peer Reviews?
Is to professionally critique a colleague's work by standard
It is used to monitor my classmate exams and Compare
Aims looks at better patient care
The initiation of Advance Directives
11
What is Quality Improvement?
Quality Identify who did something wrong
Quality Improvement is not measurable
Systematic and Continuous measurable action
Quality Improvement is a new concept
12
Med errors are R/T decreased knowledge. One of the highests -risk drugs in inpatient is what?
Antibiotics
Aspirins
Anticoagulant - IV Heparin
Insulin
13
When trying to maintain a desired level of quality every stage of a process it is called?
Quality Outcomes
Health care delivery system
Quality Management
Quality Assurance
14
Pearson has identified the Lean Six Stigma as which of the following?
Male pt's in rehab were to develop a Six-Pack Abd in 6 days
Patients are to develop a daily routine of exercise
To Eliminate waste and maximize value
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What is Outcome Management
It looks at overall health of the healthcare workers
Produces recommendation for staff development
It is used to advertise needed help
It use patient experiences to guide improvement in all areas
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A Sentinel Event is an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious injury. Select a injury
Patient left hospital and had car accicent and died
Healthcare worker slipped on wet hosp. floor and broke arm
Patient refused care in the emergency room after triage
Healthcare worker fell and broke a hip at walmart
17
When we speak of performing a Utilization Review, we are looking for what?
ANalyzing nurses documentation
Student Nurses Association attendance
Analyzing the management of time
Analyzing the use of resources: overuse, underuse, or misuse
18
There are Six Priorities for High - Quality Care. Which of the following was Top priority?
Healthy Living
Care-Coordination
Patient Safety
Affordablity
19
What does Intraprofessional Mean?
Focuses on multiple disciplines(doctors & Nurses)
Focus on one Discipline (Nursing)
Focuses only on the consumers
Focuses only on Physical Therapists
20
The Joint Commission uses the "Time-Out" in surgery for which of the following reason?
To give the patient and family time to make a decision
To give the surgical staff a break
To give the surgeon time to get to the surgical suite
To prevent Sentinel Events
21
What President Passed the Federal Initiative for Affordable Care Act in 2010?
President Bill Clinton
President Regan
Present George W. Bush II
President Obama
22
When studying Continuous Quality Improvement, there are standard to be met or exceeded, for who
Employees
Vendors
Enternal and Internal customers
Patients
23
What does the Affordable Care Act Mean?
Better Healthcare for everyone
Better health care for the rich only
Better health care for the poor, who cannot afford it.
Better Healthcare for a particular population of people
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Concepts related to Quality Improvement. Ethics is?
Avoiding blame in the health care arena
Patient have the right to the best quality care
Collaborating healthcare workers to improve care
Consistently follows federal and state laws.

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