When integrating change into practice, it’s important to understand the challenges involved with quality and safety implementation and sustainability. This will …
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When integrating change into practice, it’s important to understand the common barriers encountered in quality and safety implementation. This will allow …
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As part of the quality improvement process, data is needed to identify a baseline current state, determine gaps, and track progress …
If you are reading this, I’m assuming you are preparing for and planning to take the National Corporation Certification (NCC) exam …
Tracking change with quality improvement efforts requires establishing clear data definitions, using a standardized method of data collection, and displaying the …
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“The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe …
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The scope of quality improvement (QI) work is broad, and narrowing this down involves thoughtful consideration to selecting key quality metrics. …
The Joint Commission’s requirements around patient identification is that two patient identifiers are used to correctly associate an individual with the …
Case Scenario A 32-year-old G2 P1 undergoes an elective induction of labor at 39 weeks. She is admitted at 6 AM. …
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