NURS 8302 Discussion: Quality Improvement Models SOLUTION

NURS 8302 Discussion: Quality Improvement Models SOLUTION

This is insightful Brittany, there are different quality improvement strategies that can be employed to enhance effective patient outcomes. These approaches/strategies ought to adhere to the organizational objectives and the operational standards. The Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycle is considered one of the best quality improvement model used by different healthcare institutions (Nash et al., 2019). The model involves the application of the systematic processes for gaining valuable learning and knowledge for the continual improvement of the clinical processes, service delivery, and the products used in enhancing the treatment processes (Shaw et al., 2018). This model has been successfully used to facilitate processes undertaken by different healthcare providers. Under this phase of the quality improvement model, we seek to understand the problem and where a gap in practice exists as well as establish an objective laying out what we are trying to accomplish (McNicholas et al., 2019). Through the use of The Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycle, healthcare providers have been able to integrate all the elements required in the treatment processes and to determine the possible outcomes before undertaking the actual quality improvement program.

References

McNicholas, C., Lennox, L., Woodcock, T., Bell, D., & Reed, J. E. (2019). Evolving quality improvement support strategies to improve Plan–Do–Study–Act cycle fidelity: a retrospective mixed-methods study. BMJ quality & safety, 28(5), 356-365. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2017-007605

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

Shaw, S. C., Devgan, A., Anila, S., Anushree, N., & Debnath, H. (2018). Use of Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles to decrease incidence of neonatal hypothermia in the labor room. Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 74(2), 126–132. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1016/j.mjafi.2017.05.005