LibGuides: NSG447 : Module 1 Resources

Module 1 Required Resources

Articles

Quality Improvement in Nursing 101: Strategies, Examples, and Tools
Eby, K. (2024, February 11). Quality Improvement in Nursing 101: Strategies, Examples, and Tools. Smartsheet.
This article includes the most useful tips and advice from top experts on quality improvement in nursing, along with details on the important roles that nurses have played — and continue to play — in improving healthcare quality.
Plan-Do-Study-Act Worksheet, Directions, and Examples
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2024). Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, 3rd Edition.
The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) method is a way to test a change that is implemented. Going through the prescribed four steps guides the thinking process into breaking down the task into steps and then evaluating the outcome, improving on it, and testing again. Most of us go through some or all these steps when we implement change in our lives, and we don't even think about it. Having them written down often helps people focus and learn more.
For more information on the PDSA, go to the IHI (Institute for Healthcare Improvement) website.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement: How to Improve: Model for Improvement
Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (n.d.). How to Improve: Model for Improvement.
IHI uses the Model for Improvement as the framework to guide and accelerate improvement work.
Lean Six Sigma Certification
Lean Six Sigma Institute. (n.d.). Lean Six Sigma Certification and Implementation.
The Lean Six Sigma Certification is a sequential training that includes 6 levels of training.
The Importance of Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare: A Focus on Patient Outcomes
Takako, R. (n.d.). The Importance of Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare: A Focus on Patient Outcomes. Management and Strategy Institute.
Article discusses Enhancing Patient Outcomes with Lean Six Sigma.
Introduction to Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Quality-One. (n.d.). Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
Article presents the FMEA Model for Quality improvement.
How to do Root Cause Analysis? Everything You Need to Know
SixSigma.us. (n.d.). How to do Root Cause Analysis? Everything You Need to Know.
Article discusses the steps of how to conduct a root cause analysis.
QSEN Graduate Nurse Level Competencies
QSEN Institute. (n.d.). Graduate QSEN Competencies.
The overall goal of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project is to meet the challenge of preparing future nurses who will have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the healthcare systems within which they work.
American Nurse Association Quality Improvement in Nursing
American Nurses Association. (n.d.). Quality Improvement in Nursing.
For more than 100 years, the American Nurses Association (ANA) has worked to improve patient safety by promoting quality in nursing care and nurses’ work lives. ANA advocates for nursing quality through quality measurement, research collaborative learning, and using quality data to change practice.
Quality Care – Nursing Management and Professional Concepts
Pressbooks. (n.d.). 9.2 Quality Care. In Nursing Management and Professional Concepts (2nd ed.).
This chapter explores the following: Quality is defined in a variety of ways that impact nursing practice.
The QSEN Competency Legacy Threaded Through the Entry-level AACN Essentials: Shaping the Future
Dolansky, M. A., Dick, T., Byrd, E., Miltner, R. S., & Layton, S. S. (2024). The QSEN competency legacy threaded through the entry-level AACN Essentials: Shaping the future. Nurse Educator, 49(2), 73-79.
The article discusses The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) prelicensure competencies and knowledge, skill, and attitude (KSA) statements that were integrated into nursing curricula.

Videos

Nursing Alliance for Quality Care

Nursing Alliance for Quality Care - NAQC. (n.d.). Making a Difference [Video]. YouTube.

NAQC's mission is to advance the highest quality, safety, and value of consumer-centered health care for all individuals, their families, and their communities.

The Six Dimensions of Healthcare Quality

Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (2018). The Six Dimensions of Healthcare Quality [Video]. YouTube.

The Clinical Excellence Commission is responsible for leading safety and quality improvement in the NSW public health system. We do this by: - coordinating system-wide analyses of issues through audit and review - working collaboratively with clinicians, patients, managers, and the community - implementing programs, projects, and initiatives to address identified issues. www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au.

APA 7th ed Guide for Formatting in PowerPoint

Cairns, C. (2023, August 24). APA Style 7th ed Formatting in PowerPoint [Video]. YouTube.

APA Style Formatting in PowerPoint – Purdue University Global Academic Success Center

Walking the Dog Signature Assignment Sample
This PowerPoint is an example of the completed signature assignment for NSG447.