NURS 8302 Week 8 Discussion: Quality Improvement Models

What is the best way to implement quality improvement? What particular strategies and/or models should be used when developing a plan? Throughout the past 7 weeks, you have explored quality improvement in healthcare and nursing practice, and you will continue this exploration by analyzing specific quality improvement models. What models might work best in your nursing practice or healthcare organization?

Healthcare is complex and varied; therefore, quality improvement cannot be a one-sized fits all approach. To fit the complex and varied needs of an organization, there are multiple strategies and methods to implement quality improvement.

For this Discussion, select one quality improvement model to explore and analyze. Using the selected model, consider how this model might be implemented in your healthcare organization or nursing practice. Examine the effectiveness of this model and consider how this model might be applied to address impacts to adverse events for nursing practice.

To Prepare:

• Review the Learning Resources for this week, and reflect on the different quality improvement models presented.
• Select one quality improvement model from the following to focus on for this Discussion:
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
  • A3
  • Lean
  • Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA)
• Reflect on the quality improvement model you selected, and consider how it might be implemented in your healthcare organization or nursing practice.

By Day 3 of Week 8

Post a brief explanation of the quality improvement model you selected, including a description of the components that make up this model. Be specific. Then, explain how this quality improvement model might be implemented in you healthcare organization or nursing practice in response to an adverse event requiring quality improvement. Be specific and provide examples.

SOLUTION NURS 8302 Week 8 Discussion: Quality Improvement Models

Week 8 Main Post

Post a brief explanation of the quality improvement model you selected, including a description of the components that make up this model. Be specific.

The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model is a widely recognized framework in healthcare for facilitating continuous quality improvement (QI). This cyclical process is designed to test and implement changes in clinical practice systematically (Nash et al., 2019). The PDSA model is composed of four distinct but interrelated stages: Plan, Do, Study, and Act. In the Plan stage, the focus is on identifying an area for improvement and developing a detailed plan for implementing change. This involves setting clear objectives, formulating hypotheses about potential outcomes, and delineating the steps required to achieve these goals (Langley et al., 2019). For instance, if a hospital has identified a high rate of postoperative infections, the planning phase might involve researching best practices for infection control, defining specific intervention strategies, and establishing metrics for measuring success…

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