Understanding Data Collection And Performance Improvement
Evaluate healthcare quality measures and their use in diverse populations and settings.
Scenario
Oakridge Hospital is preparing for resignation of its Magnet Status, which represents diverse populations in primary, secondary and tertiary settings. As the clinical analyst for the hospital, it is your responsibility to ensure that all of the collected and submitted data meets criteria to maintain the covenant status. The Board of Directors asked The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) to give an update on the hospital’s Magnet status and resignation efforts.
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Instructions
You have been asked by the hospital’s Chief Nursing Officer to create a PowerPoint presentation (using speaker notes for each slide or voiceover narration) on Magnet designation, quality measures and patient outcomes to be presented to the Board of Directors. This presentation should include:
Background on Magnet Recognition Program®.
Summary of the Magnet status model components and diverse data elements that can be used in the hospital’s Quality Improvement initiatives that will be measured for redesignation.
Explain the use of hospital, state and national data comparison requirements in Magnet redesignation and quality improvement.
Three goals that align to Magnet status with an explanation of how these goals can positively impact the hospital’s patient outcomes.
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Clear and thorough background information on Magnet Recognition Program. Included comprehensive details on the model components and data elements that can be used in QI initiatives. Includes multiple supporting examples.
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Clear and thorough explanation of hospital, state and national data comparison requirements in Magnet redesignation. Included comprehensive explanation with multiple supporting examples for comparison of hospital, state, and national data comparisons quality improvement.
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Comprehensive list of more than three goals aligned to Magnet status. Included multiple supporting examples of how all of the goals can positively impact the hospital’s patient outcomes.
Background on Magnet Recognition Program®
The Magnet Recognition Program® is a prestigious designation awarded to healthcare organizations that demonstrate excellence in nursing. The program was founded in 1994 by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and is based on the belief that strong nursing leadership is essential to providing high-quality patient care.
To be designated as a Magnet hospital, organizations must meet a rigorous set of standards that focus on nurse satisfaction, nurse empowerment, and patient outcomes. These standards are divided into four domains:
- Leadership: The organization must have a strong nursing leadership team that is committed to creating a positive work environment for nurses.
- Professional practice: The organization must provide nurses with the resources and support they need to practice at the highest level.
- Patient care delivery: The organization must provide high-quality patient care that is patient-centered and evidence-based.
- Outcomes: The organization must demonstrate positive patient outcomes, such as lower mortality rates and shorter lengths of stay.
- Transformational leadership: The organization must have a strong nursing leadership team that is committed to creating a positive work environment for nurses.
- Structural empowerment: The organization must provide nurses with the resources and support they need to practice at the highest level.
- Professional development: The organization must provide nurses with opportunities for professional development and advancement.
- Quality improvement: The organization must have a culture of quality improvement that is focused on patient outcomes.
- Race and ethnicity: The organization must collect data on the race and ethnicity of its patients and staff.
- Gender: The organization must collect data on the gender of its patients and staff.
- Language: The organization must collect data on the languages spoken by its patients and staff.
- Disability: The organization must collect data on the disabilities of its patients and staff.
- Sexual orientation: The organization must collect data on the sexual orientation of its patients and staff.