In my opinion‚ the trending themes in this course has been quality‚ advocacy. and education. All three of these components are instrumental in providing exceptional patient care and many reputable organizations support and promote these beliefs. NDNQI and TJC have remained in the forefront of the nursing profession’s process improvement initiative‚ providing nurse specific goals and resources to advance standards within the profession. Patient safety is at the forefront of The Joint Commission
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Coat of Arms As a team‚ we collaboratively decided on five core qualities of a nurse. The five qualities of a nurse are knowledge‚ patience‚ compassion and empathy. Knowledge is represented by a book as a root of a growing tree. The book represents the unlimited resources and desires to learn and grow to become a proficient nurse. Like the branches on the trees‚ the knowledge that the nurse gains are evolving and dynamic. Compassion is represented by an image of two conjoined hands forming a heart
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TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT Lecture I History of Quality During the early days of manufacturing‚ an operative’s work was inspected and a decision made whether to accept or reject it. As businesses became larger‚ so too did this role and full time inspection jobs were created. Accompanying the creation of inspection functions‚ other problems arose: • More technical problems occurred‚ requiring specialized skills‚ often not possessed by production workers • The inspectors lacked training • Inspectors
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Total Quality Management (TQM) is a comprehensive and structured approach to organizational management that seeks to improve the quality of products and services through ongoing refinements in response to continuous feedback. TQM requirements may be defined separately for a particular organization or may be in adherence to established standards‚ such as the International Organization for Standardization’s ISO 9000 series. TQM can be applied to any type of organization; it originated in the manufacturing
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Quality Nursing Practices UNIT 3 ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN NURSING Sturucture 3.0 3.1 3.2 Objectives Introduction Definitions of Terms 3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3 3.2.4 Law Related Terms Nursing Related Terms Intentional Torts Consumer Protection Act (CPA) 3.3 Ethics and Ethical Issues Related to Nursing 3.3.1 3.3.2 3.3.3 3.3.4 3.3.5 3.3.6 Definition of Ethics and Bioethics Ethical Theories and Approaches Ethical Principles Ethical Dilemma in Nursing Significance of Studying Ethics in Nursing
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Quality :- 1- Is fitness for use ( joseph Juran ) 2- Quality is a grade: - the grade is one of the following (performance‚life‚appearance‚taste‚odor‚maintainability. 3- Degree of performance 4- Conformance to requirements of the customer ( Philip Crosby ) 5- Conformance to the standers Total quality management: - is a management philosophy contain all activities in the organization that makes the organization achieve the expectation of the customer and organization and the
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Quality Management Tools Brainstorming Brainstorming is a very powerful creative thinking and idea generating technique. It is a decision-making process used by groups to help generate a large number of ideas through an interactive process. The main goals of this technique are to help break out of habit-bound thinking and to produce a set of ideas where there is more than one choice when making a decision. Guidelines Brainstorming is useful for attacking specific rather than general problems
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This essentials discusses both the importance of patient safety and quality improvement in regards to advanced practicing nursing. Patient safety is defined by the Institute of Medicine as “the prevention of harm to patients” ("Patient safety and quality‚" 2008‚ p. 2) In the health care world patient safety and the quality of patient care is extremely important. The master’s level education for nursing program will teach the advanced practicing nurse the tools needed to deal with an unsafe situation
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Risk and Quality Management Assessment Summary Angelina L. Crudo HCS/451 University of Phoenix Lisa Kehlenbrink July 8‚ 2013 Risk and Quality Management Assessment Summary Risk management is about reducing the likelihood of errors with the aim of improving and monitoring
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Roach’s Five Cs and Their Role as Key Qualities in Nursing Maria De Grano Centennial College Roach’s Five Cs and Their Role as Key Qualities in Nursing Caring is a primary aspect of nursing that allows not only nurses the ability to know a patient‚ but also gives patients the feeling of being truly safe and in good hands throughout their treatment (Potter & Perry‚ 2014‚ p. 263). Roach’s theory of caring is composed of five different concepts: compassion‚ confidence‚ competence‚ commitment‚
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