Week 5 Class 2

NURS 503

Healthcare Quality and Safety Assignment Instructions

Overview

For this assignment, you will reflect on healthcare quality and safety as discussed in the assigned reading and web links.

Read:

Nash, Fabius, Skoufalos, & Oglesby: Chapters 10 – 11

http://www.ahrq.gov/

http://www.nahq.org/

http://www.ihi.org/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.ncqa.org/

http://www.cms.gov/

https://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/6/SEA_57_infographic_11_tenets_safety_culture.pdf

Instructions

a. Discuss healthcare quality and safety. Note there should be discussion about EACH. Address the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 6 domains for healthcare quality and the Joint Commission 11 tenets for safety as you prepare this section of your assignment.

b. Analyze and highlight at least 3 entities that are dedicated to improving healthcare quality and safety.

c. Discuss how the regulatory influence of healthcare quality and safety has impacted your specific work environment as it relates to processes and outcomes.

d. Discuss the influence that your Christian worldview has on your commitment to supporting improved healthcare quality and safety.

e. Support your position with evidence from 3 – 5 scholarly sources, in addition to the course textbook and the Bible. References must have been published within the past 5 years.

The paper must be 5 – 7 pages (excluding the required title page and reference page). The entire submission must be in current APA format.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.