Application of nursing quality indicators in issues identification for nurses.
This is an assignment that discusses the application of nursing quality indicators in issues identification for nurses. The paper also analyzes how hospital data of specific quality indicators.
Application of nursing quality indicators in issues identification for nurses
Part of the scenario: Mr. J is a 72-year-old retired rabbi with a diagnosis of mild dementia. He was admitted for treatment of a fractured right hip after falling in his home. He has received pain medication and is drowsy, but he answers simple questions appropriately. A week after Mr. J was at the hospital, his daughter, who lives eight hours away, came to visit. She found him restrained in bed. While Mr. J was slightly sleepy, he recognizes his daughter and was able to ask her to remove the restraints so he could be helped to the bathroom. His daughter went to get a certified nursing assistant (CNA) to remove the restraints and help her father to the bathroom. When the CNA was in the process of helping Mr. J sit up in bed, his daughter noticed a red, depressed area over Mr. J’s lower spine, similar to a severe sunburn. She reported the incident to the CNA who replied, “Oh, that is not anything to worry about. It will go away as soon as he gets up.” The CNA helps Mr. J to the bathroom and then returned him to bed where she had him lie on his back so she could reapply the restraints. The diet order for Mr. J was “regular, kosher, chopp-meat.” The day after his daughter comes, Mr. J was alone in his room when his meal tray was delivered. The nurse entered the room 30 minutes later and observed that Mr. J had eaten approximately 75% of the meal.
Submission
Your submission must be your original work. You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detail criteria that will your work. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course. Analyze the scenario (suggested length of 2–3 pages) by doing the following:
A. Discuss how the application of nursing-quality indicators could assist the nurses in this case in identifying issues that may interfere with patient care.
B. Analyze how hospital data of specific nursing-quality indicators (such as incidence of pressure ulcers and prevalence of restraints) could advance quality patient care throughout the hospital.
C. Analyze the specific system resources, referrals, or colleagues that you, as the nursing shift supervisor, could use to resolve an ethical issue in this scenario.
Application of nursing quality indicators in issues identification for nurses
