Complete the case study specific to your nursing program:
Nursing Administrator Case Study
You are
the nurse manager in a a small department within the 400– bed Médica Sur Lomas
hospital, in which most of the patients speak English as a second language.
During a recent interdepartmental meeting, the infection control department
reported a two-times increase in D from last year. Knowing the significant
financial impact of hospital-acquired infections and accreditation standards,
this issue must immediately be addressed by your department.
As the
nurse manager, you are charged with evaluating this problem and implementing a
quality improvement process to reverse these reported levels. Your team is not
pleased that they have been asked to spearhead this initiative and already feel
overworked. Your goal is to implement a quality improvement process that
addresses risk factors, medication use, compliance, and information literacy
based on a facility risk assessment.
This
proposal must identify the accreditation standard that is impacted by increased
infection rates, the fiscal and physical impact of increased infection rates,
processes to be implemented to bring about the desired change, along with an
evaluation method for the stated plan. Utilize Lewin’s theory of change with
examples of how you will address the different stages, along with a process
improvement model that will be embraced by your team.
Please use increase in CAUTI.
