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Homework: Informatics and Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators
For this homework, you will prepare an 8 to 10 minute audio training tutorial (video is optional) for new nurses on the importance of nursing-sensitive quality indicators.
Before you complete the detailed instructions in the courseroom, first review the Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators below and select the one you're most interested in. Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators reflect the structure, process, and patient outcomes of nursing care.
Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators are developed by identifying potential indicators that reflect nursing care and are not represented by current indicators, performing a literature review, and determining the validity of the potential indicator in nursing practice.
After you select one of the Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators below, return to the courseroom to review the detailed instructions and complete your homework.
1. Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Infections - Outcome.
2. Patient Falls Without Injury - Process.
3. Restraint Use Duration - Process and Outcome.
4. Staffing Levels - Structure.
5. Nursing Care Hours Per Patient Day by Registered Nurses With a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Degree - Structure.