This assignment asks you to identify and describe a concern how Nursing Patient Ratios influence quality of care • How do you know that this is a problem? o What evidence do you have that leads you to believe there is a problem?

Nursing Patient Ratios

Paper details Identify and describe a concern how Nursing Patient Ratios influence quality of care • How do you know that this is a problem? o What evidence do you have that leads you to believe there is a problem? o Describe data that may be available to you: observations that you have made or patient/family complaints that have been voiced. • State and discuss which of the 6 IOM aims this problem relates to (safe, timely, effective, equitable, efficient, or patient centered). • Discuss the type of data that has been collected or needs to be collected to understand progress on improving this specific aspect of care.

Nursing Patient Ratios

Review the Avedis Donabedian framework and identify the structure, process, or outcome. • Discuss the tools you will use to better clarify the concern or problem (control chart, histogram, Ishikawa fishbone diagram). • What other nursing staff would you include in the project and why? • What staff in addition to the nursing staff would you include in this project and why? • Describe the Plan, Do, Study, and Act (PDSA) cycle that you would use as a test of change APA format 7th edition introduction, discussion, conclusion. https://youtu.be/hlim1zfcA-M

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