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What is Nursing Informatics?
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- integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, info and knowledge.
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What does HIPPA do?
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Ensures that health care org. collect the right data in common format & protect privacy/security of pt data
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What are the 3 things HIPPA regulates?
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- health info privacy law
- data security standards - electronic transactions standards |
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What is nomenclature?
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a recognized systematic classification and consistent method of describing nursing practive. - NANDA, NIC/NOC
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What is clinical information systems?
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collection of various info technology applications that provides a centralized repository of info related to pt care (CERNER)
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What is the electronic health record?
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- Part of CIS
- program that helps to obtain clinical info - eliminates paper record |
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What are some barriers to integrating health info technology?
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- lack of standardization across point of care areas
- funding - privacy laws - lack of uniform approach |
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What is the checklist to evaluate websites?
Hint - CARS |
- Credibility
- Accuracy - Reasonableness - Support |
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What are 5 steps to evaluate websites?
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- authority - who is the author
- timeliness - when last revised - purpose - targeted audiencde - content - does it meet purpose - structure - load quickly, secured site |
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What is the general systems theory?
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Interdependent parts - elements of system that interact for processing
- Input - outside element/factor brough in - process - activity within the system - output - product thats produced from the processing activity - control - rules/procedures within system - feedback - reusing output from the system as input back into the system for validation/correction |
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What are some areas that TJC measures?
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- MI
- CHF - community acquired pneumonia - surgical infection prophylaxis - DVT - UTI |
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What is benchmarking?
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identifies best practices and compares them to the orgs current practices to improve performance - gives evidence to claims of quality care delivery
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What are some common causes of medication errors?
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- wrong dose
- lack of drug knowledge - rule violation - slips - memory lapses - inadequate monitoring - misuse of infusion pumps - failure to identify correct drug - med stocking problems - wrong technique |
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What is the focus of QI?
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- proactive approaches to error provention
- used to measure, monitor, evaluate and control services - protects the public |
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What is pareto's principle?
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80% problems caused by 20% of sources people and things
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What are the Patient Safety Goals intended for and who sets them?
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- intended to improve quality of health care
- TJC sets them |
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What is Quality Improvement?
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process/activities that are used to measure, monitor, evaluate, and control services so that we can provide measure of confidence to health care consumer.
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What is a quality indicator?
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- item of concern that has come about because of nursing practice problem.
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What are key indicators?
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specific problem areas that may need more extensive data collection or action to resolve the identified problem
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What is performance improvement?
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plan and documentation method that demonstrates what the standard procedures will be for nurses
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What are some barriers to QI?
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- cost
- failure to recognize that changes are needed |
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What are some key performance indicators?
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should reflect the things the team sees as problem areas.
- time, cost, distance, # of incidences |
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This is the statistical method for QI. The goal is to decrease problems by improving standard operating procedures and decrease errors. It controls peaks and valleys in performance
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Six Sigma
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What is DMAIC?
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- define
- measure - analyze - improve - control |
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The Six Sigma DMAIC process does what?
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- decreases variation
- once protocol is found effective everyone is trained to do it the same - improving existing processes - reliable - validity |
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What are some ways to control/sustain improvement?
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- standardize the steps
- educate everyone about new practive - educate new employees in correct procedures - prevent reversion back to old ways - monitor the changes - continue to measure KPI on routine basis to see if solution is still effective |
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This test is run for 3-7 days and if adjustments are needed we do them and run for another 3-7 days.
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Rapid Cycle Tests
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This act states the goal, carry out the RTC, compare data to baseline, and act on what was discovered.
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PDSA - Plan, Do, Study, Act
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