Assignment: The Safety Assignment
Assignment: The Safety Assignment
When determining what evidence to use in practice, I hold the opinion that clinical significance is more important. This is because you will find that statistical significance may be prone to biases. Statistical significance basically indicates that the outcomes did not happen by chance. However, when a researcher fails to account for outliers and confounding variables, then this is bound to bring about questions on the significance of the relationship established by the research (Frank et al., 2021). It is therefore imperative that when deciding on a treatment or intervention that there is evidence of its clinical significance. This is because clinical significance will be evidence that the intervention will bear positive implications on the intended populations.
Question Description
The Safety Assignment requires students to create an individually developed team.
SAFTEY-focused project that is researched and designed to improve patient/community safety
health consequences The entire project, or parts of it, may involve patient and/or community safety. It
can serve as a springboard for your Capstone Project Proposal
You can learn more about Nurse Sensitive Indicators by watching the video below by Dr. Marge Reilly: https://youtu.be/aJ6nyCFdVzE
You might also find Dr. Lavin’s Safety Assignment Rubric overview useful: https://youtu.be/Flxm7LJDBp8.
Additional Resources:
Community Articles on Nurse Sensitive Indicators
Davies 2007 Insights on Nursing Sensitive Indicators.pdf
NursingEcARTICLE NursingSensitiveIndicatorsinAmbulatoryCare.pdf
You might also be interested in the following links about Nurse Sensitive Indicators.
University of the American Sentinel (2011, November 2). What Exactly Are Nursing Sensitive Quality Indicators? Retrieved from
http://www.americansentinel.edu/blog/2011/11/02/what-are-nursing-sensitive-quality-indicators-in-the-first-place/
I. Montalvo (2007, September 30) “NDNQI® (National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators)” 12(3), Manuscript 2. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol12No03Man02. Retrieved from http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Volume122007/No3Sept07.html.
T.L. Jones (2016, May). Nursing Outcome Measurement: Implications, Ideals, History, and Challenges OJIN: Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, Manuscript 1, Vol. 21, No. 2. DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol21No02Man01. OJIN, http://ojin.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-21-2016/No2-May-2016/Outcome-Measurement-in-Nursing.html
Nursing-Sensitive Indicators (NDNQI)
https://nursingandndnqi.weebly.com/ndnqi-indicators.html
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National Patient Safety Goals for 2018 https://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/6/2018 HAP NPSG goals final.pdf
https://www.jointcommission.org/standards information/npsgs.aspx
Overview of the 2014 PSSTS Joint Commission: Patient Safety Movement President and CEO Mark R. Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH https://youtu.be/6sNc4XMQLVQ
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