NURS 704 Readings
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Text and Materials
Required Readings
- American Psychological Association (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.).
- [ISBN-13: 978-1-4338-3216-1]
- You should have a copy of the APA Manual for use throughout the program. If you do not have access to a copy, please purchase it from the virtual bookstore or from any bookstore.
- Nash, D. B., Joshi, M. S., Ransom, E. R., & Ransom, S. B. (2019). The healthcare quality book: Vision, strategy, and tools (4th ed.). Health Administration Press.
- [ISBN: 978-1-6405-5053-4]
- [e-book: 978-1-6405-5053-7]
- Resource available through your course.
Week 1: Quality Improvement Foundations
Required Readings
- The Healthcare Quality Book
- Chapter 1: Overview of Healthcare Quality
- Chapter 2: History and the Quality Landscape
- Chapter 3: Variation in Medial Practice and Implications
- Dzau, V. J., & Shine, K. I. (2020). Two decades since To Err Is Human: Progress, but still a “chasm”. Journal of the American Medical Association, 324(24), 2489–2490.
- Golden, S H., Hager, D., Gould, L. J., Mathioudakis, N., & Pronovost, P. J. (2017). A gap analysis needs assessment tool to drive a care delivery and research agenda for integration of care and sharing of best practices across a health system. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 43(1), 18–28.
- Harris, M. (2019). Hospitals fall short of patient-safety goals 20 years after “To Err Is Human”. Modern Healthcare, 49(44), 18.
Required Resource
- DocMikeEvans. (2014, November 26). Quality improvement in healthcare (11:08 minutes) [Video]. YouTube.
Week 2: Quality Improvement Methodologies, Tools, and Data
Required Readings
- The Healthcare Quality Book
- Chapter 4: Data Collection
- Chapter 5: Statistical Tools for Quality Improvement
- Chapter 19: Population Health Safety and Quality
- American Society for Quality (ASQ). (2022). Quality tools.
- Facchiano, L., & Snyder, C. H. (2012). Evidence-based practice for the busy nurse practitioner: Part one: Relevance to clinical practice and clinical inquiry process. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 24(10), 579–586.
- Leming-Lee, T. S., Polancich, S., & Pilon, B. (2019). The application of the Toyota production system LEAN 5S methodology in the operating room setting. Nursing Clinics of North America, 54(1), 53–79.
- Shah, A. (2019). Using data for improvement. British Medical Journal, 364, I189.
- Steere, L., Rousseau, M., & Durland, L. (2018). Lean Six Sigma for intravenous therapy optimization: A hospital use of lean thinking to improve occlusion management (PDF). Journal of the Association for Vascular Access, 23(1), 42–50
Week 3: Patient-Centered Quality Improvement and the Ambulatory Setting
Required Readings
- The Healthcare Quality Book
- Chapter 9: The Patient Experience
- Chapter 14: Ambulatory Quality and Safety
- Biddix, J. P. (2009, July 16). Research rundowns [Blog].
- Use as needed.
- Cohen, B., Spirito, C. M., Liu, J., Cato, K. D., & Larson, E. (2019). Concurrent detection of bacterial pathogens in hospital roommates. Nursing Research, 68(1), 80–83.
- El Hussein, M. T. (2016). The FACTS: A mnemonic for the rapid assessment of rigor in qualitative research studies. Journal of Nursing Education, 55(1), 60.
- Facchiano, L., & Snyder, C. H. (2012). Evidence‐based practice for the busy nurse practitioner: Part two: Searching for the best evidence to clinical inquiries. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 24(11), 640–648.
- Germán, M., Hsu-Walklet, T., Gurney, B. A., Parekh, J., Stein Berman, R., Herrick, J., Briggs, R. D., Aviv, E. C., & Faro, E. Z. (2020). “Nice to meet you”: A quality improvement project to increase warm handoffs. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 8(3), 247–256.
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (2022). 5 whys: Finding the root cause.
- Login or create a free account and then download the 5 Whys Adobe PDF document.
- Knudsen, S. V., Laursen, H. V. B., Johnsen, S. P., Bartels, P. D., Ehlers, L. H., & Mainz, J. (2019). Can quality improvement improve the quality of care? A systematic review of reported effects and methodological rigor in plan-do-study-act projects. BMC Health Services Research, 19(1), 683.
- Montalvo, I. (2007). The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®). Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 12(3).
- Núñez, S., Moreno, A., Green, K., & Villar, J. (2000). The stethoscope in the emergency department: A vector of infection? (PDF). Epidemiology and Infection, 124(2), 233–237.
- Purchase, J. (2022). Introduction to statistics and quantitative research methods.
- Note: No need to log in; just scroll down to read.
- The Joint Commission. (n.d.). Framework for root cause analysis and corrective action plan (PDF).
- The Joint Commission. (2015). Root cause analysis: An overview (PDF). In Root Cause Analysis in Health Care: Tools and Techniques (5th Ed.) (pp. 1–16).
Week 4: Principles of Technology, Medication, and Safety Science
Required Readings
- The Healthcare Quality Book
- Chapter 7: Health Information Technology in Healthcare Quality and Safety: Prevention, Identification, and Action
- Chapter 10: Safety Science and High Reliability Organizing
- Chapter 18: Medication Use Quality
- American Society for Quality (ASQ). (2021). Quality tools.
- (Review from Week 2.)
- Fencl, J. L., & Matthews, C. (2017). Translating evidence into practice: How advanced practice RNs can guide nurses in challenging established practice to arrive at best practice. AORN Journal, 106(5), 378–392.
- Opsahl, A., & Horton-Deutsch, S. (2019). A nursing dashboard to communicate the evaluation of program outcomes. Nurse Educator, 44(6), 326–329.
Week 5: Evidence Appraisal for Quality and Safety
Required Readings
- The Healthcare Quality Book
- Chapter 12: Creating Alignment: Quality Measures and Leadership
- Aromataris, E., & Pearson, A. (2014). The systematic review: An overview. American Journal of Nursing, 114(3), 53–58.
- Note: This article provides information on systematic reviews and how they are developed. It is important to understand the difference between a systematic review and/or meta-analysis and a primary research article. You will be searching for primary research articles for your review. However, a systematic review refers to primary research in the bibliography of the review. Thus, you may find some relevant primary research on your topic looking by carefully at the bibliography of a systematic review.
- Crowe, M., & Sheppard, L. (2011). A review of critical appraisal tools show they lack rigor: Alternative tool structure is proposed. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 64(1), 79–89.
- Facchiano, L., & Snyder, C. H. (2012). Evidence‐based practice for the busy nurse practitioner: Part three: Critical appraisal process. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 24(12), 704–715.
- Fan, E., Laupacis, A., Pronovost, P. J., Guyatt, G. H., & Needham, D. M. (2010). How to use an article about quality improvement. Journal of the American Medical Association, 304(20), 2279–2287.
- JBI. (n.d.) Critical appraisal tools. The University of Adelaide.
- Note: This resource provides many materials to help you critique different types of research and discern if the articles you select for your review are appropriate. You should use this for your literature review.
- OHSU Clinical Inquiry Council. (2022, March 11). Evidence-based practice toolkit for nursing.
- National Library of Medicine. (n.d.). PubMed. National Center for Biotechnology Information.
Required Resources
- EBSCO Tutorials. (2018, April 30). CINAHL databases – Basic searching tutorial (3:20 minutes) [Video]. YouTube.
- EBSCO Tutorials. (2018, May 1). CINAHL databases Advanced searching tutorial (3:53 minutes) [Video]. YouTube.
- Maryville University Library. (2020, May 4). Bibliography retrieval tutorial (2:35 minutes) [Video]. YouTube.
- Maryville University Library. (2020, May 1). CINAHL Plus with Full Text tutorial (7:16 minutes) [Video]. YouTube.
Week 6: Culture and Leadership
Required Readings
- The Healthcare Quality Book
- Chapter: 13: Governance for Quality
- Chapter 15: The Role of the National Committee for Quality Assurance
- Chapter 19: Population Health Safety and Quality (review from Week 2)
- Drew, J. R., & Pandit, M. (2020). Why healthcare leadership should embrace quality improvement. British Medical Journal, 368, m872.
- Facchiano, L., & Snyder, C. H. (2013). Evidence-based practice for the busy nurse practitioner: Part four: Putting it all together. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 25(1), 24–31.
- Tschannen, D., Alexander, C., Tovar, E. G., Ghosh, B., Zellefrow, C., & Milner, K. A. (2020). Development of the Nursing Quality Improvement in Practice tool: Advancing frontline nursing practice. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 35(4), 372–379.
Week 7: Education and Change Management
Required Readings
- The Healthcare Quality Book
- Chapter 6: Physician Profiling and Provider Registries
- Chapter 8: Simulation in Healthcare Quality and Safety
- Chapter 11: Education for Healthcare Quality and Safety
- Berwick, D. M., Feeley, D., & Loehrer, S. (2015). Change from the inside out: Health care leaders taking the helm. Journal of the American Medical Association, 313(17), 1707–1708.
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
- Use as needed for your assignments and DNP project.
Week 8: Emerging Trends
Required Readings
- The Healthcare Quality Book
- Chapter 16: Value-Based Insurance Design
- Chapter 17: Value-Based Purchasing: The Increasing Importance for Quality Considerations in Funding the Healthcare System
- MacGillivray, T. E. (2020). Advancing the culture of patient safety and quality improvement. Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal, 16(3), 192–198.