Module 4 Flashcards
refers to the process of collecting, processing, and implementing research findings for the improvement of patient outcomes, clinical nursing practice, and/or work environment
Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
How does Evidence-Based Nursing Practice help?
It helps in providing the highest possible quality of care at the most cost-efficient manner
one of the best tools hospitals can use to manage the quality in healthcare concerning the standardization of care processes, since they promote organized and efficient patient care based on evidence
Care pathways
is a multidisciplinary healthcare management tool based on healthcare plans for a specific group of patients with a predictable clinical course, in which the different tasks or interventions by the professionals involved in the patient care (physicians, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, social workers etc.) are defined, optimised and sequenced either by hour (ED) or day (acute care). Outcomes are tied to specific interventions.
Clinical or Critical pathways
Care pathways are usually represented as a _________
Gantt chart
promotes the value of planning care but at the same time addresses the burden of the workload NCPs can consume from the nurses.
computer-generated nursing care plans
What are the 4 phases of care pathways implementation
Selection
Development
Implementation
Evaluation
statements that include recommendations intended to optimize patient care
Clinical practice guidelines
Its focus is on treatment
Practice Protocol
It focuses on the quality and coordination of care
Clinical pathway
It focuses in the specific clinical circumstances
clinical guideline
are the unexpected events that occur
during patient care - events that are different from what is predicted on the clinical pathway
Variance
