NURS FPX 4040 Assessment 4 - Informatics And Nursing-Sensitive

Informatics and Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators

• Ensure safe and effective patient care
• Enhance the quality of care
• Improve safety
• Improve Effectiveness
• Improve patient well-being

National Database of Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators

• Advancement in healthcare
• Impact of nursing care on patient health outcomes
• Analyzes data on various nursing-sensitive indicators
• Managing patient conditions
• Improvements in nursing care delivery

Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators

• Structured framework for assessing the effectiveness of nursing interventions
• Contributions of nursing care to patient well-being
• Implement targeted interventions
• Enhancing the quality and safety of patient care
• Critical tools in promoting transparency

Pressure ulcers as the Quality Indicators Focus

• Significant nursing-sensitive quality indicator
• Localized injuries to the skin and underlying tissue
• Result from prolonged pressure
• Pressure in combination with shear and friction
• Effective skin assessment
• Application of pressure-relieving devices

Importance and Impact of Quality indicator

• Regular patient repositioning
• Pressure ulcers can lead to severe complications
• Skin assessments
• Utilization of pressure-relieving devices
• Physical discomfort

Interdisciplinary Team’s Role in Quality Indicator Data

• Identify risk factors
• Allowing for targeted preventive measures
• Utilizing pressure-relieving devices
• Identify early signs of pressure ulcers
• Broader factors that contribute to their development