Prepare an 8–10 minute audio training tutorial (video is optional) for new nurses on the importance of nursing-sensitive quality indicators.
Informatics and Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators
For this assessment, you will prepare an 8–10 minute audio training tutorial (video is optional)
for new nurses on the importance of nursing-sensitive quality indicators.
Before you complete the detailed instructions in the courseroom, first review the Nursing-
Sensitive Quality Indicators below and select the one you’re most interested in. Nursing-
Sensitive Quality Indicators reflect the structure, process, and patient outcomes of nursing care.
Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators are developed by identifying potential indicators that reflect
nursing care and are not represented by current indicators, performing a literature review, and
determining the validity of the potential indicator in nursing practice.
After you select one of the Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators below, return to the courseroom
to review the detailed instructions and complete your assessment.
• Patient Falls With Injury – Process and Outcome.
• Pressure Ulcer Rate – Process and Outcome.
• Pediatric Pain Assessment, Intervention, and Reassessment – Process and
Outcome.
• Restraint Prevalence – Process and Outcome.
• RN Education/Specialty Certification – Structure.