Quality Nursing

Nurses use Quality Indicators (QIs) for several purposes. QIs highlight potential quality concerns, identify areas
that need further study and investigation, and track changes over time. The Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) QIs include Prevention Quality Indicators, Inpatient Quality Indicators, Patient Safety
Indicators, and Pediatric Quality Indicators (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, n.d.). You will use
these quality indicators within your Assignment.
Review this week’s Writing Resources and Program Success Tools. Revisit the Writing Resources and
Program Success Tools from Weeks 1 through 3 as needed. Focus on the QIs at
http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/.
Choose a QI related to a nursing topic of interest to you. Think about the ways in which following and
measuring this crucial health data improve effectiveness and efficiency in your nursing practice. Consider any
points that relate your selected topic to the journey ahead in your nursing career.
Find two articles in the Walden Library to support your scholarly opinion in your paper.
Draft a 2- to 3-page paper describing your selected QI in general, and then describe how this QI has the
potential to improve the quality, safety, and outcomes of your patients and their families.
Describe the current data available and leadership’s goal for improvement.
Draft a solution using 2 sources from professional and scholarly literature to support your proposal.
Use the 2000/3000 AWE Level Assignment Template in the resources for this week to complete your
Assignment.
Use in-text citations to support your paper. Use essay-level writing skills, including the use of transitional
material and organizational frames.