Quality improvement
Topic: Management
Systematic, data-driven work to keep improving care processes and client outcomes. The best-known methods are the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle and the closely related Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle: small changes are tested, results measured and successful ones spread. Pressure injury, fall and catheter infection rates are common nursing-sensitive quality indicators. In Türkiye the Health Quality Standards (SKS) frame this work.
- Also known as:
- PDSA cycle, PDCA cycle, Continuous quality improvement, QI
- In Turkish:
- Kalite iyileştirme
What does Quality improvement mean?
Quality improvement is part of the Management topic in nursing. Students meet it in class, on clinical placements and while preparing for exams.
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