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Talking With Patients About Quitting Smoking

Because of the serious detrimental effects of smoking, education about quitting smoking is a priority for nursing interventions when caring for patients who smoke. Major organizations that emphasize the role of nurses in helping patients quit smoking include the American Nurses Association, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. 

You have been charged with developing a Quick Facts Information Sheet on the Risks of E-cigarettes for Kids, Teens, and Young Adults.

You start with the following information below: what else do you believe would be important to include in your one page FLYER.

What Are E-cigarettes?

· E-cigarettes are electronic devices that heat a liquid and produce an aerosol, or mix of small particles in the air.

· E-cigarettes come in many shapes and sizes. Most have a battery, a heating element, and a place to hold a liquid.

· Some e-cigarettes look like regular cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. Some look like USB flash drives, pens, and other everyday items. Larger devices such as tank systems, or “mods,” do not look like other tobacco products.

· E-cigarettes are known by many different names. They are sometimes called “e-cigs,” “e-hookahs,” “mods,” “vape pens,” “vapes,” “tank systems,” and “electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).”

· Using an e-cigarette is sometimes called “vaping.”



 

Create a flyer to use in a community out reach clinic with your teens and young adults.

Sample below:

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Theoretical Models of Nursing Leadership

You  are the nurse manager on a busy medical-surgical unit. You have been  requested to attend a hospital administration meeting with your Chief  Nursing Officer (CNO) and the hospital Chief Financial Officer. The CNO  explains that nurse−patient staffing ratios on every unit are being  increased, and your ratios must also increase by 1-2 patients on both  the day and night shift. The CNO assures you this is a temporary issue  due to the seasonal high census, and this decision is not open for  debate. You are shocked and don’t know how to respond initially.

Question #1

Using the Theory of Emotional Intelligence: Page 56

a) Describe how you will demonstrate self-management and social competence to regulate your emotions in this scenario?

b) Discuss how you will respond to your CNO by using this leadership theory.

Question #2

a)  Determine how you will present the new nurse−patient staffing ratios to  your nursing staff by using the Theory of Quantum Leadership.

Guidelines

1. Initial post:  Respond to the discussion questions posted in Discussion board by  Monday (11:59pm)  must be at least 150 to 200 words in length to earn  credit for the assignment
2. Peer response: Each Student must respond to at least (2) other students‘ INITIAL post (must be at least 100 words in length by Wednesday (11:59pm) to earn credit for the assignment
3. The initial and response posts  must each have a minimum of two (2) outside references (i.e., textbook,  medical/nursing resources, etc.) to earn credit for assignment
4. Cite your references APA 7th 
5. To see grading rubric, click on the 3-dot menu on the top-right side of screen

Please see the attachment for the instructions

Assessment 4

Informatics and Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators

Instructions- Prepare an 8–10 minute audio training tutorial (video is optional) for new nurses on the importance of nursing-sensitive quality indicators.

Introduction- The focus of Assessment 4 is on how informatics support monitoring of nursing-sensitive quality indicator data. You will develop an 8–10 minute audio (or video) training module to orient new nurses in a workplace to a single nursing-sensitive quality indicator critical to the organization. Your recording will address how data are collected and disseminated across the organization along with the nurses’ role in supporting accurate reporting and high quality results.

Preparation- As you begin to prepare this assessment you are encouraged to complete the Conabedian Quality Assessment Framework activity. Quality health care delivery requires systematic action. Completion of this will help you succeed with the assessment as you consider how the triad of structure (such as the hospital, clinic, provider qualifications/organizational characteristics) and process (such as the delivery/coordination/education/protocols/practice style or standard of care) may be modified to achieve quality outcomes.

This assessment requires you to prepare an 8–10 minute audio training tutorial (with optional video) for new nurses on the importance of nursing-sensitive quality indicators. To successfully prepare for your assessment, you will need to complete the following preparatory activities:

· Select a single nursing-sensitive quality indicator that you see as important to a selected type of health care system. Choose from the following list:

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Staffing measures.

· Nursing hours per patient day.

· RN education/certification.

· Skill mix.

· Nurse turnover.

· Nursing care hours in emergency departments, perioperative units, and perinatal units.

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· Skill mix in emergency departments, perioperative units, and perinatal units.

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Quality measures.

· Patient falls.

· Patient falls with injury.

· Pressure ulcer prevalence.

· Health care-associated infections.

· Catheter-associated urinary tract infection.

· Central line catheter associated blood stream infection.

· Ventilator-associated pneumonia.

· Ventilator- associated events.

· Psychiatric physical/sexual assault rate.

· Restraint prevalence.

· Pediatric peripheral intravenous infiltration rate.

· Pediatric pain assessment, intervention, reassessment (air) cycle.

· Falls in ambulatory settings.

· Pressure ulcer incidence rates from electronic health records.

· Hospital readmission rate

· RN satisfaction survey options.

· Job satisfaction scales.

· Job satisfaction scales – short form.

· Practice environment scale.

· Conduct independent research on the most current information about the selected nursing-sensitive quality indicator.

· Interview a professional colleague or contact who is familiar with quality monitoring and how technology can help to collect and report quality indicator data.
 You do not need to submit the transcript of your conversation, but do integrate what you learned from the interview into the audio tutorial. Consider these questions for your interview:

· What is your experience with collecting data and entering it into a database?

· What challenges have you experienced?

· How does your organization share with the nursing staff and other members of the health care system the quality improvement monitoring results?

· What role do bedside nurses and other frontline staff have in entering the data? For example, do staff members enter the information into an electronic medical record for extraction? Or do they enter it into another system? How effective is this process?

· Watch the 

Informatics and Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators Video Exemplar
.

Recording Your Presentation

To prepare to record the audio for your presentation, complete the following:

· Set up and test your microphone or headset using the installation instructions provided by the manufacturer. You only need to use the headset if your audio is not clear and high quality when captured by the microphone.

· Practice using the equipment to ensure the audio quality is sufficient.

· Review 

Using Kaltura
 for Kaltura to record your presentation.

· View 

Creating a Presentation: A Guide to Writing and Speaking
. This video addresses the primary areas involved in creating effective audiovisual presentations. You can return to this resource throughout the process of creating your presentation to view the tutorial appropriate for you at each stage.

Notes:

· You may use other tools to record your tutorial. You will, however, need to consult 

Using Kaltura
 for instructions on how to upload your audio-recorded tutorial into the courseroom, or you must provide a working link your instructor can easily access.

· You may also choose to create a video of your tutorial, but this is not required.

· If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact 

[email protected]
 to request accommodations.

Instructions- For this assessment, imagine you are a member of a Quality Improvement Council at any type of health care system, whether acute, ambulatory, home health, managed care, et cetera. Your Council has identified that newly hired nurses would benefit from comprehensive training on the importance of nursing-sensitive quality indicators. The Council would like the training to address how this information is collected and disseminated across the organization. It would also like the training to describe the role nurses have in accurate reporting and high-quality results.

The Council indicates a recording is preferable to a written fact sheet due to the popularity of audio blogs. In this way, new hires can listen to the tutorial on their own time using their phone or other device.

As a result of this need, you offer to create an audio tutorial orienting new hires to these topics. You know that you will need a script to guide your audio recording. You also plan to incorporate into your script the insights you learned from conducting an interview with an authority on quality monitoring and the use of technology to collect and report quality indicator data.

You determine that you will cover the following topics in your audio tutorial script:

Introduction: Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicator

· What is the National Database of Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators?

· What are nursing-sensitive quality indicators?

· Which particular quality indicator did you select to address in your tutorial?

· Why is this quality indicator important to monitor?

· Be sure to address the impact of this indicator on the quality of care and patient safety.

· Why do new nurses need to be familiar with this particular quality indicator when providing patient care?

Collection and Distribution of Quality Indicator Data

· According to your interview and other resources, how does your organization collect data on this quality indicator?

· How does the organization disseminate aggregate data?

· What role do nurses play in supporting accurate reporting and high-quality results?

· As an example, consider the importance of accurately entering data regarding nursing interventions.

After completing your script, practice delivering your tutorial several times before recording it.

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Additional Requirements-Audio communication: Deliver a professional, effective audio tutorial on a selected quality indicator that engages new nurses and motivates them to accurately report quality data in a timely fashion.

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Length: 8–10 minute audio recording. Use Kaltura to upload your recording to the courseroom, or provide a working link your instructor can access.

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Script: A separate document with the script or speaker's notes is required. 
Important: Submissions that do not include the script or speaker's notes will be returned as a non-performance.

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References: Cite a minimum of three scholarly and/or authoritative sources.

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APA: Submit, along with the recording, a separate reference page that follows APA style and formatting guidelines. For an APA refresher, consult the 

Evidence and APA
 page on Campus.

Context-The American Nursing Association (ANA) established the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI®) in 1998 to track and report on quality indicators heavily influenced by nursing action.

NDNQI® was established as a standardized approach to evaluating nursing performance in relation to patient outcomes. It provides a database and quality measurement program to track clinical performance and to compare nursing quality measures against other hospital data at the national, regional, and state levels. Nursing-sensitive quality indicators help establish evidence-based practice guidelines in the inpatient and outpatient settings to enhance quality care outcomes and initiate quality improvement educational programs, outreach, and protocol development.

The quality indicators the NDNQI® monitors are organized into three categories: structure, process, and outcome. Theorist Avedis Donabedian first identified these categories. Donabedian’s theory of quality health care focused on the links between quality outcomes and the structures and processes of care (Grove et al., 2018).

Nurses must be knowledgeable about the indicators their workplaces monitor. Some nurses deliver direct patient care that leads to a monitored outcome. Other nurses may be involved in data collection and analysis. In addition, monitoring organizations, including managed care entities, exist to gather data from individual organizations to analyze overall industry quality. All of these roles are important to advance quality and safety outcomes.

Reference

Grove, S. K., Gray, J. R., Jay, G. W., Jay, H. M., & Burns, N. (2018). 
Understanding nursing research: Building an evidence-based practice (7th ed.). Elsevier.

Competencies Measured-By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

· Competency 1: Describe nurses' and the interdisciplinary team's role in informatics with a focus on electronic health information and patient care technology to support decision making.

· Describe the interdisciplinary team’s role in collecting and reporting quality indicator data to enhance patient safety, patient care outcomes, and organizational performance reports.

· Competency 3: Evaluate the impact of patient care technologies on desired outcomes.

· Explain how a health care organization uses nursing-sensitive quality indicators to enhance patient safety, patient care outcomes, and organizational performance reports.

· Competency 4: Recommend the use of a technology to enhance quality and safety standards for patients.

· Justify how a nursing-sensitive quality indicator establishes evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses to follow when using patient care technologies to enhance patient safety, satisfaction, and outcomes.

· Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication to facilitate use of health information and patient care technologies.

· Deliver a professional, effective audio tutorial on a selected quality indicator that engages new nurses and motivates them to accurately report quality data in a timely fashion.

· Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.

Scoring Guide

Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.

Informatics and Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators Scoring Guide

CRITERIA	NON-PERFORMANCE	BASIC	PROFICIENT	DISTINGUISHED
Describe the interdisciplinary team’s role in collecting and reporting quality indicator data to enhance patient safety, patient care outcomes, and organizational performance reports.

Explain how a health care organization uses nursing-sensitive quality indicators to enhance patient safety, patient care outcomes, and organizational performance reports.

Justify how a nursing-sensitive quality indicator establishes evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses to follow when using patient care technologies to enhance patient safety, satisfaction, and outcomes.

Deliver a professional, effective audio tutorial on a selected quality indicator that engages new nurses and motivates them to accurately report quality data in a timely fashion.

Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.

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Please read the instructions carefully