Concerns in Quality Assurance

“A COURSE SYLLABUS”

Submitted to

Dr. Betty T. Polido

In Partial Fulfillment

In the Course

N 783

Roque B. Cordero II, RN

May 15, 2018

Prepared by: Roque B. Cordero II, RN

Descriptive Title: Quality Assurance in Nursing

Course Number: N 783

Course Description: This course deals with the principles, concepts, theories and the accountability of the healthcare provider to offer the
highest quality standards of care.

Objective Topic Strategies Evaluation Outcome

Unit I. Quality Assurance in Healthcare. PowerPoint Discussion (Graded)  Mapping out
Track down Quality  Why Quality Assurance Presentation Rubric: direction of
Assurance in Healthcare.  Perspective and Interactive Discussion  Content= 60% Quality Assurance
Dimension in Quality  Delivery=40% in Healthcare
Assurance Mapping out (Schematic
 Impact of Quality Diagram)
Assurance in Healthcare  Clarity=50%
 Neatness=30%
 Punctuality=20%

Unit II.
Building an Infrastructure
for healthcare Quality
 Quality Management Lecture/ Discussion Paper and pen test  Improve Hospital
 Cycle Management 100% passing grade Quality standards
Commitment in Healthcare
 Allocation of Resources Interview Quality Quality Assessment tool  Integrate
 Increasing Awareness on Assurance Consultant Rubric: Continuous
Health Care Quality  Content=50% Quality
 Quality/PI Program  Clarity=30% Improvement
Document  Realism=20%
 Re-assessment,
Evaluation, Monitoring
 and Continuous Quality
Improvement
 Quality Program
Evaluation
Unit III. Auditing in Quality Management Power point Peer critiquing the Auditing as part of Total
Integrating Audit as a in Healthcare presentation Auditing plan of a Quality Management in
means of assessing  Definition Licensed Quality Auditor Healthcare.
compliance.  Audit Processes and Rubric:
Approaches Sharing /critiquing of Clarity= 50%
 Preparation for and plan interview data, Realism=30%
an Audit observations and Feedback=20%
 Conducting an Audit experiences on
 Reporting on an Audit Auditing
 Audit Evaluation
 Application of Audit
Report in CQI

Identify strategies for Strategies for Improvement in Case Study on Group Discussion Outline Strategies for
improvement in Quality Quality Assurance Performance Rubric: Quality Assurance
Assurance  Performance Improvement Content=60% Improvement in
Improvement Tools Delivery=40% Healthcare.
 Improvement project
Teams
Unit IV: Evidence- based practice (EBP) as Powerpoint To utilize evidence-based
To discuss evidence-based a standard of practice in HC on the presentation Graded group Interactive practice in the field of
practice as a standard of following: discussion specialization
care in healthcare settings. Rubric:
1. Ventilator Care bundles Clarity=30%
 DVT Prophylaxis Content=50%
 GI prophylaxis Feedback=20%
 HOB elevation to 30-45
degree Interactive group
 Use of chlorhexidine discussion
mouthwash
  Daily sedation vacation
2. Catheter care bundles
 Hand hygiene
 Chlorhexidine prep skin
antisepsis
 Optimal site selection with
avoidance of femoral site
in adult patient Reaction paper on Graded Reaction Paper
 Daily line review of line evidence-based Rubric:
necessity researches Content=60%
 Maximal barrier Neatness=20%
precaution upon insertion Punctuality=20%
3. Surgical wound care bundles
 Appropriate anaphylactic
antibiotic was
administered within 60
minutes before the
operation (blade to skin)
 Use of 2% chlorhexidine
gluconate and 70%
isopropyl alcohol solution
use for skin prep
 Glucose level should Lecture/ clinical
maintain to < 11mmol/l scenario analysis
throughout the operation
 Use of hair clipper rather
than skin razor
Integrate Benchmarking as Pen and paper test Solve for the monthly
Benchmarking
part of Quality 100% passing rate clinical indicators and
 Quality Indicators
Improvement initiative benchmark with top rank
 Comparison of quality
Computation of clinical hospitals.
indicators with the other
quality indicators
top rank performing
hospitals