Abstract
NURS FPX 6021 Assessment 3 Quality Improvement Presentation Poster
Renal failure due to diabetes is one of the alarming healthcare issues in the US. Patients with renal failure require a strategic treatment plan to improve their health outcomes of the patients. The QI is one of the significant ways to improve the treatment quality of the patient suffering from renal failure. The QI Measures involved training, collaboration, and the PDSA cycle, which enhanced treatment outcomes through effective planning and implementation of advanced treatment measures. This poster supports the PDSA cycle with research evidence to highlight its effectiveness. In this poster, effective interdisciplinary teamwork, along with potential challenges in renal treatment, is discussed to improve health strategies for patient outcomes.
Keywords: Renal failure, QI measures, PDSA Cycle, Teamwork, Poster
Quality Improvement Poster Presentation
NURS FPX 6021 Assessment 3 Quality Improvement Presentation Poster
Quality improvement (QI) is the framework to systematically improve healthcare interventions for healthcare outcomes. Quality improvement seeks to standardize healthcare procedures, strategies, and treatment plans using evidenced-based methods for healthcare outcomes. The QI programs aim to plan, analyze and implement evidence-based approaches in the treatment plan for health measures against different diseases, such as renal failure. The QI plan further guides the nurses to adopt effective treatment strategies to limit medical errors and delays and enhance treatment output. In order to improve treatment quality, the US hospital initiates quality improvement measures that reduce medical errors by 50% (Tariq et al., 2022).
NURS FPX 6021 Assessment 3 Quality Improvement Presentation Poster
In the US hospital, QI measures are effectively planned and implemented to improve the medical procedures of the nurses, clinical staff, and other healthcare professionals to attain desirable health goals. The effective QI measures include collaborative strategies, team-based approaches, training, and a PDSA cycle that aims at coordination and communication strategies. These measures significantly focused on effective planning and research-based study to design and implement treatment training and plan for improved outcomes (Mondal et al., 2022). The Plan, Do, Study, and Act (PDSA) cycle is an effective QI measure that aims to improve healthcare outcomes through effective planning and research-based treatment design to implement them for improved health outcomes. This model improved care quality through effective evidence-based strategies.
In the present case, the PDSA cycle is implemented to design effective care intervention for quality care of the patient suffering from renal failure related to diabetes. The PDSA cycle guides the nurses through effective planning of the nurses training on treatment strategies in order to attain patient health goals. The cycle further design effective evidence-based interventions for treating renal failure. The study of research-based practices guides nurses about awareness of self-management and medication adherence techniques for patients. These activities improved acts of the treatment plan to attain desirable healthcare goals for patients suffering from renal failure related to diabetes (Mudgal et al., 2022).
Limitation of PDSA Cycle
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Although the PDSA cycle effectively improves the quality of the care services provided to a patient suffering from renal failure, it contains certain limitations to implement effectively. The implementation plan required nurses to train about treatment plan effectively. The training required time and cost, which is challenging to maintain at each level. Moreover, the major limitation of this model is continuous innovation in the treatment plan, which hinders the nurse’s and clinical staff’s competencies to meet them without training and supervision (Rahmah et al., 2021). Furthermore, the cycle has the limitation of continuous involvement of the patient in treatment strategies. The lack of patient motivation, willpower, and resistance to change, create difficulties in effectively implementing this plan to improve and create quality measures for patients with renal failure (Schmidt et al., 2020).
Evidence supports QI methods.
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The research evidence significantly supports the QI methods as the care quality measures for improved patient outcomes from renal failure. Bulck et al. (2020) performed their research analysis on effective quality improvement measures in treating renal failure. The research indicated that QI measures such as nurses’ training and patient education significantly improved the treatment outcomes for patients suffering from the chronic diseases.
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Li et al. (2020) further expand their research analysis to measure the quality improvement strategies for the effective health outcomes of patients. The research indicated that treatment therapies such as insulin, medication, and care improved health outcomes. The research supported QI as an advanced and improved measure in the healthcare industry for better health outcomes.
The research work of Neale et al. (2020) further supported the effectiveness of QI in the healthcare industry. The research highlighted that QI strategies such as nurses’ education and training significantly improved treatment outcomes against renal failure. The research added that effective planning, research-based study, and action improvement action plan for renal failure treatment. The QI significantly enhanced patient and healthcare outcomes for improved care quality.
Identify Knowledge Gap
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Quality improvement measures are innovative and advanced healthcare measures that significantly enhance the treatment outcomes for patients suffering from renal failure. This plan required nurses’ and patients’ knowledge to implement QI measures effectively. In order to fill this knowledge gap, effective nurse training is recommended to attain desirable health outcomes. The nurses training significantly enhanced the practical implementation of the QI measures to attain desirable health goals (Johns et al., 2022).
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The QI plan for treating renal failure further involved the patient in care activities. The patient’s active self-management involvement required learning, awareness, and training. The training can improve patient participation in care activities, ultimately improving the quality of care and desirable health goals against renal failure (Johns et al., 2022).
Change Strategy Foundation
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An effective treatment plan is necessary to formulate and implement for the health outcomes and the well-being of the patient suffering from renal failure. Renal failure has become one of the most dreadful diseases in the US, with 37 million American suffering from this disease. The center for diseases control and prevention (CDC) highlighted that in the US, 15% of Americans are the victim. The leading cause of this healthcare issue is diabetes and blood pressure (CDC, 2020). The research further indicated that poor care quality and patient self-management fosters the issue and causes profound health implications for the patient’s suffering. The delays in kidney monitoring and high blood sugar level due to medications lead to adverse impacts on renal failure with diabetes (Ghelichi et al., 2022). Therefore, there is a dire need to formulate change strategies for improved health outcomes.
Potential Challenges
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Although patient learning and training sessions are effective measures to improve treatment quality for patients suffering from renal failure with diabetes, this effective plan contains potential challenges. The CDC data highlighted that patient learning and training sessions in the US effectively improve treatment quality for patients suffering from renal failure with diabetes. However, this effective plan contains certain potential challenges. The CDC data highlighted that in the US, out of 37 million renal failure patient, 38% belong to the age bracket of 67 years (NIDDK, 2023). This demographic characteristic is one of the challenging age groups for healthcare interventions. Older adults’ hesitance is the barrier to advanced and innovative treatment-based strategies. They show more resistance to change in adopting the advanced treatment plan than traditional renal failure medication. Therefore this is the major challenge in effectively implementing QI measures (Neale et al., 2020).
Along with patient constraints, the healthcare industry faced the challenge of specialized care professionals for renal treatment. The hospital faced time and financial constraints when appointing specialists for majority groups, which created potential challenges in maintaining care quality (Neale et al., 2020).
Solutions
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The practical solution to the potential challenges includes effective care coordination and communication between a healthcare professional and patients. The open-line communication enhanced the patient awareness and information of effective treatment strategies, which improved their participation leading to effective health outcomes. Training healthcare professionals further meets the challenge of specialized care staff for renal treatment. The training of doctors improved their research and knowledge of renal treatment to attain quality care for suffering patients (Wen et al., 2022).
Effectiveness of Interprofessional Teamwork
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Interprofessional teamwork significantly enhanced the treatment outcomes of patients suffering from renal failure related to diabetes. The interprofessional teamwork improved patient awareness and learning on effective self-management and advanced medication to improve their health against renal failure with diabetes (Johns et al., 2022).
Interprofessional teamwork further facilitates the effective implementation of the PDSA cycle. The team collaboratively and collectively plans advanced treatment plans, necessary research, and evidence-based learning of treatment. The teamwork further facilitates the action of this plan for better health outcomes for the patient suffering from renal failure with diabetes, along with improved care quality (Johns et al., 2022).
Project Overview and benefits
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The overall project benefits are improving care quality through teamwork and training sessions. Interprofessional teamwork facilitates the nurses to adopt effective evidence-based strategies for better patients’ outcomes. The project provides benefits in the implementation of the PDSA cycle for the treatment of renal failure. It further improved care coordination and communication among nurses and patients. This step significantly benefits care quality through self-management initiatives and the patient’s participation.
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