A local hospital noticed a large amount of ventilator-acquired pneumonias when reviewing patient charts. The hospital devised a plan to try to reduce the number of pneumonias and implemented interventions to reduce the rate
Data was collected after 6 months to see if the changes were successful, and the hospital realized a reduction in ventilator-acquired pneumonia rates by 25%. Whose quality-improvement approach did this hospital implement?
A) Joseph Juran
B) W. Edwards Deming
C) Phillip Crosby
D) Toyota
B
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It is expected that future acuity patient classification systems will correlate nursing intervention activities with ____
a. Patient outcomes b. Nursing report cards c. Workload categories d. Discharge needs
Which drugs are used to treat spasticity? (Select all that apply.)
a. Baclofen [Lioresal] b. Dantrolene [Dantrium] c. Diazepam [Valium] d. Metaxalone [Skelaxin] e. Tizanidine [Flexeril]
The primary purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935 was to:
increase research that focused on minority groups. provide medical care for chemically impaired persons. ensure health care for older adults through a national insurance system. decrease the public's financial burden by limiting services offered by local health departments.
The nurse asks the question "Has the exposure pathway been interrupted?" This question would be considered during what phase of the nursing
process to examine the impact of the environment on human health? A) Assessment B) Planning C) Intervention D) Evaluation