Medical-surgical unit
The surgical nurse is talking with nurses in the medical-surgical unit about postoperative infections. Discussion concerns how to quickly identify and address situations that may put the patient at risk for infection. One nurse verbalized concern that patients were being discharged too soon.
The medical-surgical nurse asks if people in the community know about their hospital’s rate of complications. What is a good website to explore for this type of information?
The surgical nurse discusses the hospital’s recent bundled payments initiative with a large insurance company in the area. How would this impact the concern about patient outcomes?
One of the nurses noted that a certain type of dressing procedure was being used by postoperative nurses in the medical-surgical unit at a nearby sister facility. They wanted to know if it could be used in their hospital. After a bit of research, the surgical nurse proposed a strategy to evaluate this new dressing procedure. What could this QI strategy be?