Quality Improvement
Instructions
· Use the following steps to apply quality improvement principles in your current clinical situation.
· Identify a process or procedure that you perform routinely and wish to improve.
· Using a flowchart, delineate each step of the procedure.
· Identify the step in the flowchart where you would insert a change for quality improvement.
· Design a new flowchart that now shows the improved process.
· This paper requires the use of at least one professional resource.
· You will need:
· An introductory paragraph which explains what you would like to improve
· Another paragraph which explains the step where you hope to change the pattern and insert a quality improvement process
· Another paragraph explaining the new flow after you make the change.
· Please add a cover page with the title of your Quality Improvement project.
Resource: Flowcharts are easily made in Microsoft Word. Here is a video explaining the process: