The healthcare issue chosen is: Pain control of hospice patients. How are hospice patients’ pain control issues handled in the hospital, nursing homes and in a hospice house with both chronic pain and active dying pain? Most hospice patients in the hospital aren’t medicated appropriately.
Prepare a 6–10-page data analysis and quality improvement (QI) initiative proposal based on a health issue of professional interest to you. The audience for your analysis and proposal is the nursing staff and the interprofessional team who will implement the initiative.
In this assessment, you will propose a quality improvement (QI) initiative proposal based on a health issue of professional interest to you. The QI initiative proposal will be based on an analysis of dashboard metrics from a health care facility.
Analyze data from the health care facility to identify a health care issue or area of concern. You will need access to reports and data related to care quality and patient safety.
You will need to identify basic information about the health care setting, size, and specific type of care delivery related to the topic that you identify. You are expected to abide by HIPAA compliance standards.
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