Quality Improvement UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is quality? - CORRECT ANSWER - Degree to which health services for individuals
and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with
current professional knowledge
Nurses can provide high-quality care by participating in _____ and _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER - quality improvement and quality management
What is quality improvement? - CORRECT ANSWER - systematic and continuous
actions that lead to measurable improvement in healthcare services and the health status of
targeted patient groups
What are some examples of quality improvement? - CORRECT ANSWER - using
advance directives
following privacy laws
striving to reduce errors
What is quality management? - CORRECT ANSWER - evaluates medical and nursing
processes for quality and effectiveness compared to accepted standards in order to correct
problems before they are clients and to prevent errors in treatment
aims to provide cost-effective care by preventing overuse, misuse, and underuse of medical
resources
Quality improvement affects what? - CORRECT ANSWER - physiological outcomes
legal and ethical issues - clinical trials require legal consent and researchers must confirm that
new treatment is ethical
informatics system - to accurately record a client's medical history and results of diagnostic tests
, How can healthcare quality be improved? - CORRECT ANSWER - properly using
advance directives
following privacy laws
striving to reduce errors
What are the six aims for improving the healthcare system? - CORRECT ANSWER - safe
effective
patient-centered
timely
efficient
equitable
What are federal initiatives aimed at quality improvement in healthcare? - CORRECT
ANSWER - US department of health and human services (USDHHS)
American Medical Association
American Nurses Association
What are some programs and documents that aim to collect and provide data that identify areas
for improvement? - CORRECT ANSWER - national database of nursing quality indicators
Patient safety and quality (an evidence-based handbook for nurses)
National patient safety goals (by the joint commission)
What is the patient protection and affordable care act (PPACA or ACA)? - CORRECT
ANSWER - changes implemented between 2010 and 2020 to make healthcare affordable
for all Americans
What is the national strategy for quality improvement in health care? - CORRECT
ANSWER - - better care: improve the overall quality by making healthcare more client-
centered, reliable, accessible, and safe
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is quality? - CORRECT ANSWER - Degree to which health services for individuals
and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with
current professional knowledge
Nurses can provide high-quality care by participating in _____ and _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER - quality improvement and quality management
What is quality improvement? - CORRECT ANSWER - systematic and continuous
actions that lead to measurable improvement in healthcare services and the health status of
targeted patient groups
What are some examples of quality improvement? - CORRECT ANSWER - using
advance directives
following privacy laws
striving to reduce errors
What is quality management? - CORRECT ANSWER - evaluates medical and nursing
processes for quality and effectiveness compared to accepted standards in order to correct
problems before they are clients and to prevent errors in treatment
aims to provide cost-effective care by preventing overuse, misuse, and underuse of medical
resources
Quality improvement affects what? - CORRECT ANSWER - physiological outcomes
legal and ethical issues - clinical trials require legal consent and researchers must confirm that
new treatment is ethical
informatics system - to accurately record a client's medical history and results of diagnostic tests
, How can healthcare quality be improved? - CORRECT ANSWER - properly using
advance directives
following privacy laws
striving to reduce errors
What are the six aims for improving the healthcare system? - CORRECT ANSWER - safe
effective
patient-centered
timely
efficient
equitable
What are federal initiatives aimed at quality improvement in healthcare? - CORRECT
ANSWER - US department of health and human services (USDHHS)
American Medical Association
American Nurses Association
What are some programs and documents that aim to collect and provide data that identify areas
for improvement? - CORRECT ANSWER - national database of nursing quality indicators
Patient safety and quality (an evidence-based handbook for nurses)
National patient safety goals (by the joint commission)
What is the patient protection and affordable care act (PPACA or ACA)? - CORRECT
ANSWER - changes implemented between 2010 and 2020 to make healthcare affordable
for all Americans
What is the national strategy for quality improvement in health care? - CORRECT
ANSWER - - better care: improve the overall quality by making healthcare more client-
centered, reliable, accessible, and safe
