NRS 451 Quality Improvement /Improving Long-Stay and Short-Stay Satisfaction

Executive Summary A quality improvement initiative may be described as the systematic activities that may be implemented by an organization to assess, monitor, and improve the quality of performance at a place of work (Abdallah, 2014). One of the initiatives is improving long-stay and shortstay satisfaction at work by 10%. It is particularly very important in a healthcare setting. The purpose of this initiative is to tackle long stays in hospitals thus helping to reduce the possibility of harm to the patient and avoid unnecessary costs that come with spending a lot of hours in the hospital. It is important to note that spending unwarranted long hours in the hospital may be bad for patients. This is because long stays may lead to sleep deprivation, delirium, and increased risks of contracting infections that are associated with healthcare (Bird et al., 2018). As a result, the patient may experience deconditioning due to a loss of muscle strength leading to physical dependence. This initiative will target patients with moderate cognitive disorder and frailty. These patients have the possibility of experiencing more positive health outcomes if the right procedures are undertaken in care provision especially during the initial moments of admission. The older patients particularly experience major declines due to long stays in the hospitals thus leading to serious consequences. These consequences must be avoided at all costs to ensure that patients experience better health outcomes thus improving their satisfaction with the services offered (Al-Abri & Al-B