Test Bank for Quality Improvement- Questions and Correct Answers
What is quality? - Answers 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 _____. - Answers quality
improvement and quality management
What is quality improvement? - Answers 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? - Answers using advance directives
following privacy laws
striving to reduce errors
What is quality management? - Answers 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? - Answers 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? - Answers properly using advance directives
following privacy laws
striving to reduce errors
What are the six aims for improving the healthcare system? - Answers safe
effective
patient-centered
timely
efficient
equitable
, What are federal initiatives aimed at quality improvement in healthcare? - Answers 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? - Answers 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)? - Answers changes implemented
between 2010 and 2020 to make healthcare affordable for all Americans
What is the national strategy for quality improvement in health care? - Answers - better care: improve
the overall quality by making healthcare more client-centered, reliable, accessible, and safe
- Healthy people/healthy communities: improve the health of the US population by supporting proven
interventions to address behavioral, social, and environmental determinants of health in addition to
delivering higher-quality care
- Affordable Care: reduce the cost of quality health care
What are the six priorities the National Quality Strategy focuses on? - Answers 1) make care safer by
reducing harm caused in the delivery of care
2) ensure that each individual and family is engaged in their care
3) promote effective communication and coordination of care
4) promote the most effective prevention and treatment practices for the leading causes of mortality
5) work with communities to promote wide use of best practices to enable healthy living
6) make high-quality care more affordable for individuals, families, employers, and governments by
developing and spreading new healthcare delivery models
What does the ACA offer to states to help with affordable care? - Answers States can implement basic
health programs, such as community health centers, for low-income adults and legal immigrants to
provide at least the minimum essential benefits under the ACA
Where does funding for state and local health programs come from? - Answers federal and state taxes
What are the four regulations of community health centers (CHCs)? - Answers 1) serve a medically
underserved area or population
What is quality? - Answers 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 _____. - Answers quality
improvement and quality management
What is quality improvement? - Answers 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? - Answers using advance directives
following privacy laws
striving to reduce errors
What is quality management? - Answers 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? - Answers 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? - Answers properly using advance directives
following privacy laws
striving to reduce errors
What are the six aims for improving the healthcare system? - Answers safe
effective
patient-centered
timely
efficient
equitable
, What are federal initiatives aimed at quality improvement in healthcare? - Answers 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? - Answers 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)? - Answers changes implemented
between 2010 and 2020 to make healthcare affordable for all Americans
What is the national strategy for quality improvement in health care? - Answers - better care: improve
the overall quality by making healthcare more client-centered, reliable, accessible, and safe
- Healthy people/healthy communities: improve the health of the US population by supporting proven
interventions to address behavioral, social, and environmental determinants of health in addition to
delivering higher-quality care
- Affordable Care: reduce the cost of quality health care
What are the six priorities the National Quality Strategy focuses on? - Answers 1) make care safer by
reducing harm caused in the delivery of care
2) ensure that each individual and family is engaged in their care
3) promote effective communication and coordination of care
4) promote the most effective prevention and treatment practices for the leading causes of mortality
5) work with communities to promote wide use of best practices to enable healthy living
6) make high-quality care more affordable for individuals, families, employers, and governments by
developing and spreading new healthcare delivery models
What does the ACA offer to states to help with affordable care? - Answers States can implement basic
health programs, such as community health centers, for low-income adults and legal immigrants to
provide at least the minimum essential benefits under the ACA
Where does funding for state and local health programs come from? - Answers federal and state taxes
What are the four regulations of community health centers (CHCs)? - Answers 1) serve a medically
underserved area or population
