Have you experienced a time when the patient care or processes were not ideal? Did you think that this practice could be improved? Was there something that you thought could be done differently to make the process more efficient for the patient?

Quality Improvement Project in Australian Healthcare setting

Question:

In this assessment task, you are asked to identify an area of nursing practice that would benefit from a quality improvement process to improve quality and patient safety outcomes.

Your idea could come from your healthcare experiences as a student on placement, as a healthcare worker or even as a patient. What have you seen that is inefficient and could be solved by a quality improvement project?

Questions to consider:

• Have you experienced a time when the patient care or processes were not ideal?
• Did you think that this practice could be improved?
• Was there something that you thought could be done differently to make the process more efficient for the patient?