Introduction: achieving sustained healthcare improvements through the use of nursing quality indicators -- Physical/sexual assault -- NDNQI assault data on unit dashboards results in improved management of aggressive behavior -- Maintaining staff safety while reducing the use of seclusion and restraints -- Patient falls -- National injury fall rate benchmarks motivate cycles of nursing process improvement -- NDNQI data provide goals for fall prevention action plans -- NDNQI falls data support decision making by nursing leadership councils on equipment and staff education -- Using NDNQI data to monitor the success of a unit-based falls prevention pilot program -- Pressure ulcer prevalence -- Graphing NDNQI trend data on the intranet supports zero tolerance of hospital acquired pressure ulcers -- Sharing NDNQI data with bedside nurses leads to improved skin integrity -- Quality report cards inform staff nurses about pressure ulcer rates and document success of quality improvement initiatives -- NDNQI data-stimulated practice improvements plans to reduce pressure ulcers -- Pain assessment/intervention/reassessment cycle -- Rapid cycle performance teams use NDNQI data in balanced score card to improve pain management in children -- RN satisfaction -- Using results from the NDNQI RN satisfaction survey to improve satisfaction and patient outcomes -- Job enjoyment as an indicator of successful shared governance -- Enhancing professional work environment results in higher RN job satisfaction -- Appendix A. NDNQI indicators -- Appendix B. National quality forum indicators.
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