How a Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicator Establishes Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines for Nurses to Follow

Nurses’ sensitive quality indicators inform on best practices in patient handling. Naik et al. (2020) assert that NSI informs quality improvement measures, including operational adjustments, system enhancements, and refinement of quality indicators in a hospital. Additionally, NSI indicates how nursing practices have impacted patient and clinical outcomes. This helps determine what aspects of nursing practice can be modified to ensure better clinical outcomes and patient safety. Since these indicators are periodically updated and informed by scientific data, they can form part of guidelines for nurses to follow and be used in establishing an evidence-based practice.

In conclusion, let us look at the key findings from this presentation. Nursing-sensitive quality indicators remain significant in informing quality improvement measures in healthcare. Nurses and other members of the interdisciplinary teams play a role in collecting and reporting data on these indices. As you join the nursing workforce of this hospital, you should know that you play a role in collecting and reporting data on NSI. This data can be used to implement quality improvement measures in the hospital.

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