Nightingale Community Hospital Accreditation Audit
Paper instructions:
The accreditation process seeks to help organizations identify and resolve problems and to inspire them to improve the safety and quality of care and services provided. The process focuses on systems critical to the safety and the quality of care, treatment, and services. For this task, you will assume the role of director of accreditation. You will review and analyze the materials (e.g., records, previous audit, trends, e-mails) provided in the case study to prepare for the audit. You will need to look across all departments and examine trends and patient care issues to determine readiness. Task: A. Facilitate an organization’s continuous accreditation compliance process as you determine the readiness for the accreditation audit of the healthcare facility in the attached Accreditation Audit Case Study €“ Task 4 Artifacts by doing the following: 1. Discuss the current compliance status of the healthcare facility. 2. Discuss any trends evident in the Accreditation Audit Case Study €“ Task 4 Artifacts that may cause the organization to not be compliant with the Joint Commission standards for patient care. 3. Review the performance improvement standard regarding staffing in the healthcare facility’s patient care unit by doing the following: a. Analyze the data to determine the staffing patterns of the patient care unit. b. Develop a staffing plan to minimize the number of falls in the patient care unit. B. When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format. Note: When bulleted points are present in the task prompt, the level of detail or support called for in the rubric refers to those bulleted points. Note: For definitions of terms commonly used in the rubric, see the Rubric Terms web link included in the Evaluation Procedures section. Note: When using sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, the submission MUST include APA formatted in-text citations with a corresponding reference list for any direct quotes or paraphrasing. It is not necessary to list sources that were consulted if they have not been quoted or paraphrased in the text of the paper or project. Note: No more than a combined total of 30% of a submission can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. For tips on using APA style, please refer to the APA Handout web link included in the APA Guidelines section.