Information about becoming certified in Infection Control can be found at the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. web site http://www.cbic.org Having a CIC is a certification in infection control does not authorize practic...
The Maternal and Child Health Library might provide you with some interesting MCH public health issues to write about. the url is http://www.mchlibrary.info Click on annotated resource guides on the left for additional topics. Good Luck. Linda
WashYaHands replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Safety
Thanks for the link, Karen. I had the opportunity to attend the 2004 IHI Quality Conference where Dr. Don Berwick kicked off the 100,000 Lives Campaign. If you would like to watch a video of his speech you can go to http://www.ihi.org click on 100,...
The site for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement http://www.ihi.org has alot of information about hospital quality including ideas, tools for measuring quality, and educational offerings. My QA position was recently eliminated, so I've moved on...
These resources might help: An Introduction to Quality Assurance in Health Care by Avedis Donabedian Measuring Quality Improvement in Healthcare A Guide to Statistical Process Control Applications by Raymond G. Carey, PhD & Rober C. Lloyd, PhD....
Mary, The National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists might have some information related to your specialty. They have an internet bulletin board where you can ask specific questions and touch base with others in your specialty. The url is h...
WashYaHands replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing
Since I paraphrased it from the direct quote that I used as an example, it would have to be cited. But, you're right in that If you use a fact that is common knowledge it would not have to be cited.
WashYaHands replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing
Here is an example of quotation and paraphrasing with cited references: "Unionization, once a dirty word in the medical world, is spreading" (Eastaugh, 1998, p. 46). Paraphrased: Unionization of medical professionals is increasing (Eastaugh, 1998...
WashYaHands replied to KungPaoNsg's topic in Management
I work with 30 people. Ten of us are nurses. During a special nurses week staff meeting it was announced that in our honor the company would be donating $20,000 to the local nursing college to provide ten $2,000 need based scholarships for local nu...
There is a program that offers an MSN with a self-defined CSN specialty. Prior to beginning the program the student and graduate faculty advisor create the specialty courses. The created courses must meet stringent requirements for curriculum devel...
My experience is that the informatics, clinical systems and data analysis pieces are vital in QA work. It's just as important as all of the other pieces of implementing a QI project. If you enjoy working with data, informatics, systems, and have an...
Assuming that you’re working in a hospital QA setting, you can get some information about current practices to improve health care at the following sites. http://www.leapfroggroup.org you can search to find out if your facility participates in the ...