Nurse leaders frequently seek to implement quality-improvement projects to improve outcomes and save lives. Your healthcare organization has recently hired a quality coordinator to improve patient outcomes at your community hospital.

What is the impact of having a quality coordinator at your hospital? Have outcomes improved or declined? Would you recommend similar organizations adopt this same strategy? Why or why not? How might a nurse leader or quality coordinator use AI to improve outcomes?

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TABLE 11.3 Data Table for Critical Thinking Exercises Datasets Available for Medical-Surgical Unit, Year/ Quarter Average patient acuity score (1=low, 5-high) Average number of patients per nurse Unit-budgeted HPPD 8.00 8.00 8.00 RN average $55.50 $55.50 $55.50 hourly salary PCT/CNA average hourly salary Unit assistant average hourly salary Y1Q1 Y1QZ Y1Q3 Lawsuit total for patient negligence 3.00 2.00 3.00 5.00 Average patient census $19.75 Staffing fines by state department 0.00 of public health 5.00 0.00 Average patient length of stay (in 2.30 days) Y1Q4 $14.25 $14.25 $14.25 $14.25 $0.00 $0.00 0.00 4.00 3.80 5.60 3.10 $19.75 $19.75 $19.75 $19.75 $19.75 0.00 $120K $250K 0.00 $250K 2.30 YZQ1 Y2Q2 YZQ3 3.00 8.00 8.10 8.60 $61.85 $61.85 $61.85 $54.60 $54.60 1.95 4.20 1.00 0.00 0.00 8.10 2.60 3.90 0.00 0.00 2.75 3.00 30.00 27.00 26.00 32.00 26.00 28.00 8.10 Y2Q4 $19.75 $19.75 4.15 5.00 $0.00 $0.00 4.10 0.00 $240K 30.00 5.15 0.00 $500K 3.25 31.00