NRS_451_Quality_Improvement_Initiative.docx Executive Summary for Quality Improvement I

NRS_451_Quality_Improvement_Initiative.docx    Executive Summary for Quality Improvement Initiative   Grand Canyon University  NRS 451: Nursing Leadership and Management  Quality Improvement Initiative  The purpose of this quality improvement initiative is to increase staffing on the sub-acute care unit through independence in staffing and decreasing the reliance on the float pool. This quality improvement initiative would target the sub-acute care unit at The Harborage, located in North Bergen, New Jersey, as well as the registered nurses, unlicensed assistive personnel, and the patients solely on the sub-acute unit. We will further discuss the benefits, interprofessional collaboration needed, the budget, and the evaluation of the quality improvement initiative.   Benefit of the Quality Improvement Initiative  There are many benefits of increasing staff on the sub-acute unit that directly affect patient care, but also affect the nurses. For starters, adequate nurse staffing levels are linked to positive patient outcomes in both general ward setting and critical care areas (McGahan et al., 2012). Furthermore, the study done by Stone et al. (2007) found a significant association between nurse staffing levels and pressure ulcer. This study revealed that higher nurse staffing levels contributed to lower incidence of pressure ulcers (Stone et al., 2007). According to research done by Shin et al. (2018), increased RN staffing has been associated with lower hospital mortality rate, hospital acquired pneumonia, unplanned extu