As director of nursing for a city health department you are ...

[ashley]

As director of nursing for a city health department you are challenged with providing staff education. What would be a major difference for you compared to a hospital staff education program?
 
  1. You have staff who are less interested in staff education.
  2. You have less budget or onsite staff educators.
  3. Nursing schools place their students in hospitals reducing the influence of faculty and students in the community settings.
  4. Health literacy problem exists in the community and in the hospital.

Question 2

Why is it more challenging to get staff who work in public/community services engaged in QI than in the hospital?
 
  1. QI is not as critical to care in the community.
  2. A QI plan is better in the hospital.
  3. The need for data collections is more important in the community.
  4. Community staff are more dispersed.

[Danny Ewald]

Answer to Question 1

2
Explanation: 1. Staff in community health are not necessarily less interested in their own education.
2. There is less budget and few if any onsite staff educators in public/community health.
3. Schools of nursing have required public/community health clinical and assign students to these services.
4. This is correct so not a major difference.

Answer to Question 2

4
Explanation: 1. QI is important in all areas of healthcare delivery.
2. The effectiveness of a QI plan should not vary from a hospital or community. Implementation may be a problem, but not the plan.
3. The need for data collection is the same for the community and the hospitalboth need data, but how one gets the data may be different.
4. Having staff dispersed means they it is more difficult to turn to a colleague or have regular interaction face-to-face about QI.

[ashley]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[kusterl]

Great answer, keep it coming