Assisted nurse managers use various quality measures in a neuro-rehab setting. Patient
safety measures that consider patient fatality rates by ailment or treatment and equity metrics that
take into account the number of beds and services options available are two examples of quality
metrics used in a neuro-rehab setting (Orne, 2021).
The percentage of patients who pass away while receiving treatment at the hospital
before even being dismissed is called the patient mortality rate. This statistic is a reliable
predictor of a practitioner's capacity to improve the patient's condition after treatment or another
operation. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that there are 2,860,000 patient
fatalities nationwide yearly, or an average medical mortality rate of 4%. (Wang, 2019).
The number of inpatient beds used at any particular time is referred to as the bed
utilization rate. The institution's degree in offering treatments and services—secondary or
tertiary—determines the sort of services (Griffiths et al., 2022). If utilization is just too low, the
institution is probably spending money on staffing and facilities maintenance that isn't essential.
Because there aren't enough physicians to care for the admitted patients, treatment quality could
suffer if occupancy is too high.
The results of these quality measures are presented to the whole staff throughout faculty
meetings and displayed on the facility's quality metric report boards.
Providing such quality indicators to employees enables them to assess how well they are
treating patients and providing services, which helps to regulate and facilitate better outcomes.
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Orne, J. (2021). Implementation of a Nurse-Driven Pediatric Bowel Management Algorithm: A
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