Question Description
- Complete the practice case study, An Extended Stay.
- Review the practice Case Study: HiQuiPs: Implementation Part 2 – Which Strategy to Choose: PDSA, Lean, or Six Sigma?.
- Review the Clemson’s Nursing Home case study. (Access the Clemson’s Nursing Home case study by selecting the e-Reserves link from the left Navigation menu.)
- Respond to the case study in a Word document, answering the following questions:
- Why did the team choose to use the PDSA cycle as a model in this case?
- Do you agree with the decision?
- What other models would you have considered?
- Was their choice the best option? Why or why not?
- Do you agree with the QI goal of reducing their restraint rate to 5% with two months and then to 3% within six months?
- What would happen if the team was too enthusiastic with their estimation and they did not reach their goal?
- Clemson’s Nursing Home is a relatively small home. How might a chain of five or six nursing homes best respond to the challenges presented by the restraint-reduction initiativeHow might one go about making a business case for a restraint-free environment at a national program level? At an individual care delivery unit?
Your response should be 2-3 pages using 12-point times new roman font, double-space, with 1-inch margins submitted as a word document above.