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Rau, J. (2015). Half of nation’s hospitals fail again to escape Medicare’s readmission penalties.
Kaiser Health News. Retrieved from After you have finished, consider how you would respond
to the following situation:

Your local hospital has received notice from CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid)
regarding their readmission rates.

1. As a BSN prepared nurse, you have been asked to serve as a consultant to suggest a new
Quality (Performance) Improvement process for ONEof the areas of deficiency. Write
some brief steps (suggestions) for improvement as you contemplate accepting the
consulting opportunity.

2. Share practice improvements utilized from your own clinical nursing experiences that have led
to enhanced patient outcomes.

Devry nr447 week 6 discussion

Civility in the Workplace (graded)

Complete the Clark Workplace Civility Index located in Doc Sharing.
After you are finished, read the assigned article: Lachman, V. D. (2015).

Ethical issues in the disruptive behaviors of incivility, bullying, and horizontal/lateral violence.
Urologic Nursing, 35(1), 39-42. Click HERE to link.

Next watch the video by clicking on the link below.