NURS FPX 4020: Improving Quality of Care and Patient Safety

NURS FPX 4020 – Improving Quality of Care and Patient Safety

NURS FPX 4020 focuses on enhancing patient safety, healthcare quality, and system effectiveness. This course helps you evaluate performance issues, apply root cause analysis, and use quality improvement tools to create better outcomes for patients.

📘 Assessments Included:

🔹 Assessment 1 – Enhancing Quality and Safety
Identify a real-world safety or quality issue and evaluate how to address it using improvement strategies.

🔹 Assessment 2 – Root-Cause Analysis and Safety Improvement Plan
Conduct a root-cause analysis and design a detailed plan to resolve the identified problem.

🔹 Assessment 3 – Improvement Plan Toolkit
Create a toolkit that outlines policies, procedures, and tools to support your improvement plan.

🔹 Assessment 4 – Patient, Family, or Population Health Problem Solution
Apply everything you’ve learned to propose a solution for a healthcare issue impacting patient or community health.

💡 Tip for Success

Start with Assessment 1 and progress step-by-step. Each assessment builds your ability to lead safety and quality initiatives in real clinical settings.