A recent conference you attended included a session on ways that hospitals in the Southeast are using the NDNQI

A recent conference you attended included a session on ways that hospitals in the Southeast are using the NDNQI. You do not know very much about nursing indicators but recognize this would be helpful to you in the new role you will have as a nurse manager.

• Where can you obtain information about the NDNQI?

• You later learn that the hospital where you work has just started collecting data on 5 of the NDNQI nursing indicators. You ask to review the data and find that the nursing care hours per patient day on your unit are low in comparison with the national data provided from the database. How can you use this information to improve patient care on your unit?