Question

A school nurse is implementing a quality improvement process for medication adherence in adolescent children who have asthma: True/ False Using a quality improvement process that mirrors the steps of evidence-based practice, in what order will the following steps be included in the nurse's process as they implement a program to increase medication adherence in this population? (Move the steps into the box on the right, placing them in the order of performance: True/ False Use all the steps: True/ False)

a- Clarify current knowledge about medication adherence in adolescent children who have asthma: True/ False
b- Organize an effort to work on increasing medication adherence in adolescent children who have asthma: True/ False
c- Select changes aimed at increasing medication adherence in adolescent children who have asthma: True/ False
d- Plan the change for increasing medication adherence in adolescent children who have asthma: True/ False
e- Act to sustain the gains that increase medication adherence in adolescent children who have asthma: True/ False
f- Do the change; execute the plan for increasing medication adherence in adolescent children who have asthma: True/ False

Answer 1

The steps in the nurse's process to increase medication adherence in adolescent children with asthma are: clarifying current knowledge, selecting changes, planning the change, organizing an effort, doing the change, and acting to sustain the gains.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Clarify current knowledge about medication adherence in adolescent children who have asthma
2. Select changes aimed at increasing medication adherence in adolescent children who have asthma
3. Plan the change for increasing medication adherence in adolescent children who have asthma
4. Organize an effort to work on increasing medication adherence in adolescent children who have asthma
5. Do the change; execute the plan for increasing medication adherence in adolescent children who have asthma
6. Act to sustain the gains that increase medication adherence in adolescent children who have asthma