Prepare an evaluation (5-7 pages) of an existing QI initiative to determine if the initiative is effective.
Too often, discussions about quality health care, care costs, and
outcome measures take place in isolation—various groups talking among
themselves about results and enhancements. Nurses are critical to the
delivery of high-quality, efficient health care. As a result, they must
develop their skills in reviewing and evaluating performance reports.
They also need to be able to communicate outcome measures related to
quality initiatives effectively. Patient safety and positive
institutional health care outcomes mandate collaboration among nursing
staff members to ensure the integration of their perspectives in all
quality care initiatives.
In the first assessment, you analyzed an adverse event or a near
miss, and outlined a QI initiative to address it. This assessment will
give you practice and the confidence to evaluate a quality care
initiative in much the same way you might in your health care setting to
help determine if the initiative is effective.
Too often, discussions about quality health care, care costs, and
outcome measures take place in isolation—each group talking among
themselves about results and enhancements. Because nurses are critical
to the delivery of high-quality, efficient health care, it is essential
that they develop the proficiency to review, evaluate performance
reports, and be able to effectively communicate outcome measures related
to quality initiatives. The nursing staff’s perspective and the need to
collaborate on quality care initiatives are fundamental to patient
safety and positive institutional health care outcomes.
Imagine you have been asked to prepare and deliver an analysis of an
existing QI initiative at your workplace. The QI initiative you choose
to analyze should be related to a specific disease, condition, or public
health issue of personal or professional interest to you. The purpose
of the report is to assess whether the specific quality indicators point
to improved patient safety, quality of care, cost and efficiency goals,
and other desired metrics. Your target audience is nurses and other
health professionals with specializations or interest in your chosen
condition, disease, or public health issue.
In your report, you will:
Analyze a current QI initiative in a health care setting.
Identify what prompted implementation of the QI initiative.
Evaluate problems that arose during the initiative or problems that were not addressed.
Evaluate the success of a current QI initiative through
recognized benchmarks and outcome measures as required to meet national,
state, or accreditation requirements.
Identify the core performance measurements related to successful treatment or management of the condition.
Evaluate the impact of the quality indicators on the health care facility.
Incorporate interprofessional perspectives related to the
success of actions used in the QI initiative as they relate to
functionality and outcomes.
Recommend additional indicators and protocols to improve and expand outcomes of a current quality initiative.
Ensure your analysis conveys purpose, in an appropriate tone and
style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to
organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.
Be sure to address all of the bullet points. You may also want to
read the Quality Improvement Initiative Evaluation Scoring Guide to
better understand the performance levels that relate to each grading
criterion. Additionally, be sure to review the Guiding Questions: Quality Improvement Initiative Evaluation [DOCX] document for additional clarification about things to consider when creating your assessment.
Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:
Length of submission: A minimum of five but no more than seven double-spaced, typed pages, not including the title page and References section.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of four
sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your
evaluation, recommendations, and plans. Current source material is
defined as no older than five years unless it is a seminal work. Review
the Nursing Master’s Program (MSN) Library Guide for guidance.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style. Review the Evidence and APA section of the Writing Center for guidance.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your
proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide
criteria:
Competency 2: Plan quality improvement initiatives in response to routine data surveillance.
Recommend additional indicators and protocols to improve and expand outcomes of a quality initiative.
Competency 3: Evaluate quality improvement initiatives using sensitive and sound outcome measures.
Analyze a current quality improvement initiative in a health care setting.
Evaluate the success of a current quality improvement
initiative through recognized benchmarks and outcome measures as
required to meet national, state, or accreditation requirements.
Competency 4: Integrate interprofessional perspectives to lead
quality improvements in patient safety, cost effectiveness, and work
life quality.
Incorporate interprofessional perspectives related to
the success of actions utilized in a quality improvement initiative as
they relate to functionality and outcomes.
Competency 5: Apply effective communication strategies to promote quality improvement of interprofessional care.
Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style,
incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational,
professional, and scholarly writing standards.
AREAS NEEDS TO RETOUCHED
Competency 4
Integrate
interprofessional perspectives to lead quality improvements in patient
safety, cost effectiveness, and work life quality.
Criterion
Incorporate
interprofessional perspectives related to the success of actions
utilized in a quality improvement initiative as they relate to
functionality and outcomes.
Your Result:BASIC
Attempts to incorporate
interprofessional perspectives,
but includes insufficient
interprofessional feedback
related to initiative functionality
and outcomes.
Faculty Comments:I
can see that you attempted to incorporate interprofessional
perspectives related to initiative functionality and outcomes. Who did
you talk to? What was team’s perspective? What specific details can you
provide to strengthen your interprofessional feedback related to
initiative functionality and outcomes? Please take a look at the
“distinguished” requirements for this section so you will see what needs
to be added.
Competency 5
Apply effective communication strategies to promote quality improvement of interprofessional care.
Criterion
Convey
purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting
evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly
writing standards.
Your Result:NON_PERFORMANCE
Does
not convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating
supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and
writing scholarly standards.
Faculty Comments:Your
assessment was well written, organized and had credible, reliable
resources. However, you assignment is not written in APA format, which
is a requirement for all assessments.
I strongly encourage you to reach out to your tutor, who has wonderful
resources to help you with APA.
Here’s a link to the Capella Writing Center to learn more about
scholarly writing: https://campus.capella.edu/web/writing-center/home
Here’s a link to APA formatting that may be helpful:
http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx
