Assessment 2
Assessing the Problem: Quality,
Safety, and Cost Considerations
Instructions:
In a 4–7 page written
assessment, assess the effect of the patient, family, or population problem
you’ve previously defined on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to
the system and individual. Plan to spend approximately 2 direct practicum hours
exploring these aspects of the problem with the patient, family, or group
you’ve chosen to work with and, if desired, consulting with subject matter and
industry experts. Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these
individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form.
Report on your experiences during your first two practicum hours.
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Introduction
Organizational data,
such as readmission rates, hospital-acquired infections, falls, medication
errors, staff satisfaction, serious safety events, and patient experience can
be used to prioritize time, resources, and finances. Health care organizations
and government agencies use benchmark data to compare the quality of
organizational services and report the status of patient safety. Professional
nurses are key to comprehensive data collection, reporting, and monitoring of
metrics to improve quality and patient safety.
Preparation
In this assessment,
you’ll assess the effect of the health problem you’ve defined on the quality of
care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual. Plan to spend at
least 2 direct practicum hours working with the same patient, family, or group.
During this time, you may also choose to consult with subject matter and
industry experts.
To prepare for the
assessment:
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Review the assessment
instructions and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work you will
be asked to complete and how it will be assessed.
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Conduct research of the
scholarly and professional literature to inform your assessment and meet
scholarly expectations for supporting evidence.
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Review the Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 2 [PDF] Download Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 2 [PDF], which
provides guidance for conducting this portion of your practicum.
Note: As you revise your writing, check out the resources
listed on the Writing Center’s Writing Support page.
Instructions
Complete this assessment
in two parts.
Part 1
Assess the effect of the
patient, family, or population problem you defined in the previous assessment
on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
Plan to spend at least 2 practicum hours exploring these aspects of the problem
with the patient, family, or group. During this time, you may also consult with
subject matter and industry experts of your choice. Document the time spent
(your practicum hours) with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic
Portal Volunteer Experience Form. Use the Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 2 [PDF] Download Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 2 [PDF]provided for
this assessment to guide your work and interpersonal interactions.
Part 2
Report on your
experiences during your first 2 practicum hours, including how you presented
your ideas about the health problem to the patient, family, or group.
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Whom did you meet with?
o
What did you learn from
them?
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Comment on the
evidence-based practice (EBP) documents or websites you reviewed.
o
What did you learn from
that review?
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Share the process and
experience of exploring the influence of leadership, collaboration,
communication, change management, and policy on the problem.
o
What barriers, if any,
did you encounter when presenting the problem to the patient, family, or group?
§
Did the patient, family,
or group agree with you about the presence of the problem and its significance
and relevance?
§
What leadership,
communication, collaboration, or change management skills did you employ during
your interactions to overcome these barriers or change the patient’s, family’s,
or group’s thinking about the problem (for example, creating a sense of urgency
based on data or policy requirements)?
o
What changes, if any,
did you make to your definition of the problem, based on your discussions?
o
What might you have done
differently?
Requirements
The assessment
requirements, outlined below, correspond to the scoring guide criteria, so be
sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for
each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, note the
additional requirements for document format and length and for supporting
evidence.
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Explain how the patient,
family, or population problem impacts the quality of care, patient safety, and
costs to the system and individual.
o
Cite evidence that
supports the stated impact.
o
Note whether the
supporting evidence is consistent with what you see in your nursing practice.
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Explain how state board
nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies can
affect the problem’s impact on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs
to the system and individual.
o
Describe research that
has tested the effectiveness of these standards and/or policies in addressing
care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
o
Explain how these
standards and/or policies will guide your actions in addressing care quality,
patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
o
Describe the effects of
local, state, and federal policies or legislation on your nursing scope of
practice, within the context of care quality, patient safety, and cost to the
system and individual.
·
Propose strategies to
improve the quality of care, enhance patient safety, and reduce costs to the
system and individual.
o
Discuss research on the
effectiveness of these strategies in addressing care quality, patient safety,
and costs to the system and individual.
o
Identify relevant and
available sources of benchmark data on care quality, patient safety, and costs
to the system and individual.
o
Document the time spent
(your practicum hours) with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic
Portal Volunteer Experience Form.
·
Use paraphrasing and
summarization to represent ideas from external sources.
·
Apply APA style and
formatting to scholarly writing.
Additional Requirements
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Format: Format your paper using APA style. APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] is provided
to help you in writing and formatting your paper. Be sure to include:
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A title page and
reference page. An abstract is not required.
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Appropriate section
headings.
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Length: Your paper should be approximately 5–7 pages in length,
not including the reference page.
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Supporting evidence: Cite at least 5 sources of scholarly or professional
evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five
years old. Provide in-text citations and references in APA format.
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Proofreading: Proofread your paper, before you submit it, to minimize
errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus
on its substance.
Capella Academic Portal
Update the total number
of hours on the NURS-FPX4900 Volunteer Experience Form in Capella Academic Portal.
The BSN Capstone Course
(NURS-FPX4900 ) requires the completion and documentation of nine (9) practicum
hours. All hours must be recorded in the Capella Academic Portal. Please review
the BSN Practicum Campus page for
more information and instructions on how to log your hours.
Competencies Measured
By successfully
completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the
following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
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Competency 3: Transform
processes to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and reduce the cost of
care.
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Explain how a patient,
family, or population problem impacts the quality of care, patient safety, and
costs to the system and individual.
o
Propose strategies to
improve the quality of care, enhance patient safety, and reduce costs to the
system and individual and document the practicum hours spent with these
individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form.
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Competency 5: Analyze
the impact of health policy on quality and cost of care.
o
Explain how state board
nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies can
affect a patient, family, or population problem’s impact on the quality of
care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
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Competency 8: Integrate
professional standards and values into practice.
o
Use paraphrasing and
summarization to represent ideas from external sources.
o
Apply APA style and
formatting to scholarly writing.
