Create a 3-5 page annotated bibliography and summary based on
your research related to best practices addressing a current health care
problem or issue.
In your professional life, you will need to find credible
evidence to support your decisions and your plans of action. You will want to
keep abreast of best practices to help your organization adapt to the
ever-changing health care environment. Being adept at research will help you
find the information you need. For this assessment, you will research a health
care problem or issue faced by current health care organizations.
Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading
criteria in the scoring guide. At a minimum, be sure to address each point. In
addition, you are encouraged to review the performance-level descriptions for
each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.
For
this assessment, research best practices related to a current health care
problem. Your selected problem or issue will be utilized again in Assessment 4.
To explore your chosen topic, you should use the first two steps of the Socratic Problem-Solving Approach to
aid your critical thinking.
1.
Select one of the health
care problems or issues presented in the Assessment
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Supplement: Applying Research Skills [PDF]resource. Write a brief
overview of the selected health care problem or issue. In your overview:
o
Summarize the health
care problem or issue.
o
Describe the
professional relevance of this topic.
o
Describe any
professional experience you have with this topic.
2.
Identify peer-reviewed
articles relevant to this health care issue or problem.
o
Conduct a search for
scholarly or academic peer-reviewed literature related to the topic and
describe the criteria you used to search for articles, including the names of
the databases you used. You will select four current scholarly or academic
peer-reviewed journal articles published during the past 3–5 years that relate
to your topic.
§ Refer to the NHS-FPX4000:
Developing a Health Care Perspective Library Guide to help you locate
appropriate references.
o
Use keywords related to
the health care problem or issue you are researching to select relevant
articles.
3.
Assess the credibility
and explain relevance of the information sources you find.
o
Determine if the source
is from an academic peer-reviewed journal.
o
Determine if the
publication is current.
o
Determine if information
in the academic peer-reviewed journal article is still relevent
Assessment
02 – Applying Research Skills
For this
assessment, you will research best practices related to a current health care
problem.
Your
selected problem or issue will be utilized again in Assessment 4. Before you
complete the
instructions
detailed in the courseroom, first select one of the following health care
problems or
issues:
· Medication Errors
o Description:
A medication error is a preventable adverse effect of a patient
taking
the wrong medication or dosage, whether or not it is evident or harmful to
the
patient. Medication errors can be a source of serious patient harm, including
death.
o Interventions:
Electronic prescribing, pharmacist reviews, patient education.
o Keywords:
Adverse drug events, medication reconciliation, patient safety,
medication
administration, medication errors, medication safety.
· Healthcare System Errors
o Description:
The health care system in the United States has been the subject
of much
debate as experts try to determine the best way to deliver high-quality
care.
Healthcare system errors are flaws or mistakes in the healthcare delivery
system
that can lead to patient harm or suboptimal outcomes.
o Interventions:
Quality improvement initiatives, error reporting systems, staff
training,
system-wide transformation, process redesign, electronic health
records.
o Keywords:
Patient safety, medical malpractice, system-based errors.
After
you have selected one of the problems/issues from the list above, return to the
detailed
instructions
in the courseroom to complete your assessment.
1
Your assessment should also meet the following
requirements:
·
Length: 3–5 typed, double-spaced pages, not
including the title page and reference page.
·
Font
and font size: Times New Roman, 12
point.
·
APA
tutorial: Use the APA
Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] for guidance.
·
Written
communication: Write clearly and
logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
·
Content: Provide a title page and reference
page following APA style.
·
References: Use at least four scholarly or
academic peer-reviewed journal articles.
·
APA
format: Follow current APA
guidelines for in-text citation of outside sources in the body of your paper
and also on the reference page.
