Develop an intervention (your capstone project), as a solution to the patient,

Develop
an intervention (your capstone project), as a solution to the patient,
family, or population problem you’ve defined. Submit the proposed
intervention to the faculty for review and approval. This solution needs
to be implemented (shared) with your patient, family, or group. You are
not to share your intervention with your patient, family, or group or
move on to Assessment 5 before your faculty reviews/approves the
solution you submit in Assessment 4. In a separate written deliverable,
write a 5–7 page analysis of your intervention.

In your first three assessments, you applied new knowledge
and insight gleaned from the literature, from organizational data, and
from direct consultation with the patient, family, or group (and perhaps
with subject matter and industry experts) to your assessment of the
problem. You’ve examined the problem from the perspectives of
leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, policy,
quality of care, patient safety, costs to the system and individual,
technology, care coordination, and community resources. Now it’s time to
turn your attention to proposing an intervention (your capstone
project), as a solution to the problem.

In this assessment, you’ll develop an intervention as a
solution to the health problem you’ve defined. To prepare for the
assessment, think about an appropriate intervention, based on your work
in the preceding assessments, that will produce tangible, measurable
results for the patient, family, or group. In addition, you might
consider using a root cause analysis to explore the underlying reasons
for a problem and as the basis for developing and implementing an action
plan to address the problem. Some appropriate interventions include the
following:

• Creating an educational brochure.
• Producing an educational voice-over PowerPoint presentation or video focusing on your topic.
• Creating a teaching plan for your patient, family, or group.
• Recommending work process or workflow changes addressing your topic.

Plan to spend at least 3 direct practicum hours working with the same patient, family, or group.

In addition, you may wish to complete the following:

• 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.
• Conduct sufficient research of the scholarly and
  professional literature to inform your work and meet scholarly
  expectations for supporting evidence.

Note: As you revise your writing, check out the resources listed on the Writing Center’s Writing Support page.

Complete this assessment in two parts: (a) develop an
intervention as a solution to the problem and (b) submit your proposed
intervention, with a written analysis, to your faculty for review and
approval.

Part 1

Develop an intervention, as a solution to the problem, based
on your assessment and supported by data and scholarly, evidence-based
sources.

Incorporate relevant aspects of the following considerations that shaped your understanding of the problem:

• Leadership.
• Collaboration.
• Communication.
• Change management.
• Policy.
• Quality of care.
• Patient safety.
• Costs to the system and individual.
• Technology.
• Care coordination.
• Community resources.

Part 2

Submit your proposed intervention to your faculty for review and approval.

In a separate written deliverable, write a 5–7 page analysis of your intervention.

• Summarize the patient, family, or population problem.
• Explain why you selected this problem as the focus of your project.
• Explain why the problem is relevant to your professional practice and to the patient, family, or group.

In addition, address the requirements outlined below. These
requirements correspond to the scoring guide criteria for this
assessment, 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.

• Define the role of leadership and change management in addressing the problem.
  • Explain how leadership and change management strategies influenced the development of your proposed intervention.
  • Explain how nursing ethics informed the development of your proposed intervention.
  • Include a copy of the intervention/solution/professional product.
• Propose strategies for communicating and collaborating
  with the patient, family, or group to improve outcomes associated with
  the problem.
  • Identify the patient, family, or group.
  • Discuss the benefits of gathering their input to improve care associated with the problem.
  • Identify best-practice strategies from the literature for effective communication and collaboration to improve outcomes.
• Explain how state board nursing practice standards
  and/or organizational or governmental policies guided the development of
  your proposed intervention.
  • Cite the standards and/or policies that guided your work.
  • Describe research that has tested the effectiveness of these standards and/or policies in improving outcomes for this problem.
• Explain how your proposed intervention will improve the
  quality of care, enhance patient safety, and reduce costs to the system
  and individual.
  • Cite evidence from the literature that supports your conclusions.
  • Identify relevant and available sources of
    benchmark data on care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system
    and individual.
• Explain how technology, care coordination, and the utilization of community resources can be applied in addressing the problem.
  • Cite evidence from the literature that supports your conclusions.
• Write concisely and directly, using active voice.
• Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references.

• Format: Format the written analysis of your intervention using APA style. APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] is provided to help you in writing and formatting your paper. Be sure to include:
  • A title page and reference page. An abstract is not required.
  • Appropriate section headings.
• Length: Your paper should be approximately 5–7 pages in length, not including the reference page.
• Supporting evidence: Cite at least five
  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.
• 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.

Portfolio Prompt: Save your intervention to your ePortfolio.
After you complete your program, you may want to consider leveraging
your portfolio as part of a job search or other demonstration of your
academic and professional competencies.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and
scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Lead people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes.
  • Define the role of leadership and change
    management in addressing a patient, family, or population health problem
    and includes a copy of intervention/solution/professional product.
• Competency 3: Transform processes to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and reduce the cost of care.
  • Explain how a proposed intervention to address a
    patient, family, or population health problem will improve the quality
    of care, enhance patient safety, and reduce costs to the system and
    individual.
• Competency 4: Apply health information and patient care technology to improve patient and systems outcomes.
  • Explain how technology, care coordination, and
    the utilization of community resources can be applied in addressing a
    patient, family, or population health problem.
• Competency 5: Analyze the impact of health policy on quality and cost of care.
  • Explain how state board nursing practice
    standards and/or organizational or governmental policies guided the
    development of a proposed intervention.
• Competency 6: Collaborate interprofessionally to improve patient and population outcomes.
  • Propose strategies for communicating and
    collaborating with a patient, family, or group to improve outcomes
    associated with a patient, family, or population health problem.
• Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.
  • Write concisely and directly, using active voice.
  • Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references.