Quality Improvement Paper
TOPIC: ICU delirium
Overview:
You will select an opportunity for improvement from within your healthcare organization. To do so, you must have data that supports performance that is not in line with organizational/national benchmark data (ex. Falls, Patient Satisfaction, Infection rates, ED through-put, lengths of stay, etc). You will discuss your idea with someone from the organization to determine priority projects. You will write a Quality Improvement Paper that will be no more than 20 pages, in APA 7th edition format (double spaced, 12 point font), excluding title and reference pages.
This project will be guided by the FOCUS-PDSA quality improvement framework. To assist you with this process, throughout the course, we will discuss each component of the model and have corresponding assignments that will help you shape your project.
Assignment:
Quality Improvement Paper/Project – The project is due on by 11:55 pm EST on Saturday of Week 7. The page limit recommendations for each section are a guideline only!
MANDATORY PROJECT COMPONENTS
The following are requisites for this project:
Title Page (running head is NOT required for student papers)
Introduction (approx. 1-2 pages), to include:
Problem statement
Background
Data that is specific to your unit/organization that serves as the basis for a QI initiative. (May include graphs and charts as appendices, if allowed by the organization)
Literature Review (approx. 2-3 pages) (This should provide evidence to support interventions to address your issue)
Body – approx.12-15 pages
Evidence-based intervention that is being implemented
Plan for implementation, including the who, what, when, where and why
Ethical considerations
Required resources
Leadership theory to help guide implementation and sustain it
Change theory that will facilitate implementation
Evaluation procedures
Alternative processes, plan for sustainability
How will this improve outcomes? Are there any next steps?
Conclusion (approx. 0.5 page)
Summary and provide closure
References – a minimum of seven recent (within last 5-7 years), peer-reviewed sources. Remember, each reference must be cited as an “in-text citation” (within the body of the paper/project).
