Students are expected to submit assignments by the time they are due. Assignments submitted after the due date and time will receive a deduction of 10% of the total points possible for that assignment for each day the assignment is late. Assignments will be accepted, with penalty as described, up to a maximum of three days late, after which point a zero will be recorded for the assignment. Quizzes and discussions are not considered assignments and are not part of the late assignment policy. 

Total Points Possible: 200  

Requirements: 

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) was formed to ensure quality of patient care and measurement of patient outcomes with set standards.

Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is a performance measurement tool used by millions of health insurance plans. There are 6 domains of care:

• Effectiveness of Care.
• Access/Availability of Care.
• Experience of Care.
• Utilization and Risk Adjusted Utilization.
• Health Plan Descriptive Information.
• Measures Collected Using Electronic Clinical Data Systems

You may access the 6 domains of care by clicking this link:

(NCQA, n.d. https://www.ncqa.org/hedis/ (Links to an external site.))

As an APN, productivity will be an important measurement for the practice to determine reimbursement and salary. Fee-for-service practices will require a set number of patients per day to maintain productivity. A capitated practice will require the APN to have a large panel of patients but also will focus on controlling costs. This can be accomplished through effective primary care that is accessible, convenient for the patients and has a method of measuring quality of care.

Write a formal paper in APA format with title page, introduction, the three required elements below, conclusion and reference page.

You are now employed as an NP in primary care. Choose one performance measure from one of the six domains of care, i.e. Adult BMI Assessment, Prenatal and Postpartum care, etc.

Develop three different patient interventions for that one performance measure and how you would specifically implement the intervention and measure the outcomes for that particular performance measure in clinical practice.

How would these primary care interventions result in improved patient outcomes and health care cost savings?

How can these interventions result in improved NP patient ratings?

Library Assignment (CINAHL& Medline Search & APA Citation) –

Objective:  Identify appropriate methods of utilizing selected library database systems.

The purpose of the library assignment is (1) to learn to use CINAHL & Medline and (2) to become familiar with APA citation format. 

You will visit the CFK Library to learn to use CINAHL and Medline databases.  CINAHL is the acronym for Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature.  It is designed specifically to meet the information needs of nurses and allied health professionals. 

Go to the CFK Library’s homepage to access the electronic version of CINAHL or Medline:                              

• Click “Databases A-Z”
• Scroll down and select CINAHL and then Medline
• Follow the directions on the screen to begin searching.

For this assignment, you are required to:

• Conduct a CINAHL and/or Medline search for articles published in the last five years (2016-2021) on a Nursing topic of your choice (GLAUCOMA). Each article must be a minimum of 6 pages.

1. Identify the topic of your search and discuss why you chose this topic. (Introduction)
2. Provide a brief summary of the most important/interesting information from each of the articles that you have located and read. Cite a direct quote and a paraphrased quote in the summary of each of the 4 articles. This section should be at least 4 paragraphs, one for each article (body of the paper).
3. Conclude with a summary to end the paper.
4. Prepare your citations in a reference list of the (four articles) using APA format
   • A good website providing information on APA Documentation is the APA Formatting and Style Guide is The OWL at Purdue, they 
   • have a sample paper that is very helpful to look at and we have a reference APA book in the Upper Keys library as well. The library home page gives you additional information as well.

Grading Criteria

                ___/50  Conduct CINAHL Search. 

                                ___/10 Grammar, sentence structure, spelling.

                                ___/10 Include 4 references that meet the currency and page limit criteria.

                              ___/30 Write a paper that includes an introduction as to why you chose your topic of interest. The body of the paper should include a brief summary of each of the articles you chose. Conclude with a summary to end the paper. APA format must be correctly used for the citations in your paper. You must use at least one direct quote (exactly as written in article) and paraphrased quote (put in your own words) for each of the articles correctly. (turn in all articles with your paper with the quoted areas highlighted in the articles).

              ___/10  APA Citations (Reference page)

                      ___/2 Alphabetical

                      ___/2 Correct sequence and format (author, date, article title, journal title,                                                volume, number, page)

                    ___/2 Journal title italicized

                    ___/2 Capitalize only the first word of the article title and of the subtitle

                    ___/2 Correct format (parentheses, commas, etc.)

Examples:  Sample paper can be found at the Owl at Purdue website or use the APA 7th edition  manual (ask the library staff for assistance).

PLEASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS GRAMMAR AND SPELL CHECK ! NO PLAGIARISM