Use of Resources to Promote Translation of Evidence into Practice

For this Discussion, you are asked to evaluate the use of a health information system and other resources in your practicum setting. What are the implications of resource use in terms of planning for and implementing your proposed evidence-based change?

To prepare:

• Consider the benefits and limitations of the use of a      health information system within your practicum setting. What impact do      you think this might have for your proposed evidence-based change? Draw      upon at least one relevant example of a current or previous change      initiative at your setting as you assess this. (If your setting does not      have a health information system, you can still discuss the benefits and      limitations of not having a health information system as it relates to      this change.)
• What other resources (e.g., financial, staffing,      materials) are important to consider as well? Why?
• Be prepared to support your Discussion postings with      evidence from the literature and specific examples related to your      practicum setting.

By tomorrow Wednesday 4/3/19  2pm write a minimum of 550 words essay in APA format with at least 3 references (see list or required readings below). Include the level one headers as numbered below:

Post a cohesive response that addresses the following:

1) Within your practicum setting, what are the benefits and limitations of using a health information system? How might this impact planning for and implementing your proposed change?

2) Describe three potential resource considerations that could facilitate or inhibit your proposed change and explain your rationale.

Required Readings

White, K. M., & Dudley-Brown, S.(2016). Translation of evidence into nursing and health care practice. (2nd edition)  New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

• Review Chapter 9, “Project Planning      and the Work of Translation”

Coleman, C. (2015). Stimulating a Culture of Improvement: Introducing an Integrated Quality Tool for Organizational Self-Assessment. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 19(3), 261-264. doi:10.1188/15.CJON.261-264.

Holup, A. A., Gassoumis, Z. D., Wilber, K. H., & Hyer, K. (2016). Community Discharge of Nursing Home Residents: The Role of Facility Characteristics. Health Services Research, 51(2), 645-666. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12340.

Kondo, K., Damberg, C., Mendelson, A., Motu’apuaka, M., Freeman, M., O’Neil, M., & … Damberg, C. L. (2016). Implementation Processes and Pay for Performance in Healthcare: A Systematic Review. JGIM: Journal Of General Internal Medicine, 3161-69. doi:10.1007/s11606-015-3567-0

                                    Discussion: Improving Quality

Improving the quality of health care delivery and patient safety continues to be a political concern and has been at the heart of reform issues for many years. The American Nurses Association (ANA) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) have increased awareness of health care quality and safety issues, as well as advocated for health care reform. The documents featured at the ANA and IOM websites listed in this week’s Learning Resources focus on many of the current issues surrounding quality and safety in the health care industry. 

                                              To prepare:

Review this week’s Learning Resources, focusing on the Six Aims for Improvement presented in the landmark report “Crossing the Quality Chasm: The IOM Health Care Quality Initiative.” 

Consider these six aims with regard to your current organization, or one with which you are familiar. In what areas have you seen improvement? What areas still present challenges? As a nurse leader, how can you contribute to improving the organization’s achievement of these aims?

Select one specific quality or safety issue that is presenting a challenge in the organization. Consider at least one quality improvement strategy that could be used to address the issue, as well as which of the six aims for improvement would then be addressed.

Reflect on your professional practice and your experiences with inter-professional collaboration to improve quality and safety. How has inter-professional collaboration contributed to your organization’s efforts to realize the IOM’s six aims for improving health care? Where has inter-professional collaboration been lacking?

Post a description of the quality or safety issue you selected and a brief summary of the impact that this issue has on health care delivery. Describe at least one quality improvement strategy used to address this issue. Then explain which of the six “aims for improvement” are addressed by the strategy. Finally, explain how inter-professional collaboration helps improve quality in this area.

                                           Required Readings

Knickman, J. R., & Kovner, A. R. (Eds.). (2015). Health care delivery in the united states (11th ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing.

Chapter 13, “High Quality Health Care” (pp. 273–295)

Chapter 2, “A Visual Overview of Health Care Delivery in the United States” (pp. 13–27) 

These chapters discuss the current state of health care quality, as well as efforts to measure and improve quality.

Chapter 14, “Managing and Governing Health Care Organizations” (pp. 297–309)

This chapter details the vital importance of developing a better understanding of why and how heath care organizations are governed and managed in order to improve accountability.

CHECK THE BOOK,  DOCUMENT, AND MEDIA PRESENTATION VIDEO  ATTACHED BELLOW TO COMPLETE THE DISCUSSION QUESTION

USE REFERENCES

Instructions

Writing and Pronunciation – Including QEP Enhanced Assignment

—Urology and Obstetrics & Gynecology Departments

By the due date assigned you will write 2 reports referring to the departments of

 Urology (Genitourinary System) and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Female Reproductive System). For the Urology Department, you write a 2 paragraph report and use that for the script of your Oral Report. For the Female Reproductive System, there are 2 audio clips containing spoken medical terms. See Instructions below for the special directions for this section only.

In order to earn the maximum credit for the written report you need to incorporate at least 10 medical terms for each department, using them in a manner that demonstrates your knowledge of their meaning.

• Include the major or most common diseases or conditions seen in each department.
• Include at least three of the principal procedures that are relevant to each department.
• Highlight pertinent laboratory and radiological diagnostic services relevant to each department.
• Limit your analysis of each department to two paragraphs.
• Special Addition of QEP Assignment for Spoken Medical Terminology.
• In addition, we have something for you auditory learners who prefer to listen for understanding. (This week only!) This only applies to the Female Reproductive Body System.
• Instructions: click on the audio clips to hear a Healthcare Professional describing 2 patients admitted to your fictitious hospital. One is a patient with a gynecological problem, and one is a patient with an obstetric problem. There are many medical terms used. You are to identify at least 20 (10 from each patient) medical terms, and list them with correct spelling, and a definition in your own words (to verify understanding! Copying a definition can bypass the brain altogether!)  Put your list in an MS Word doc. File and place that into the Submissions Area. (This might push down your other assignments already submitted, but the files are still safely in there and retrievable by your Instructor.)

Don’t forget your references!

Read chapter 29 and 30 of the class textbook and review the attached PowerPoint presentations.  Once done answer the following questions;     

1.  In your own words and quoting the appropriate evidence-based references define what is family and the different types of family.  Please tell us what type of family do you belong?  

2.   How do you feel that the value system differs from that of your parents? And from your grandparents? Why have these changes come about? As practicing nurses, why is it important to consider these generational differences in values and beliefs?     

3.  Discuss traditional health beliefs & practices that have been passed down by families. Are these cultural or regional beliefs? Do you continue to practice any of the same things? Why or why not?    

4.  How do you believe that family members and their upbringing have affected your own health or could affect a patient/individual’s health? Discuss positive & negative effects as well as physical, emotional & spiritual health. Give some examples.  

As stated in the syllabus the assignment must be presented in an APA format word document, Arial 12 font attached to the forum on the discussion board.  A minimum of 3 evidenced-based references must be used and 2 replies to any of your peers sustained with the appropriate references must be posted.  Only the assignment must be attached in a word document in the forum, replies do not.  References must be no older than 5 years.  A minimum of 700 words is required.  Please follow the instructions on how to present the first page and the name of the assignment when you post should be Week 9 discussion questions, not my name or blackboard posting.

Details: Benchmark – Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal

Students are required to maintain weekly reflective narratives throughout the course to combine into one course-long reflective journal that integrates leadership and inquiry into current practice as it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum course.

In your journal, you will reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout this course. The journal should address a variable combination of the following, depending on your specific practice immersion clinical experiences:

1. New practice approaches

2. Intraprofessional collaboration

3. Health care delivery and clinical systems

4. Ethical considerations in health care

5. Population health concerns

6. The role of technology in improving health care outcomes

7. Health policy

8. Leadership and economic models

9. Health disparities

Students will outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and finally, how the student met the competencies aligned to this course.

Students will develop a 1,250-1,500-word paper that includes the following information as it applies to the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need profiled in the capstone change proposal:

solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, you are required to retrieve and assess a minimum of 8 peer-reviewed articles. an abstract is not required, CITE WEBSITE SOURCE.