HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 1 Discussion

Describe your practicum setting. What project are you proposing to accomplish? What time management strategies will you use? Outline how a typical week will look for you moving forward. (While this does not have to be to the minute, it should be detailed enough to include family, work, and school responsibilities.)

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 2 Discussion

Discuss how the Triple Aim is related to health care quality. Why is high-impact leadership recommended to organizations trying to achieve the Triple Aim?

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 3 Discussion

Choose three change models to discuss. What are their similarities? What makes them different? Which model best fits your project? Provide your rationale.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 4 Discussion

Investigate to learn if your practicum project will affect or be affected by any organizational, state, or federal accreditations and standards. Which ones? Do these cause a barrier to your project? (Do not forget standards of practice for different professions.)

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 5 Discussion

Discuss how systems thinking can be used to promote a culture of safety. Provide an example from your practicum site.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 6 Discussion

Describe and discuss three evidence based patient safety tools (i.e., PDSA model). Provide examples of when each would be used. Which tool would be the most appropriate to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of your project?

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 7 Discussion

We live in a world of increased information technology. In health care, these advances are often designed to help us avoid errors. However, they often come with their own safety risks. Choose a type of information technology used by health care professionals (other than the electronic medical record) and discuss the safety risks that it poses.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 8 Discussion

The role of project manager can be informal or formal and is often dependent on the size of the project. Provide an example when a project management professional (PMP) might be necessary relative to quality improvement and patient safety. Use personal experience if applicable. What strategies would you expect to see from PMP while managing one or several projects? Discuss the role leadership plays in managing a team to successful project implementation.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 9 Discussion

Discuss how an effective leader would facilitate conflict resolution in an interprofessional team setting. Provide an example from your professional life.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 10 Discussion

Organizations tend to follow a preferred quality improvement process. Describe the plan for process improvement at your practicum organization. Discuss how one of the early pioneers of quality improvement has influenced the way quality improvement is viewed at your practicum site today.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 11 Discussion

What level of stakeholders must receive education and training when a quality improvement project is put into place? Explain your rationale and provide an example.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 12 Discussion

In the frame of your project, what will successful outcomes be? What measures are you putting into place to measure your outcomes? In other words, how will you know your project is successful?

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 13 Discussion

Describe how personal values and worldview influence ethical decision making. Provide professional examples.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 14 Discussion

Describe what tools would be best to analyze your project’s data for effectiveness. What type of data would you be watching for to know if your project should be revised? What type of data or occurrence would make you consider halting your project?

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 15 Discussion

How does data-driven decision making affect quality improvement? Provide at least one example when you have seen this used in your professional life.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 16 Discussion

Post your dissemination video for peer feedback. Be respectful and offer creative feedback (no more than two) to videos.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 3 Assignment

Practicum Journal 1

Assessment Description

Journaling provides a valuable tool for recording, reflecting on, and reviewing your learning. This approach provides an opportunity for you to “connect the dots” and observe the relationships between activities, interactions, and outcomes.

Unlike a personal journal of thoughts and feelings, this practicum journal is a record of your activities, assessments, and learning related to this academic experience.

Journal entries should include a record of the number of hours spent with your nurse leader each week.

Write a reflective journal entry of 750-1,500 words answering the following:

Practicum Activities Reflection: Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in your practicum setting during Weeks 1-2.

Health Care Quality & Patient Safety: What are the different elements of the strategic planning process? How can this process benefit both health care organizations and your practicum project?

Practicum Project Preparation: Summarize your practicum project. What short- and long-term goals have you set for this project? Explain your rationale.

Evidence: Find a current article related to something you have done in your practicum during the past two weeks. Relate the article to your experience.

APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, but solid academic writing is expected. The “Practicum Journal Template” is required for this assignment. All citations and references must be written in APA format.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 5 Assignment

Practicum Journal 2

Assessment Description

Journaling provides a valuable tool for recording, reflecting on, and reviewing your learning. This approach provides an opportunity for you to “connect the dots” and observe the relationships between activities, interactions, and outcomes.

Unlike a personal journal of thoughts and feelings, this practicum journal is a record of your activities, assessments, and learning related to this academic experience.

Journal entries should include a record of the number of hours spent with your nurse preceptor each week.

Write a reflective journal entry of 750-1,500 words answering the following:

Practicum Activities Reflection: Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in your practicum setting during Weeks 3-4.

Health Care Quality & Patient Safety: Differentiate between safety and quality in relation to healthcare. What is their relationship? How are they connected? How are they different?

Practicum Project Preparation: How is the need for patient safety or quality improvement change identified? Summarize the process and results of your specific needs assessment, including any tools used. What type of data was analyzed? How will this change improve health care quality and/or patient safety?

Evidence: What role does data play in quality improvement projects?

APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, but solid academic writing is expected. The “Practicum Journal Template” is required for this assignment. All citations and references must be written in APA format.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 6 Assignment

Level of Risk in Practicum Project

Assessment Description

The purpose of this assignment is to assess the level of risk for the issue of focus in the practicum project and to determine if the practicum site is a high-reliability organization.

Include the following in a 1,000-1,250 word paper:

Briefly describe your quality/safety improvement project.

Assess the 13 categories of enterprise risk management, as mentioned by Beaudin and Pelletier (2018) in the textbook. Provide the rationale why each category does or does not apply to your project.

Describe how the practicum project will help to mitigate one or more of these risks.

Discuss what a high-reliability organization is.

Describe why it is important for high-reliability organizations to be mindful.

Explain whether the practicum site is a high-reliability organization. Provide your rationale.

APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, but solid academic writing is expected. All citations and references must be written in APA format.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 7 Assignment

Practicum Journal 3

Assessment Description

Journaling provides a valuable tool for recording, reflecting on, and reviewing your learning. This approach provides an opportunity for you to “connect the dots” and observe the relationships between activities, interactions, and outcomes.

Unlike a personal journal of thoughts and feelings, this practicum journal is a record of your activities, assessments, and learning related to this academic experience.

Journal entries should include a record of the number of hours spent with your nurse preceptor each week.

Write a reflective journal entry of 750-1,500 words answering the following:

Practicum Activities Reflection: Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in your practicum setting during Weeks 5-6.

Health Care Quality & Patient Safety: Research the National Patient Safety Goals set for by AHRQ. Identify and discuss at least two your practicum project will address.

Practicum Project Preparation: With any project implementation, you will need to collaborate with an interprofessional team of stakeholders. Who are the stakeholders involved in your project? How are they involved? What role do they play in project support?

Evidence: Find a current article related to something you have done in your practicum during the past two weeks. Relate the article to your experience.

APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, but solid academic writing is expected. The “Practicum Journal Template” is required for this assignment. All citations and references must be written in APA format.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 8 Assignment

Project Timeline

Assessment Description

The purpose of this assignment is to develop a graphic timeline for the implementation of your project. At a minimum, be sure to include the deadline or timeframe for your:

Project approval

Education development

Staff education

Go-live date

Assessment

Reassessment

Include the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in each implementation step. Be sure to provide sufficient detail.

APA style is not required, but solid academic writing?is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 9 Assignment

Practicum Journal 4

Assessment Description

Journaling provides a valuable tool for recording, reflecting on, and reviewing your learning. This approach provides an opportunity for you to “connect the dots” and observe the relationships between activities, interactions, and outcomes.

Unlike a personal journal of thoughts and feelings, this practicum journal is a record of your activities, assessments, and learning related to this academic experience.

Journal entries should include a record of the number of hours spent with your nurse preceptor each week.

Write a reflective journal entry of 750-1,500 words answering the following:

Practicum Activities Reflection: Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in your practicum setting during Weeks 7-8.

Health Care Quality & Patient Safety: Describe the importance of interprofessional collaboration in health care.

Practicum Project Preparation: Prepare a communication plan for your stakeholders, referring to the timeline you made last week. Include education, implementation, and evaluation communication points.

Evidence: Find a current article related to something you have done in your practicum during the past two weeks. Relate the article to your experience.

APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, but solid academic writing is expected. The “Practicum Journal Template” is required for this assignment. All citations and references must be written in APA format.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 11 Assignment

Practicum Journal 5

Assessment Description

Journaling provides a valuable tool for recording, reflecting on, and reviewing your learning. This approach provides an opportunity for you to “connect the dots” and observe the relationships between activities, interactions, and outcomes.

Unlike a personal journal of thoughts and feelings, this practicum journal is a record of your activities, assessments, and learning related to this academic experience. Journal entries should include a record of the number of hours spent with your nurse preceptor each week.

Write a reflective journal entry of 750-1,500 words answering the following:

Practicum Activities Reflection: Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in your practicum setting during Weeks 9-10.

Health Care Quality & Patient Safety: Compare and contrast three quality process improvement tools. Which one is most applicable to your project?

Practicum Project Preparation: Discuss what type of staff development is necessary for your project. Will this be one-time or ongoing? How will you ensure it is completed?

Evidence: Find a current article related to something you have done in your practicum during the past two weeks. Relate the article to your experience.

APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, but solid academic writing is expected. The “Practicum Journal Template” is required for this assignment. All citations and references must be written in APA format.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 13 Assignment

Practicum Journal 6

Assessment Description

Journaling provides a valuable tool for recording, reflecting on, and reviewing your learning. This approach provides an opportunity for you to “connect the dots” and observe the relationships between activities, interactions, and outcomes.

Unlike a personal journal of thoughts and feelings, this practicum journal is a record of your activities, assessments, and learning related to this academic experience.

Journal entries should include a record of the number of hours spent with your nurse preceptor each week.

Write a reflective journal entry of 750-1,500 words answering the following:

Practicum Activities Reflection: Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in your practicum setting during Weeks 11-12.

Health Care Quality & Patient Safety: There are many different things that determine cost when implementing change. What cost factors should be reviewed prior to change implementation?

Practicum Project Preparation: What actual and potential barriers are you facing with your project implementation? How do you plan to challenge these?

Interprofessional Collaboration: Identify an ethical dilemma that is likely to be found in the health care setting. Describe how ethical principles are used by interprofessional teams to facilitate resolutions?

APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, but solid academic writing is expected. The “Practicum Journal Template” is required for this assignment. All citations and references must be written in APA format.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 15 Assignment

Benchmark – Practicum Evaluation

Assessment Description

Throughout your practicum experience, you have been designing and implementing a quality or safety improvement project. You will now assess that experience. Prior to beginning this paper, discuss the topics below with your preceptor. Include their feedback as well as your own.

In a 1,250-1,500-word document, discuss the following topics:

What was the focus of your practicum project? What were the goals you set?

How did you discover the need for this project? Describe how you found and interpreted the necessary data to identify your quality or safety improvement opportunity.

Discuss if you encountered any real or potential barriers during your practicum experience related to your project.

Outline the various evaluation strategies you used in the project. Explain why those strategies are most suitable for your project.

Discuss how the outcomes of your project will be measured. Is your project one that is sustainable or is it designed to be a single occurrence?

Evaluate the success of your project. If you were not able to implement your project, discuss why.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

Use a minimum of four peer-reviewed resources that are 5 years old or less as evidence to support your views.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

MSN Health Quality Safety

6.5: Develop evaluation strategies to monitor and modify quality and safety initiatives.

6.3: Interpret data in order to identify quality and safety improvement opportunities.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 16 Assignment

Project Dissemination

Assessment Description

As an expert moving forward, you will be the go-to person to ensure quality safety within an organization.

Create a 10-12-slide PowerPoint presentation, title and reference slides are not part of the count. Your presentation should include:

A brief summary of the project. Be sure to include why the project was needed.

Outline various evaluation strategies used in the project. Why were they used?

Describe how you would measure the project’s effectiveness.

Discuss at what intervals you did or would continue to evaluate the project.

Discuss will you monitor and modify safety initiatives. How will you communicate adjustments or redirection?

What are the next steps for the project?

You will use Loom to record yourself giving your presentation. Refer to topic Resources for additional information about Loom.

Your presentation should be professional. Submit only a Word document with the link to your Loom video.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, including an APA formatted reference slide, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

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  Week 5 Assignment

  Practicum Journal 2

  Assessment Description

  Journaling provides a valuable tool for recording, reflecting on, and reviewing your learning. This approach provides an opportunity for you to “connect the dots” and observe the relationships between activities, interactions, and outcomes.

  Unlike a personal journal of thoughts and feelings, this practicum journal is a record of your activities, assessments, and learning related to this academic experience.

  Journal entries should include a record of the number of hours spent with your nurse preceptor each week.

  Write a reflective journal entry of 750-1,500 words answering the following:

  Practicum Activities Reflection: Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in your practicum setting during Weeks 3-4.

  Health Care Quality & Patient Safety: Differentiate between safety and quality in relation to healthcare. What is their relationship? How are they connected? How are they different?

  Practicum Project Preparation: How is the need for patient safety or quality improvement change identified? Summarize the process and results of your specific needs assessment, including any tools used. What type of data was analyzed? How will this change improve health care quality and/or patient safety?

  Evidence: What role does data play in quality improvement projects?

  APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, but solid academic writing is expected. The “Practicum Journal Template” is required for this assignment. All citations and references must be written in APA format.

  This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

  You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.