Assignment: Peer-reviewed Sources
Assignment: Peer-reviewed Sources
Research and Support:
a) Proposal Care Support: Summarize the research from evidence-based studies and peer-reviewed sources that led you to believe that your proposal would improve quality delivery of care within your organization.
b) Value-Based Support: Summarize the research from evidence-based studies and peer-reviewed sources that led you to believe that your proposal would improve value-based reimbursement for your organization.
c) Data Evidence: Detail the data from the organization or that you collected yourself that indicated the need for improvement, and explain how you drew your conclusions. Note: This data should consist of tracer data, performance improvement data, benchmarks, and so on.
d) Strategies: Detail existing interprofessional strategies that could be applied to your initiative and organization. e) Strategy Defense: Defend your recommended strategies in terms of their ability to improve nursing-sensitive quality indicators based on
relevant, reliable research. f) Change Theory: Analyze relevant theories of change that informed your proposed initiative and could help with implementation. g) Change Assessment: How applicable are change theories to promoting your intended initiative and to the type and structure of your healthcare
organization?
III. Implementation a) Quality Outcomes: What are the desired quality outcomes you hope to achieve through implementation of your initiative? Your outcomes
should be reasonable, measurable, and time-considerate to help monitor progress. b) Communication: Analyze the organizational processes for communicating change initiatives to determine the most effective paths/methods for
promoting the proposed initiative. c) Flow of Data: Discuss how the existing organizational processes will allow for improved or maintained flow of survey-required quality data that
may be valuable for tracking your initiative. d) Needed Leadership: Describe the behaviors of leadership and the role of leadership in implementing these strategies for change within the
organization. In other words, what responsibilities do leaders within your organization hold to ensure the implementation of the initiative?
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
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The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
