Evaluation of Plan Effectiveness Criteria

Implementation plan

Name:

Institution:

Course:

Date:

Selected group

The implementation process will experiment on two families chosen from the African American community. The inclusion criteria are such that one of the family members has been diagnosed with a respiratory disorder. For the first family, the father has been diagnosed with acute respiratory distress syndrome. The family is nuclear with a son and a daughter both in the university. The wife is a teacher in one of the local secondary schools. The second family is extended in nature. In this case, it is the wife who has been diagnosed with emphysema disease. The husband is a professor in one of the universities (Ortega, 2015). They have a son and a daughter. Their daughter is a nurse in a local healthcare facility while the son works in New York City and an organization director. They live with their nephew who is still a university student studying pure mathematics. The criteria for choosing the family involved evaluation of their knowledge concerning respiratory infections, their financial capabilities, and educational levels. The two families both had high education al levels and constituted members belonging to the working class (Miller, 2014). They, however, lacked proper healthcare knowledge more so when it comes to respiratory illnesses. They were chosen with an aim of achieving the desired outcome of the program.

The section of the strategy to be implemented for the two families chosen is awareness program and usual medical procedures (Ortega, 2015). The awareness program is designed to enlighten the families concerning respiratory infections. The awareness will be created in the following categories:

· Creation of awareness on possible causes of the various respiratory diseases. For the first family, the emphasis will be laid on acute respiratory distress syndrome while for the second family, emphasis will be on emphysema.

· Creation of awareness on ways to take care patients with respiratory illness. The section will focus on the family members both the nuclear and extended ones. The content will include behavior, interaction with the patient and patient diet.

· Creation of awareness on environmental management. This will focus on enlightening the families of how to keep their environment free from all forms of pollution with an emphasis on air pollution. Indoor air pollution will be a major focus for the second family.

The awareness creation strategy is aimed at:

i. Creating a favorable environment in the family for the patient and the care nurses.

ii. Create an understanding of all the perspectives of the illnesses identified on the side of the family members.

The second phase of the intervention program is the usual medication. This phase is conducted simultaneously with the awareness creation phase. It is the curative aspect of the program.

Risks tackled

The possible impact of air pollution is something that the society may not be well aware of thus the high rate of respiratory infection among members of the African American community. The problem with the second family was attributed to excessive smoking and breathing in of polluted air (Miller, 2014). The program aims at reducing the likelihood of the other family members suffering from the same illnesses. It also aims at eliminating the risks associated with corporation failure between the patient, family members and the nurses proving the care.

Implementation program and process

The patient diagnosis is already done and medication prescribed. The two phases of the program which appear separate will be undertaken concurrently. This is because their effectiveness relies on each other (Ortega, 2015). Aspects such as prescription adherence to prescription and drug schedule require the creation of awareness.

The program will run for twelve weeks. After the end of the regular monitoring, follow up activity will be done after three weeks and the last one after six weeks (Ortega, 2015). The impact of the implementation should be evident after twenty-one weeks.

Required resources

i. Four Nurse practitioners. Each family will be assigned two nurses working in shifts for the twelve weeks.

ii. One medical consultant who is responsible for providing expertise on drug issues.

iii. Financial resources. This includes those used for running the program and purchasing the drugs used during the implementation period.

References

Miller, R. H. (2014). Managed care plan performance since 1980: a literature analysis. New York: McGraw-Hill. Ortega, A. N. (2015). Policy dilemmas in minority health care and implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Annual review of public Health.