improving quality of care

Thank you for submitting the first-course assignment on enhancing the quality and patient safety outcomes when delivering care. This assignment is the foundation upon which you will build the additional course assignments.

I really enjoyed evaluating the assignment and appreciate your hard work and effort. I look forward to reading your next assignment submission. I was wondering, from doing this assignment, have you changed anything in your own practice to ensure the quality of care is delivered and that patient safety is of priority? I hope that you can relate the course material and learning activities to real situations and changes in practice. I look forward to seeing how things evolve for you over the course.

Keep up the hard work! 

Sincerely,

Dr. Stayner

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COMPETENCY 1

Analyze the elements of a successful quality improvement initiative.

CRITERION

Analyze factors that lead to patient safety risks.

Your result: Proficient

Distinguished

Explains evidence-based and best practice solutions to improve patient safety focusing on medication administration and reducing costs. Makes explicit reference to scholarly or professional resources to support explanation.

Proficient

Explains evidence-based and best-practice solutions to improve patient safety focusing on medication administration and reducing costs.

Basic

Identifies evidence-based and best-practice solutions to improve patient safety focusing on medication administration and/or discusses reducing costs but not both.

Non-Performance

Does not identify evidence-based and best-practice solutions to improve patient safety focusing on medication administration and reducing costs.

Faculty Comments:

Good work here explaining evidence-based and best practice strategies related to the patient-safety risk of med errors and the importance of training and minimizing hazards. To achieve the distinguished level, you needed to make the connection between the risk concern and impact on cost and to support your finding with credible resources.  

COMPETENCY 2

Analyze factors that lead to patient safety risks.

CRITERION

Analyze the elements of a successful quality improvement initiative.

Your result: Proficient

Distinguished

Explains factors leading to a specific patient-safety risk focusing on medication administration. Makes reference to specific data, evidence, or standards illustrate the safety risk.

Proficient

Explains factors leading to a specific patient-safety risk focusing on medication administration.

Basic

Identifies factors leading to a specific patient-safety risk focusing on medication administration.

Non-Performance

Does not identify factors leading to a specific patient-safety risk focusing on medication administration.

Faculty Comments:

I think that you did a great job identifying the factors that lead to the specific patient-risk of med errors when it comes to administering meds. To reach the next level, you could refer to the data about how many are impacted and provide evidence to illustrate the safety risk concern. Remember to cite a source.

COMPETENCY 3

Explain the nurse's role in coordinating care to enhance quality and reduce costs.

CRITERION

Identify organizational interventions to promote patient safety.

Your result: Non-Performance

Distinguished

Explains how nurses can help coordinate care to increase patient safety with medication administration and reduce costs, providing specific examples related to a patient safety risk.

Proficient

Explains how nurses can help coordinate care to increase patient safety with medication administration and reduce costs.

Basic

Identifies how nurses can help coordinate care to increase patient safety with medication administration and/or how to reduce costs but not both.

Non-Performance

Does not identify how nurses can help coordinate care to increase patient safety with medication administration and reduce costs.

Faculty Comments:

Did not see this section addressed in the paper. Can you please add a level 1 heading and the missing content and HIGHLIGHT the added information? So, already exist at the facility that can be used to implement the safety improvement plan?

CRITERION

Explain the nurse's role in coordinating care to enhance quality and reduce costs.

Your result: Non-Performance

Distinguished

Identifies stakeholders with whom nurses would need to coordinate to drive quality and safety enhancements with medication administration, noting the relevance and potential importance of the stakeholders.

Proficient

Identifies stakeholders with whom nurses would need to coordinate to drive quality and safety enhancements with medication administration.

Basic

Identifies stakeholders, but their relevance to collaboration with nurses or their ability to drive quality and safety enhancements with medication administration is unclear.

Non-Performance

Does not identify stakeholders with whom nurses would need to coordinate to drive quality and safety enhancements with medication administration.

Faculty Comments:

Did not see this section directly addressed.

It almost seems like this paper was written for another class as well as it doesn't seem to match this scoring guide.

COMPETENCY 4

Apply professional, scholarly, evidence-based strategies to communicate in a manner that supports safe and effective patient care.

CRITERION

Apply professional, scholarly, evidence-based strategies to communicate in a manner that supports safe and effective patient care.

Your result: Basic

Distinguished

Organizes content with a clear purpose. Content flows logically with smooth transitions using coherent paragraphs, correct grammar or punctuation, word choice, and free of spelling errors.

Proficient

Organizes content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar or punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

Basic

Organizes content with some logical flow and smooth transitions. Contain errors in grammar or punctuation, word choice, and spelling.

Non-Performance

Does not organize content for ideas. Lacks logical flow and smooth transitions.

Faculty Comments:

The flow and organization is confusing as the content in the paper doesn't match this scoring guide. Please go back and address this assignment and remove the extra material. Thanks!

Also, there needs to be level 1 headings used to organize the flow of content.

CRITERION

Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

Your result: Basic

Distinguished

Exhibits strict and flawless adherence to APA formatting of headings, in-text citations, and references. Quotes and paraphrases correctly.

Proficient

Applies APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

Basic

Applies APA formatting to in-text citations, headings and references incorrectly or inconsistently, detracting noticeably from the content. Inconsistently uses headings, quotes or paraphrasing.

Non-Performance

Does not apply APA formatting to headings, in-text citations, and references. Does not use quotes or paraphrase correctly.

Faculty Comments:

Please continue to work on this.

The Introduction paragraph should briefly introduce the topic and explain to the reader what will be discussed in the paper and should mimic the scoring guide/headings. It should be one succinct paragraph. Place a heading above the paragraph, which should be the title of the paper, centered, and in bold.

Here is a link that can help you with writing an Introduction and Conclusion paragraph  http://media.capella.edu/NonCourseMedia/writingCenter/stages-writing/wrapper.asp

VERY IMPORTANT: Use the scoring guide criteria to create level 1 headings in the paper to organize the flow of content and to ensure that all areas are addressed. Level 1 headings should be centered and in bold and all pertinent words should be capitalized.

Here is an Example of a Level 1 Heading

Website explaining different heading levels:  https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/apa_headings_and_seriation.html

You may wish to check out the NHS Learner Success Lab tab located along the left side of the course room as it is full of wonderful writing resources.