Short Paper: Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycle for Quality Improvement

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PDSA/CA Cycle for Quality Improvement [Process or Issue You Plan to Improve]

[Your Name]

Nursing, Southern New Hampshire University

IHP 604 Healthcare Quality Improvement

[Instructor]

[Date]

[Title of the Paper]: PDSA/CA Cycle

[Introduce your project. Include the following: (1) the purpose of a PDSA, (2) the context of the patient safety issue or quality issue (state the issue and the significance of the issue), and (3) the goal(s) and timeline (which you identified in the Module Six assignment).]

Plan

[The plan is a detailed description of the issue you have identified including history, data, and a narrative (explanation) as to why it is an issue.]

Brief Literature Review

[What does the literature say about your topic? Scholarly literature, process improvement papers, and research papers are necessary to validate the need for your process plan. What interventions have been attempted? Expect this part of the assignment to take at least one page.]

Recommended Actions

[How will your plan improve the process? Include in your plan the details of team building and the committees necessary. How will you collect the data?]

Do

[This section is about the pilot. How and where did you implement your pilot plan? Include your pilot area/location for the intervention. Discuss the data collected. What is your timeframe? Plan in terms of months, quarters, or years. Do not present dates and times.]

Study/Check

[What does the data tell you? What was successful, and what additional challenges if any were encountered? Discuss the details. How did you/could you validate the data/results? Was the intervention successful? Why? Was the intervention not successful? Why?]

Act

[Then what is the next step? Changes, adjustments to the plan that need to be implemented. If successful, how will you disseminate the results and implement the intervention across the organization or unit?]

References

[Proper APA formatting for all references and citation is required.]