NURS4220- Leadership Competencies

Storyboard Instructions The Practice Experience Project Storyboard is a brief, visual summary of a completed quality improvement initiative. The storyboard highlights key aspects of a quality improvement effort by documenting the Practice Experience Project from beginning to end. The course template uses a PowerPoint format to complete this assignment. You only need to provide two slides, no […]

As you have noted in this course and in your practice, nurses have an integral role in promoting a just culture focused on patient safety in their health care organizations. Determining resources to prevent error and improve patient safety can often be a battle, and this scenario illustrates how one organization makes strides to make […]

In Week 5 you will write the final section your Capstone Paper. The Assignment you will submit this week will combine the work you completed in Week 4 (Evidenced-Based Practice Plan) and will integrate the Resources and Conclusion details in approximately 3-5 paragraphs for your Capstone Paper. Be sure to include scholarly references identified in […]

The final step is to develop the plan discussing the steps clearly and succinctly. The plan must be evidence-based. Resources Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.  WEEKLY RESOURCES By Day 4 Post an explanation of how you could apply key interventions supported by […]

As a nurse, you serve an important role in identifying strategies to effectively manage health care resources and in leading health care quality improvement. You must be able to decide what leadership style or strategy to apply in a given situation to achieve an effective resolution of the issue. Read the following two scenarios and […]

Using the Quality Improvement Model you described in Week 3, provide a detailed explanation of the evidence-based practice plan that you will use to address the practice problem (6–10 paragraphs). Be sure to include the sources you found in the analysis of the evidence to support your EBP plan. Use appropriate and persuasive language that […]

The next step in the process is to begin identifying the challenges and impediments to implementing a quality improvement plan. In the analysis consider the individuals affected by the change as well as the cost of implementing the quality improvement plan. Resources Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.Click the weekly […]

Review the case scenario included in this week’s media resources, and examine the process flow chart, cause/effect diagram, and Pareto chart related to the case scenario. In the scenario, the nurse manager and the director of pharmacy blame each other for the error. The facilitator (quality assurance person) asks everyone to avoid blaming and focus […]

The Assignment you will submit this week will combine the work you completed in Week 1 (Introduction) and Week 2 (Analysis of Existing Evidence) and this week’s assignment, the Quality Improvement Process. These three sections, when combined, will complete Part I of your Capstone Paper. Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this […]

Choose a Quality Improvement Model from Chapter 5 in the Spath (2018) textbook and apply this model to your practice problem. Please do not choose Lean or Six Sigma as your quality model unless you have an expert in these quality models in your organization to guide you through the process. PDSA (p.124). RCI (p.127). […]