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NUR 400 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
Overview:
The final project deliverable for this course is a Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) presentation based on the work done in previous milestones. The final project is the presentation of a quality improvement initiative proposal stemming from a patient care issue identified in your healthcare organization. The proposal provides strategies for quality improvement utilizing evidence-based resources. The final project combines the content from the milestones and covers topics including leadership styles, organizational structure, financial and reimbursement implications, interprofessional collaboration, and change theory. The presentation also includes a concise plan for implementation and evaluation of the proposed initiative.
This deliverable provides an opportunity to demonstrate sophisticated and critical analysis skills by synthesizing the information from a healthcare organization and evidence-based resources to create a well-articulated presentation to leadership to improve the quality of patient care. These skills and abilities are essential for nursing professionals who hope to drive positive, sound organizational change within the healthcare industry.
For this project, you will have the option of using your current healthcare organization, a previous employer, an organization you had experience with during clinicals as a student, or the provided alternative case study as the basis for your presentation.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
1. Evaluate tracer methodology as an effective and sustainable means of measuring quality delivery of care
2. Assess theories of change for their applicability and use in promoting performance improvement initiatives in healthcare organizations
3. Analyze organizational processes that impact communication and flow of survey-required quality data throughout the healthcare institution
4. Recommend interprofessional strategies that improve nursing-sensitive quality indicators
5. Articulate the role of leadership in the planning, analysis, and implementation of performance improvement initiatives within the organization
6. Analyze the relationship between quality outcomes and value-based reimbursement in healthcare for improvement opportunities
Prompt:
Present a proposal for addressing a patient care issue that provides an opportunity for a quality improvement initiative. Use evidence-based resources to support the development and implementation of the initiative, and give consideration to organizational characteristics and leadership roles. Incorporate the feedback from the milestones to create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation for the proposed initiative.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. INTRODUCTION AND PROPOSED INITIATIVE
a. Analyze a HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION to determine the key characteristics (including organizational values, if applicable) impacting its quality of care, with a. focus on the relationship between quality outcomes and healthcare reimbursement.
b. Articulate a quality outcome problem involving patient care and impacted by financial considerations that provides a QUALITY IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITY.
c. Articulate a PROPOSED INITIATIVE, including recommendations of interprofessional strategies to improve the patient care problem.
d. Articulate a SMART GOAL that the leadership role can support in the planning, analysis, and implementation of the quality improvement initiative.
e. Assess a QUALITY IMPROVEMENT MODEL for its applicability and use to promote change with the quality improvement initiative.
II. SUPPORT
a. Analyze the current LEADERSHIP STYLE and its role in the planning, analysis, and implementation of quality improvement initiatives within the organization.
b. Detail EXISTING INTERPROFESSIONAL STRATEGIES within the organization that may influence or impact new and existing quality improvement initiatives.
c. Appraise EVIDENCE-BASED RESOURCES for their support of the quality improvement initiative as a method of advancing quality patient care outcomes and healthcare reimbursement.
d. Analyze the effect the quality improvement initiative will have on the relationship between the healthcare problem and HEALTHCARE REIMBURSEMENT.
e. Assess a CHANGE THEORY or model for its applicability to the quality improvement initiative.
III. PLANNING
a. Assess the unique contributions of KEY PERSONNEL to facilitate interprofessional collaboration strategies that can improve the success of the quality improvement initiative.
b. Assess the organization, using tracer methodology, for the SUBSTANTIVE DATA that supports the need for the quality improvement initiative. This data should consist of tracer data, performance improvement data, benchmarks, and any other data points relevant to your organization and quality improvement initiative.
c. Use tracer methodology to determine the DATA COLLECTION requirements that will provide sustainable measurements for the quality improvement initiative.
d. Analyze the organizational processes for BARRIERS to both the flow of survey-required quality data and the communication of the data collected for the initiative.
IV. IMPLEMENTATION and EVALUATION
a. Analyze the current organizational processes that facilitate the COMMUNICATION flow used to implement a change initiative.
b. Determine the organizational PROCESSES and TOOLS required to effectively communicate the implementation components for the initiative.
c. Utilizing tracer methodology, produce an EVALUATION PLAN that measures the effectiveness of the quality improvement initiative. Include necessary detail to deliver key points and requirements, such as specific data collection methods, timeframes for evaluation, and intended re-evaluation.
d. Review the applicability of the quality improvement model and its use in PROMOTING CHANGE through a quality improvement initiative. In other words, evaluate the effectiveness and the ease of use, timeliness, and efficiency of your chosen model for the progress and success of your initiative.
e. Provide a COMPREHENSIVE Review of the quality improvement initiative with a final analysis of the role of leadership in planning, implementing, and evaluating quality improvement initiatives within the organization.
(ALL THE WORDS IN CAPITALIZATION ARE IMPORTANT)
Milestones:
Milestone One: Introduction and Proposed Initiative
This milestone is due in Module Two. Milestone One introduces the quality improvement initiative, including a description and analysis of the chosen organization, the quality improvement opportunity, the proposal initiative, the goal, and the quality improvement model. This milestone is graded with the Milestone One Rubric.
Milestone Two: Support
This milestone is due in Module Three. Milestone Two provides the support for the quality improvement initiative with details about the leadership style, existing interprofessional strategies, evidence-based resources, reimbursement, and change theory. This milestone is graded with the Milestone Two Rubric.
Milestone Three: Planning
This milestone is due in Module Four. Milestone Three describes the planning for the quality improvement initiative, which includes key personnel, substantive data, data collection, and organizational barriers. This milestone is graded with the Milestone Three Rubric.
Milestone Four: Implementation and Evaluation
This milestone is due in Module Five. Milestone Four details the implementation and evaluation of the quality improvement initiative by describing the communication flow, processes and tools required, evaluation plan, organizational change, and providing a comprehensive review. This milestone is graded with the Milestone Four Rubric.
Final Project: Submission
The final project is due in Module Seven. This final project is graded with the Final Project Rubric.
What to Submit:
Your presentation should be a Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) presentation of approximately 15–20 slides, not including reference slides and introductory slides. References and in-text citations should use proper APA formatting. You should include appropriate speaker notes, and you may include an audiovisual recording of your presentation in your submission.
TIPS FROM THE TEACHER:
Here are some Final Project tips I wanted to share based on areas where points are commonly lost on the Final Project (a PowerPoint presentation):
1.Try your hardest to submit your assignments on time- losing points for tardiness, especially on this assignment, will add up quickly.
2. Use the outline with the headers for your slides – this will be helpful to ensure that you have addressed each question being asked.
2b. There are a few items that you need to write about that weren’t covered in your milestone assignments – don’t miss these!
3. Please be sure to review and incorporate the milestone grading feedback into your final project. I have given you hints on what I will be looking for based on the rubrics so you can earn the maximum points.
4. You MUST include speaker’s notes OR voice over – don’t crowd your slides with all of the information. The slides should be bullet points highlighting the material. Remember this is as if you were giving a presentation to your organization proposing your initiative. You will use your voice or speaker’s notes to share most of the information. You will want to be concise with your presentation, catching and keeping your speaker’s attention, but in depth enough to include all of the necessary information!
5. Do NOT copy paste your milestones into a power point! This is a presentation – condense the information into what you would speak during it to meet the requirements and catch the listener’s attention without dragging on!
6. Know I am here to help so if you have any questions, please let me know. I would MUCH prefer you ask questions than lose points for not asking!
7. Have fun putting together your PowerPoint – use graphics, pictures or design elements to add interest!
ALSO:
Your PowerPoint slides will hold the bullet points of your presentation. You will also need to include either speaker’s notes for what you will say for each slide or include a voice over actually speaking the presentation. Think about when you attend a conference, or even a lecture in a classroom setting- the PowerPoint slides contain bullet points and the presenter talks about what is on each of the slides -the extra information that the presenter says about the slide goes into the speaker’s notes or in the voice over.
I highly, very highly (did I say highly?), recommend that you use the rubric headings as the prompts for the slides.
READING RESOURCES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HELP:
Shapiro Library Article:
https://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fscholarly-journals%2Fwhy-healthcare-leadership-should-embrace-quality%2Fdocview%2F2384685844%2Fse-2%3Faccountid%3D3783
This article provides insight into leadership responsibility in quality improvement.
Shapiro Library Article:
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://ovidsp.ovid.com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00126450-201704000-00012&LSLINK=80&D=ovft
This article provides a structured approach to preparing a professional presentation.
Webpage:
https://www.ncsl.org/legislators-staff/legislative-staff/legislative-staff-coordinating-committee/tips-for-making-effective-powerpoint-presentations.aspx
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) provides a comprehensive list of tips to create an effective PowerPoint presentation.
Webpage:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-speaker-notes-to-your-slides-26985155-35f5-45ba-812b-e1bd3c48928e
Microsoft offers support when using their products. This page provides information about the speaker notes for your PowerPoint presentation. The webpage provides information for both Windows and macOS users.
MAKE SURE TO USE ALL THE MILESTONE PROJECTS I WILL PUT THEM IN THE FILES ALONG WITH SOME OTHER THINGS.
I WILL ALSO PUT PHOTOS IN THE FILES WHAT MY TEACHER SAID FOR FEEDBACK. PLEASE CORRECT EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE WITH THE FEEDBACK. READ EVERYTHING PLEASE DONT FORGET ANYTHING
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