Formative Assessment
This formative assessment serves as a foundational step towards your summative project by reinforcing your understanding of quality improvement processes and their application in real-world scenarios. Gaining proficiency in these areas is essential for your future role as a DNP-prepared nurse, as it enables you to lead initiatives that enhance healthcare delivery and improve patient safety and satisfaction.
Instructions:
For this assignment, you will analyze a quality improvement (QI) initiative in a clinical setting and reflect on how outcomes management can enhance the care provided.
- Select a Quality Improvement Initiative: Choose a QI project relevant to your practice area or a well-known initiative within the healthcare field (e.g., reducing hospital readmissions, improving patient handoff processes, or increasing vaccination rates).
- Analyze the Initiative:
- Describe the main goals of the chosen QI initiative, including specific outcome measures used to evaluate success.
- Discuss the process measures that were implemented as part of the initiative and how they contributed to achieving the desired outcomes.
- Reflection:
- Reflect on the importance of outcomes management in the QI process. How can effective outcomes management inform nursing practice and lead to continuous improvements in patient care?
- Consider how you would apply what you've learned in this assessment to your future nursing practice and leadership roles.
Document Type/Template
- Word Document
Criteria Ratings
Scholarly Writing
Affirmed Writing is formal in language, avoiding colloquialisms, slang, and overly informal expressions.
Not Affirmed Writing includes colloquialisms, slang, and overly informal expressions.
Writing Mechanics
Affirmed Minor spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors present, and/or sentence structure lacks minor elements of professional writing, and/or paragraphs are consistently developed. (1-2 errors)
Not Affirmed Multiple spelling grammar and/or punctuation errors present and/or sentence structure does not meet professional writing standards, and/or paragraphs are minimally developed. (more than 2 errors)
Clarity of Content
Affirmed
Writing demonstrates a strong connection between ideas, ensuring that the reader can follow the logical progression of the arguments.
Not Affirmed
Writing lacks a connection between ideas, and there is no logical progression of the arguments.
All Aspects Addressed
Affirmed Writing addresses multiple relevant aspects of the topic with sufficient detail and analysis, providing a thorough understanding.
Not Affirmed Writing fails to address relevant aspects of the topic with insufficient detail or analysis.
APA Sources (when appropriate)
Affirmed
Citations and references follow the APA style guide, with less than 2 errors.
Not Affirmed
Citations and references are not included when appropriate or do not follow the appropriate APA style guide. There are more than 2 errors.