NURS 485 AACC Quality Improvement Healthcare Organization Research Paper

Utilizing leadership concepts and theories relevant to nursing leadership, you will continue to develop the quality improvement project that was started in NURS 410.

Assignment: Quality Improvement Project – Final

To complete this assignment, you will need to integrate all of the feedback provided to you from your instructor on Parts II and III. For this assignment, please add the Summary/Conclusion section in order to complete the project. Please be sure to provide an updated version of each of the following sections of the paper:

• Title Page in APA Format
• Introduction
• Literature Review Summary
• Intervention Plan
• Stakeholders and Change Theory
• Resources Needed to Implement Plan
• Evaluation Plan
• Summary/Conclusion – NEW SECTION
  1. Restate the patient care issue, including a summary statement about the findings from the literature
  2. Summarizes the proposed intervention, role of the stakeholders, recommendations for reevaluation, and ongoing assessment strategies.
  3. States nursing theory/concept to be utilized to implement and evaluate the plan
  4. Makes future recommendations.
• Your Final Paper should be between 14-20 pages (not including cover page and references)
• Include all in-text citations and references in APA format. Use appropriate grammar, spelling, and mechanics when creating the submission.

This assignment fulfills the following:

Course Outcomes:

1. Integrate nursing leadership concepts and theories into the various roles of the professional registered nurse to promote safe and high-quality nursing care.
2. Construct a plan to implement and evaluate evidence-based quality improvement projects that are designed to improve patient care outcomes.
3. Examine how business principles are used to effectively manage patient care needs in complex and diverse healthcare environments.
4. Disseminate findings from evidence-based quality improvement projects to the interprofessional team, to facilitate change in nursing practice.
5. Disseminate findings from evidence-based quality improvement projects to the interprofessional team

AACN BSN Essentials:

• Essential II.2: Demonstrate leadership and communication skills to effectively implement patient safety and quality improvement initiatives within the context of the inter-professional team.
• Essential II.5: Participate in quality and patient safety initiatives, recognizing that these are complex system issues, which involve individuals, families, groups, communities, populations, and other members of the healthcare team.
• Essential II.6: Apply concepts of quality and safety using structure, process, and outcome measures to identify clinical questions and describe the process of changing current practice.
• Essential III.5: Participate in the process of retrieval, appraisal, and synthesis of evidence in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team to improve patient outcomes
• Essential IV.11: Recognize that redesign of workflow and care processes should precede the implementation of care technology to facilitate nursing practice. Essential VIII.14: Recognize the relationship between personal health, self-renewal, and the ability to deliver sustained quality care.
• Essential IX.8: Implement evidence-based nursing interventions as appropriate for managing the acute and chronic care of patients and promoting health across the lifespan.