Quality Improvement Project (M5 & M6 assignment)
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QI- Patient Care Quality and Safety Project Assignment
QI Patient Care Quality and Safety Project
Find a process at your employment site that needs improvement. If you are not currently working,
use one from a previous work experience.
Describe the problem process and address the elements below. This is a planning assignment so
you will be looking at what needs to be done and who the players are. There is no implementation
phase of this assignment.
Please limit this assignment to a total of 4-6 pages excluding Title and Reference page. Follow APA
format strictly.
To do:
1. Introduction: Introduce the problem that needs to be improved. (25 points)
Identify a current work related problem that is from one of the Institute of Medicine’s 5
areas of competencies: Patient Centered Care, Teamwork and Collaboration, EvidenceBased Practice, Quality Improvement, Safety and Informatics, linked here.
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK221519/)
Review this information at IHI link on a quality improvement model.
(http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/HowtoImprove/default.aspx)
Identify why and what is the process breakdown: Clarify current unit/organizational
knowledge of the problem process and any insight on how to improve the situation at hand.
2. Quality Improvement (QI) model: Identify and discuss a QI model (choose either Six Sigma
or PDSA) to utilize. (25 points)
Discuss your chosen model.
Explain the process of implementing change and the importance of an outcome to
measure.
Describe the inter-professional team that you would put together for this process
improvement. Who (by title or position) specifically needs to be at the decision-making
‘table?’
3. Literature Review for EBP: Identify and analyze evidence found in peer-reviewed literature (i.e.
go to e-library to find) that was shown to benefit this problem. (25 points)
Synthesize a minimum of two (2) scholarly articles from current evidence-based literature
findings that assist you in improving the problem.
Describe how you would plan to implement a QI improvement process.
Include the outcome to measure improvement.
4. Conclusion. (10 points)
Summarize your paper with a concluding paragraph.
APA (15 points):
Paper conforms to APA 6th edition format and demonstrates a professional level of scholarship,
which means it includes (but is not limited to) items such as:
Title page in APA format, double spaced
Section headings as emboldened in the instructions above.
Include introduction and conclusion paragraphs
Excellent grammar, paragraph and sentence organization with clear flow of thoughts.
All scholarly content cited. All citations should be listed in the reference list.
Scholarly references (at least 3) that are cited in the paper are in APA format (minimum of two
(2) scholarly articles plus textbook as references).
Include current evidence based practice literature findings that have assisted in improving the
process you have identified. (5 years or less.)
Quality Improvement (QI) Project
Criteria
Introduction
QI model
Literature
Review for
EBP
Conclusion
Ratings
Pts
25.0 to >20.75 pts
Excellent
20.75 to >18.0 pts
Proficient
18.0 to >15.0 pts
Average
15.0 to >0 pts
Beginning
Introduced a current
work related problem
that is from one of the
IOM’s 5 areas of
competencies: (Patient
Centered Care,
Teamwork and
Collaboration,
Evidence-Based
Practice, Quality
Improvement,
25.0
to >20.75Safety
pts
and Informatics).
Excellent
Clarified
current
Quality
Improvement
unit/organizational
(QI) model is identify
knowledge
of the
and discussed
(
problem
process
either Six Sigma and
any
insightExcellent
on how to
or PDSA).
improve
theofsituation
at
discussion
the
hand.
chosen model.
Most all
introduction
elements are
addressed. More
synthesis of
information details
is needed.
Introduction
meets minimal
requirements.
More information
and synthesis of
the problem
process is
needed.
Minimal to no
effort is
evident.
And/or this
section was
nonexistent.
20.75 to >18.0 pts
Proficient
18.0 to >15.0 pts
Average
15.0 to >0 pts
Beginning
Most all QI model
elements are
addressed. More
synthesis of
information details
is needed.
Meets minimal
requirements.
More QI
information and
synthesis of the
problem process
is needed. And/or
not all items are
addressed.
Minimal to no
effort is
evident.
And/or this
section was
nonexistent
20.75 to >18.0 pts
Proficient
18.0 to >15.0 pts
average
15.0 to >0 pts
Beginning
Most all QI model
elements are
addressed. More
synthesis of
information details
is needed. And/or
only 1 scholarly
article is cited.
More synthesis of
the EBP literature
and problem
process is
needed. And/or
not all items are
addressed.
And/or no
scholarly journals
are cited.
Minimal to no
effort is
evident.
And/or this
section was
nonexistent
Explained the process
of implementing
change and the
importance of an
outcome to
measure.
Described
25.0
to >20.75
pts
the
inter-professional
Excellent
team
that and
you analyzed
would
Identified
put
together
for this
evidence
found
in
process
improvement.
peer-reviewed
Identified
whowas
(by title
literature that
or
position)
specifically
shown
to benefit
this
needs
to
be
at
the
problem. Synthesized
decision-making
a minimum of two’table.’
(2)
scholarly articles from
current evidencebased literature
findings
that addressed
10.0
to >8.3
pts
8.3 to >7.3 pts
improving
the
problem.
Excellent
Proficient
Describe
the
plan
to
Excellent
Conclusion meets
implement
a
QI
summary of the
basic requirements
improvement
process.
QI paper with a
but needed to be
Included
an
outcome
concluding
more inclusive
to
measure
paragraph.
summary.
improvement.
7.3 to >7.0 pts
Average
7.0 to >0 pts
Beginning
Conclusion is
present, but did
not summarize the
QI paper’s
elements
Minimal to no
effort is evident.
And/or this
section was
nonexistent.
25.0 pts
25.0 pts
25.0 pts
10.0 pts
Criteria
APA format
Ratings
Pts
15.0 to >12.45 pts
Excellent
12.45 to >10.45 pts
Proficient
10.45 to >8.0 pts
Average
8.0 to >0 pts
No Marks
Only 1-2 APA errors
from the following list:
Title page in APA
format, double spaced
Section headings as
emboldened in the
instructions above.
Include introduction
and conclusion
paragraphs Excellent
grammar, paragraph
and sentence
organization with clear
flow of thoughts. All
scholarly content cited.
All citations should be
listed in the reference
list. Scholarly
references (at least 3)
that are cited in the
paper are in APA
format (minimum of
two scholarly articles
plus textbook as
references). Include
current evidence
based practice
literature findings that
have assisted in
improving the process
you have identified. (5
years or less.)
3-6 APA errors from
the APA criteria list:
7-9 APA errors
from the APA
criteria list:
10 or more
APA errors
from the APA
criteria list..
Minimal to no
APA effort.
15.0 pts
Total Points: 100.0

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