NURS-FPX4900

NURS-FPX4900

NURS-FPX4900

NURS-FPX 4900 Assessment 1 Problem Identification

Description

• Use a provided template to develop a 2-4 page submission in which you research and define a patient, family, or population health problem relevant to personal practice.Important: Complete this assessment first and complete all other assessments in the order they are presented.In this assessment, you will lay the foundation for the work that will carry through your capstone experience and guide the practice hours to complete the work in this course. The purpose of this assessment is to allow you to define a patient, family, or population health problem that is relevant to your personal practice and to begin building a body of evidence that will inform your approach to your practice hours, the intervention you design, and the professional product you will deliver.DEMONSTRATION OF PROFICIENCYBy successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
  • Competency 1: Lead people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes.
    • Define a patient, family, or population health problem that is relevant to personal practice.
  • Competency 2: Make clinical and operational decisions based upon the best available evidence.
    • Analyze evidence from the literature and professional sources to support decisions related to defining and guiding nursing actions related to a health problem.
  • Competency 7: Implement patient-centered care to improve quality of care and the patient experience.
    • Propose strategies to improve patient or population outcomes related to a health problem.
  • Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.
    • Reflect on state board nursing practice standards relevant to a selected health problem.
    • Communicate professionally with clear, logically organized writing, using correct grammar, spelling, and APA style.Important: Complete this assessment first and complete all other assessments in the order they are presented.PROFESSIONAL CONTEXTNurses are leaders in problem identification and solution, planning and implementing patient care strategies to address problems in the home, hospital, and community. This assessment will help you develop a problem statement for a patient, family, or population health concern.INSTRUCTIONSThroughout this capstone course, you will be investigating a patient, family, or population health problem relevant to your practice. For this assessment, you will identify the problem that you will address throughout your clinical practicum in this course, as well as begin to establish your evidence and research base to plan, implement, and share findings related to your project. The Problem Identification Template [DOC] will guide you through development of a problem statement, evidence collection and analysis, and best practices to help you create your implementation plan for the second assessment in this course.Your submission for this assessment will be the completed template. When working through the template, you may use the resources provided in this course; however, most of your research and search for evidence will be conducted by you. Use the Capella University Library, professional organization and government resources, and relevant organizational best practices as sources of evidence. This is the capstone course for your BSN degree; your goal is to demonstrate your achievement of the program outcomes through your work on this project.The following are some health issues that would be appropriate for your project:
  • Diabetes self-management.
  • Hypertension management and prevention.
  • Medication reconciliation within a family or group.
  • Parkinson’s disease support group.
  • Patient family education communication improvements.
  • Postoperative home care.This list is by no means exhaustive. You should choose a patient, family, or population health issue that is relevant to your practice and organization; you must be able to study the problem in your clinical practicum effectively.Your submission will be assessed based on the following criteria:
  • Define a patient, family, or population health problem and realistic goals relevant to personal practice.
  • Analyze evidence from the literature and professional sources to define and guide nursing actions related to a health problem.
  • Propose strategies to improve patient or population outcomes related to a health problem.
  • Reflect on state board nursing practice standards relevant to an identified health problem.
  • Communicate professionally, with writing that is clear, logically organized, and uses correct grammar, spelling, and APA style.CORE ELMSCompletion of this course requires a face-to-face clinical practicum. You are required to log your time in the CORE ELMS system just as you have for past courses with direct interaction. The CORE ELMS link is located in the left-hand navigation pane.ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
  • Length of submission: Use the provided template. Most submissions will be 2 to 4 pages. You do not need to include a title page. Be sure to complete the reference page at the end of the template.
  • Number of references: Cite a minimum of 5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old.
  • APA formatting: Make sure that in-text citations and reference list follow current APA style.Portfolio Prompt: Remember to save the assessment to your ePortfolio. After you complete your program you may want to consider leveraging your Portfolio as part of a job search or other demonstration of your academic competencies.

NURS-FPX4900 Assessment 2 Plan Proposal
NURS-FPX4900 Assessment 2 Plan Proposal

Use a provided template to develop a 3-5 page proposal for an intervention and implementation plan related to the health problem you defined in the first assessment.Important: You must complete all of the assessments in order for this course.For this assessment, you will be designing and planning the implementation for the intervention to improve the health problem you defined in the first assessment. You will also examine implications of interprofessional collaboration, technology, and organizational and governmental policies for your intervention and implementation plans.
DEMONSTRATION OF PROFICIENCY
ORDER NOW FOR CUSTOMIZED AND ORIGINAL ESSAY PAPER SBy successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

Competency 3: Transform processes to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and reduce the cost of care.
Propose a plan, referencing relevant existing and newly created processes, to implement an intervention to improve quality and safety, and reduce costs within the context of a chosen health problem.
Competency 4: Apply health information and patient care technology to improve patient and systems outcomes. NURS-FPX4900 Assessment 2 Plan Proposal
Analyze technology within a chosen health care practice context to support a proposed plan.
Competency 5: Analyze the impact of health policy on quality and cost of care.
Explain the ways in which governmental or organizational policies could impact the proposed plan.
Competency 6: Collaborate interprofessionally to improve patient and population outcomes.
Explain strategies for communicating and collaborating with patients and interprofessional teams to improve health outcomes.
Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.
Communicate professionally in clear, logically organized writing, using correct grammar, spelling, and APA style.
Important: You must complete all of the assessments in order for this course.

PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT
As a professional nurse, you perform a critical role in solving a host of health care problems. In this assessment, you will use the literature to plan best-practice strategies to foster positive health outcomes for your chosen patient or population.

PREPARATION
Your intervention and implementation plan should be carried out in an interprofessional context, aligned to your topic, and based on the work you did in the first assessment. You should find collaborators as soon as possible so you can solicit their feedback about intervention and implementation plans to inform your approach.

INSTRUCTIONS
Having identified a health problem relevant to your current or future nursing practice and reviewed the literature to support nursing standards, decision making, and improvement strategies, you should now plan an intervention to address the chosen health problem based on the research you conducted.Construct a plausible plan that leverages the best practices and research collected to date as well as additional research into similar projects that you find in the literature. Be sure to frame your plan within the context of the health care setting in which you are completing your practicum hours. Incorporate relevant site-specific processes and policies into your implementation plan.Use the Plan Proposal Template [DOC] to complete this assessment.As you develop your plan, be sure to address the following:

Collaboration and communication with patients and colleagues to improve health outcomes.
Governmental or organizational policies that could affect the plan.
Quality and safety improvement strategies.
Technology at the site that could be leveraged.
SCORING GUIDE CRITERIA
Propose a plan, referencing relevant existing and newly created processes, to implement an intervention to improve quality and safety, and reduce costs within the context of a chosen health problem.
Analyze technology within a chosen health care practice context to support a proposed plan.
Explain the ways in which existing governmental or organizational policies could impact the proposed plan.
Explain strategies for communicating and collaborating with patients and interprofessional teams to improve health outcomes.
Communicate professionally in writing that is clear, logically organized, and uses correct grammar, spelling, and APA style.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Length of submission: Use the provided template. Most submissions will be 3 to 5 pages. You do not need to include a title page. Be sure to complete the reference page at the end of the template.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of 5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old.
APA formatting: Make sure that in-text citations and reference list follow current APA style.
Portfolio Prompt: Remember to save the assessment to your ePortfolio. After you complete your program you may want to consider leveraging your Portfolio as part of a job search or other demonstration of your academic competencies.