Overview of Quality in Health Care

Assessment Description The purpose of this assignment is to apply the concepts you have learned in this course to a situation you have encountered. Choose one quality or patient safety concern with which you are familiar and that you have not yet discussed in this course. In a 1,250-1,500-word essay, reflect on what you have learned in this course by applying the concepts to the quality or patient safety concern you have selected. Include the following in your essay: Briefly describe the issue and associated challenges. Explain how EBP, research, and PI would be utilized to address the issue. Explain the PI or QI process you would apply and discuss why you chose it. Describe your data sources, including outcome and process data. Explain how the data will be captured and disseminated. Discuss which organizational culture considerations will be essential to the success of your work. This assignment uses a rubric. Use a minimum of four peer-reviewed, scholarly sources as evidence. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance. Rubric Criteria Total 140 points Criterion 1. Unsatisfactory 2. Insufficient 3. Approaching 4. Acceptable 5. Target Description of Issue and Challenges Description of Issue and Challenges 0 points A description of the issue and associated challenges is not present. 11.2 points A description of the issue and associated challenges is present, but lacks detail or is incomplete. 12.32 points A description of the issue and associated challenges is present. 12.88 points A description of the issue and associated challenges is present and detailed. 14 points A description of the issue and associated challenges is present and thorough. Utilizing EBP, Research, and PI Utilizing EBP, Research, and PI 0 points An explanation of how EBP, research, and PI will be utilized is not present. 13.44 points An explanation of how EBP, research, and PI will be utilized is present, but lacks detail or is incomplete. 14.78 points An explanation of how EBP, research, and PI will be utilized is present. 15.46 points An explanation of how EBP, research, and PI will be utilized is present and detailed. 16.8 points An explanation of how EBP, research, and PI will be utilized is present and thorough. PI and QI Process PI and QI Process 0 points An explanation of the PI or QI process that would be applied and a discussion of why it was chosen are not present. 13.44 points An explanation of the PI or QI process that would be applied and a discussion of why it was chosen are present, but lack detail or are incomplete. 14.78 points An explanation of the PI or QI process that would be applied and a discussion of why it was chosen are present. 15.46 points An explanation of the PI or QI process that would be applied and a discussion of why it was chosen are present and detailed. 16.8 points An explanation of the PI or QI process that would be applied and a discussion of why it was chosen are present and thorough. Data Sources Data Sources 0 points An explanation of data sources, including outcome and process data, is not present. 13.44 points An explanation of data sources, including outcome and process data, is present, but lacks detail or is incomplete. 14.78 points An explanation of data sources, including outcome and process data, is present. 15.46 points An explanation of data sources, including outcome and process data, is present and detailed. 16.8 points An explanation of data sources, including outcome and process data, is present and thorough. Capturing and Disseminating Data Capturing and Disseminating Data 0 points An explanation of how the data will be captured and disseminated is not present. 13.44 points An explanation of how the data will be captured and disseminated is present, but lacks detail or is incomplete. 14.78 points An explanation of how the data will be captured and disseminated is present. 15.46 points An explanation of how the data will be captured and disseminated is present and detailed. 16.8 points An explanation of how the data will be captured and disseminated is present and thorough. Organizational Culture Considerations Organizational Culture Considerations 0 points A discussion of which organizational culture considerations will be essential to the success of the work is not present. 13.44 points A discussion of which organizational culture considerations will be essential to the success of the work is present, but lacks detail or is incomplete. 14.78 points A discussion of which organizational culture considerations will be essential to the success of the work is present. 15.46 points A discussion of which organizational culture considerations will be essential to the success of the work is present and detailed. 16.8 points A discussion of which organizational culture considerations will be essential to the success of the work is present and thorough. Thesis Development and Purpose Communicates reason for writing and demonstrates awareness of audience. 0 points The thesis, position, or purpose is not discernible. No awareness of the appropriate audience is evident. 7.84 points The thesis, position, or purpose is discernable in most aspects but is occasionally weak or unclear. There is limited awareness of the appropriate audience 8.62 points The thesis, position, or purpose is adequately developed. An awareness of the appropriate audience is demonstrated. 9.02 points The thesis, position, or purpose is clearly communicated throughout and clearly directed to a specific audience 9.8 points The thesis, position, or purpose is persuasively developed throughout and skillfully directed to a specific audience.