Analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of a quality improvement program

Analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of a quality improvement program (suggested word count is 600 words for this part)

For Part B of your essay, you need to analyse and evaluate the following full-text research article and complete the tasks below:

Oberai, T., Laver, K., Woodman, R., Crotty, M., Kerkhoffs, G., & Jaarsma, R. (2021). Does implementation of a tailored intervention increase adherence to a National Safety and Quality Standard? A study to improve delirium care. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 33 (1), 1- 7. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzab006Page 3

1. a) Outline the aim/objective of the study and the study design, including which of the NSQHS Standards this study applied to.
2. b) Outline how the clinical QI issue was identified e.g., which data were collected prior to the intervention phase.
3. c) Identify and describe the components of the intervention.
4. d) Define process and outcome data/measures and identify three (3) examples of each from this study.
5. e) Evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention, including how the effectiveness of the intervention was evaluated.

Essay formatting guidelines:

Title Page

Include student name, student number, total word count

Include section headings in the body of your essay:

1. Identification of quality improvement issue and its impacts

2. The NSQHS Standard

3. Clinical care activity to meet the NSQHS Standard

4. Evaluation of a quality improvement program to meet the NSQHS Standard

Insert letters a) to g) for each subsection response.

References (start on new page)

Other elements:

• • Always refer to the Griffith Health Writing and Referencing Guide
• • Do not exceed the 2000-word limit – the word limit does not include the reference list BUT does include in-text references and quotations.
• • Examine the Turnitin report for your draft assignment. If you have text-matching identified in the written section of the assignment, this may be used as the basis of reporting an academic integrity concern.
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• • Email yourself a copy of your final assignment file so you have a record of your submission.

Identify a quality improvement (QI) issue in your chosen scenario, and discuss the issue in relation to the risks or impact of low-quality care

For Part A of your essay you need to choose ONE clinical scenario (see below), and using relevant and appropriate literature:

1. write an introduction to the topic that includes a clear description of what your chosen scenario is, its related NSQHS Standards, and the aim of the essay. You also need to write a conclusion in which you summarise the essay and provide a brief recap of the main points without introducing any new concepts (suggested word count 175 words for each = 350 words in total).

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2. Identify a quality improvement (QI) issue in your chosen scenario, and discuss the issue in relation to the risks or impact of low-quality care (suggested word count 300 words).

3. Briefly describe the NSQHS Standard that link to the QI issue in your chosen scenario (suggested word count 250 words).

4. Discuss a clinical care activity central to your chosen scenario. In your discussion you need to:

a) Identify ONE appropriate clinical care activity that is tailored to the specific issue in your chosen scenario and justify why your chosen care activity is essential to improve clinical care (suggested word count 300 words).

b) Discuss TWO strategies for implementing quality improvement (200 words).

Clinical scenarios (choose ONE from numbers 1 to 5)

A tertiary hospital’s annual report highlighted the main areas for quality improvement. A Registered Nurse (RN) has been assigned 10% of their work time to “Quality Improvement (QI)” in order to assist the clinic in addressing long-standing quality of care issues and to begin working on operational and clinical improvements.

The five priority areas for quality improvement include:

1) Surgical site infection rates have increased by more than 5% in patients with total knee replacements due to poor hand hygiene, as staff did not follow the 5-Moments for Hand Hygiene protocol.

2) The incidence of pressure injuries have risen in the rehabilitation ward, particularly for older adults. According to a subsequent audit report, the key concerns were a lack of detail about the screening and assessment processes used by healthcare staff to prevent and manage pressure injuries.

3) The incidence of omissions in nursing care have risen due to non-comprehensive clinical handover, especially when transferring the patients from the operating theatre to the general surgical ward, as no clearly structured handover tools were used by the nursing staff.

4) There has been a 5% increase in the incidence of near-miss blood transfusion errors in the pre-transfusion checking procedures as staff were unfamiliar with policies and guidelines for the administration of blood products.

5) Overall patient satisfaction has decreased 10% from last year due to the COVID pandemic causing a shortage of healthcare staff.

Explain the reasoning behind why the data collected, used and disclosed in C-ITS messaging should be considered personal information for the purpose of Australian privacy legislation.

What are the indications that a Privacy by Design approach is being adopted for the development and deployment of C-ITS and other automated vehicle technologies In Australia?

Data in Society – Assignment 2 PIA Review Worksheet

“See the accompanying assignment specification for instructions, assessment criteria, citing and referencing requirements, etc. Note that using double quotation marks around worksheet text and questions so that not included in Turnitin similarity scores.”

Explain an example from one of the assigned primary sources that demonstrates a cultural, economic, political, or foreign policy development between 1988 and 2000.

13 – A Conservative Era, 1970s-1990s

1. Explain an example from one of the assigned primary sources that demonstrates the involvement of the Nixon administration in the Watergate scandal.
2. Explain an example from one of the assigned primary sources that demonstrates the efforts of either the feminist or gay rights movements of the 1970s-1980s.
3. Explain an example from one of the assigned primary sources that demonstrates the conservative political outlook of New Right movement and/or the Reagan administration.
4. Explain an example from one of the assigned primary sources that demonstrates a cultural, economic, political, or foreign policy development between 1988 and 2000.
5. Energy consumption and international politics contributed to the long energy crisis of the 1970s, including the OPEC embargo of 1973-1974. During the 1970s, the United States struggled to deal with fuel shortages and enactment of effective energy policies. Drawing from The American Promiseand the supplementary primary sources assigned in this module, what examples illustrate the energy-related challenges the United States faced during the 1970s? What examples demonstrate the efforts that President Jimmy Carter attempted to put into effect?
6. During the early 1970s the Nixon administration undertook a new era of Cold War diplomacy known as detente, which is described in The American Promise. It was an attempt to dampen tensions between the United States and two main Cold War adversaries, the Soviet Union and China. This period of detente was brief, as the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 led to a reinvigoration of Cold War tensions during the Carter administration, as is explained in chapter 29 of The American Promise. When Ronald Reagan campaigned for the presidency in 1980, he characterized Carter as a weak leader, unable even to free American hostages in Iran. He pledged “Peace through Strength” and determined to reassert the United States’ military influence throughout the world—particularly as a rebuttal to the Soviet Union, which he dubbed “an evil empire.” Referring to The American Promiseand the assigned primary source evidence, what examples demonstrate the Reagan administration’s perspective on foreign policy? The Reagan administration also engaged in secret dealings that became known as the Iran-Contra scandal, described in chapter 30 of The American Promise. Drawing on The American Promiseand the supplementary primary sources, what were the major issues at the heart of this controversy?

Please note: Answer each of the questions. Each answer is worth an equal fraction of 100 points. (For example, when there are four prompts each answer is worth 25 points; when there are five prompts each answer is worth 20 points.) To receive credit, answers must provide full and coherent explanations. Before submitting your assessment, also be certain that your responses are free from spelling and grammatical errors. Submissions that are filled with such errors will not receive full credit. Finally, answers that do not explain examples from the assigned primary sources when required will not receive credit.

Reminder: It is not necessary to read each of the following supplementary primary sources. They are intended to supplement the other assigned primary sources. It is appropriate to utilize the supplementary primary sources in this module’s assignments.

Feminism / Equal Rights Amendment
Gloria Steinem, 1970: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/7025

Georgiana Sellers, 1970: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/7050

Margaret Heckler, 1970: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/7020

Ann Sutherland Harris and Bernice Sandler, 1970: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6462

Liz Carpenter, 1971: https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/letter-from-liz-carpenter-in-support-of-the-equal-rights-amendment

Mrs. Thomas Seko, 1971: https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/letter-to-representative-don-edwards-from-mrs-thomas-zeko-opposed-to-the-equal-rights-amendment

Phyllis Schalfly, 1972: https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/sources/1211

Michigan Women’s Commission, 1973: https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/sources/1203

Phyllis Schlafly, “Stop ERA,” 1978: http://www.smithsoniansource.org/display/primarysource/viewdetails.aspx?PrimarySourceId=1159

Barbara Jordan, 1978: https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/sources/1206

ERA Rally, 1981: https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/sources/1208

Phyllis Schlafly, 1981: http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/29-the-triumph-of-the-right/phyllis-schlafly-on-womens-responsibility-for-sexual-harassment-1981/

Kate Salley Palmer, 1982: https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/sources/1204 and https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/sources/1209

Mary Frances Berry, 1983: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/7023

Robert Gray, 1983: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/7028

Los Angeles Times, 1986: http://articles.latimes.com/1986-11-09/books/bk-24208_1_equal-rights-amendment

Homosexuality and the AIDS Crisis

Jerry Falwell, 1981: http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/29-the-triumph-of-the-right/jerry-falwell-on-the-homosexual-revolution-1981/

House Hearings on AIDS, 1983: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6893 and http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6894

Statements of AIDS Patients, 1983: http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/29-the-triumph-of-the-right/statements-of-aids-patients-1983/

Bobbi Campbell, Newsweek cover, 1983:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbi_Campbell#/media/File:Newsweek_cover,_August_8,_1983,_showing_Bobbi_Campbell_and_Bobby_Hilliard.jpg

Bobbi Campbell speech, National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1984: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR2uMoGO6Xk

Letters to the editor in response to William F. Buckley, 1986: https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/27/opinion/l-aids-needs-medical-not-emotional-solutions-and-after-tattooing-982786.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/05/opinion/l-billions-to-punish-aids-won-t-protect-society-263186.html

Chicago Tribune, 1986: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/access/QQBBTZ.pdf

Boston Globe, 1986: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/access/QQBBVB.pdf

Newsday, 1986: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/access/QQBBWD.pdf

Avram Finkelstein and the “Silence = Death” poster, 1986 (2013): https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/11/22/silence-equals-death-poster

“AIDSGATE” poster, ca. 1986: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-53aa-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

San Francisco Chronicle, 1987: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/access/QQBBWN.pdf

House Hearings on AIDS, 1987: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6895

Ryan White, 1988: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ryan_White’s_Testimony_before_the_President’s_Commission_on_AIDS

Vito Russo, 1988: https://actupny.org/documents/whfight.html

William F. Buckley, 1986:  http://movies2.nytimes.com/books/00/07/16/specials/buckley-aids.html

Bruce Priebe, 1980s: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6910

Bruce Springsteen, “Streets of Philadelphia,” 1993: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z2DtNW79sQ

Employment Discrimination against Gay Men and Lesbians, 1994: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6463

Faith Robinson, 1995: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6917

New York Times, 1993: https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/20/us/gay-rights-th-military-chiefs-back-clinton-gay-troop-plan-president-admits.html

Michael Gordon, 1993: http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/23/us/pentagon-spells-out-rules-for-ousting-homosexuals-rights-groups-vow-a-fight.html?pagewanted=all

Politics and Society
White House tape “Smoking Gun” transcripts, 1972: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/app/uploads/2013/11/Smoking-Gun-Transcript-v-2.pdf

“Sign of the Energy Crisis,” May 1973: https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/sign-of-energy-crisis

Oil crisis political cartoons, 1973-1974: http://hti.osu.edu/opper/lesson-plans/energy-crisis

Time cover, 1973: http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19731231,00.html

“Gas Rationing System (Odd-Even Plan) is Announced,” 1974: https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/gas-rationing-system-oddeven-plan-is-announced

Department of Justice Watergate Memorandum, 1974: https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/watergate-constitution/memo-transcript.html

Richard Nixon, Resignation Speech, 1974: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/spc/character/links/nixon_speech.html

Gerald Ford, Pardon of Richard Nixon, 1974: https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/proclamation-pardoning-richard-nixon-1974

Gerald Ford, State of the Union Address, 1975: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-before-joint-session-the-congress-reporting-the-state-the-union-1

Jimmy Carter election ad, 1976: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ujaix6ya54

Jimmy Carter, 1977: https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/november-8-1977-address-nation-energy

Jimmy Carter, 1979: https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jimmycartercrisisofconfidence.htm

Jerry Falwell, 1980: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/archive/resources/documents/ch36_02.htm

Ronald Reagan campaign ad, “Door Slam,” 1980: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VgrDmLC26c

Ronald Reagan campaign ad, “Strength Through Peace,” 1980: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VXXwyl5G0A

Ronald Reagan, Inaugural Address, 1981: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=43130

“A Warning,” 1981: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6776

“Photo-op,” 1980s: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6774

Ronald Reagan, State of the Union Address, 1982: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=42687

Bruce Springsteen, “Johnny 99,” 1982: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAjhHbtZyQU

Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the USA,” 1984: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPhWR4d3FJQ

Ronald Reagan, 1985: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/reagan2.asp

Ronald Reagan campaign ad, “It’s Morning Again in America,” 1984: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU-IBF8nwSY&feature=related

Ronald Reagan campaign ad, “The Bear,” 1984: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpwdcmjBgNA&feature=related

National Security Planning Group Meeting, 1984: https://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1578

Robert Gates, 1984: https://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/780

CIA, The Freedom Fighter’s Manual, 1985: https://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1579

Caspar Weinberger, 1985: https://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1580

Daniel Ortega, 1985: https://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/899

Bush campaign ad, “Weekend Passes,” 1988: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io9KMSSEZ0Y

George H.W. Bush, August 1990: https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/august-8-1990-address-iraqs-invasion-kuwait

George H.W. Bush, September 1990: http://millercenter.org/president/bush/speeches/speech-3425

George H.W. Bush, January 1991: https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/january-29-1991-state-union-address

Gulf War protest interviews, 1991: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/7037

Los Angeles riots photographs, 1992: http://framework.latimes.com/2012/04/19/photos-from-los-angeles-riots/#/0

Dan Quayle, 1992: http://www.vicepresidentdanquayle.com/speeches_StandingFirm_CCC_1.html

Pat Buchanan, 1992: http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/29-the-triumph-of-the-right/pat-buchanan-on-the-culture-war-1992/

Bill Clinton, acceptance speech, 1992: http://articles.latimes.com/1992-07-17/news/mn-3671_1_place-called-hope

Bill Clinton, inaugural address, 1993: http://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/january-20-1993-first-inaugural

Bill Clinton, 1993-2000: http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/30-the-recent-past/bill-clinton-on-free-trade-and-financial-deregulation-1993-2000/

Contract with America, 1994: http://www.blackpast.org/primary/republican-partys-contract-america-1994

Bill Clinton campaign ad, “America Back,” 1996: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt-LDpxS5iQ

In one paragraph, state the correlation and identify the primary independent variables. 

Purpose Statement

In one paragraph, state the correlation and identify the primary independent variables.  State the correlation as in the following:

“The dependent variable _______ is determined by independent variables ________, _________, ________, and ________.”

Identify and defend the “primary” independent variable, or the variable believed to have the strongest impact on the dependent variable:

“The most important independent variable in this relationship is ________ because _________.”

Definition of Variables

For each variable, write a single definition paragraph talking about the variable. Paragraphs should be in this order: dependent variable, primary independent variable, and at least two more independent variables.  In addition to defining the independent variables, defend why each determines the dependent variable.

For the primary independent variable, at least two research sources that discuss the variable also must be cited.  These sources need not be technical documents but should contain evidence to justify the relationship between the primary independent variable and the dependent variable.  List these sources in the Reference Page, as needed.  Note: Citations from encyclopedias, Wikipedia, blogs, abstracts, or non-governmental websites are not acceptable research sources in this assignment.

Data Description

For each of the variables, at least 30 observations of cross-sectional data must be obtained.  Thus, for the final research paper, a data matrix that is at least 30 rows by numbers of variables must be presented.  This is the case for your mandated dataset, just be sure and acknowledge this in your paper.

Reference Page

The final page of the proposal should be a Reference Page listing at least ten research sources, forming the basis to conduct citing as appropriate.  Also, be sure and include sources for any table of data.

Data Analysis

Describe your approach to analyzing the data and refer to the guidance provided for the final paper in Unit 8.  This section will likely be the most under-developed at this point, but you should have a general idea as to how you intend to analyze your data and arrive at information that can be used in your conclusion and final recommendations.

After reading (or watching) Fences, and then researching scholars’ analyses of the play, your job is to write a short paper in which you quote, summarize, and paraphrase two different scholarly critiques of the play. 

Assignment 1: Comparative Research Paper over Fences 

After reading (or watching) Fences, and then researching scholars’ analyses of the play, your job is to write a short paper in which you quote, summarize, and paraphrase two different scholarly critiques of the play. Use the articles that you summarized in last week’s Annotated Bibliography. Here are some tips to help with the paper:

• What kind of paper NOT to write: I am not asking for a paper that summarizes the play. Instead, the purpose of this assignment is to steep you in the literary analyses of this play written by two scholars who do this for a living. The assignment leads you to read two professional interpretations of Wilson’s classic drama. Your thesis is to be an assertion about these two literary analyses, not about the play itself.
• What you should write: Write a comparison or contrast paper in which you describe how the two scholarly critiques you have found on Fences share (or don’t share) similar points of view on the drama.
• Length of paper: The paper should run no less than two-and-a-half pages in length.
• Title:

To help you organize your essay, here is a model compare/contrast thesis statement and model outline that you can use to help:

While authors [name of author #1] and [name of author #2] hold a similar view about Fences in terms of [similarity], they differ in their views about [difference #1] and [difference #2].

These similarities and differences will be their views or interpretations of theme, characterization, symbolism, or some other literary element. You will organize the essay around this thesis statement:

1. Introduction paragraph
2. Speak broadly about the theme of Fences (properly citing sources)
3. Offer the reader a brief summary of Fences, making sure to include the works cited entry for Wilson from our textbook.
4. Introduce the two literary critiques and authors you will be comparing/contrasting by giving their names, article titles (in quotation marks), and a brief summary of their articles. They each should have a separate sentence.
5. End with the thesis statement: While authors [name of author #1] and [name of author #2] hold a similar view about Fences in terms of [similarity], they differ in their views about [difference #1] and [difference #2].
6. First, authors [author name #1] and [author name #2] hold a similar view about Fences in terms of [similarity].
7. Details/example from author #1 article including 1 properly introduced/set up quoted (with intext citation).
8. Details/example from author #2 article including 1 properly introduced/set up quoted (with intext citation).
9. Interpretation and explanation about how these two examples are similar.

III. Next, authors [author name #1] and [author name #2] differ in their view about [difference #1].

1. Details/example from author #1 article including 1 properly introduced/set up quoted (with intext citation).
2. Details/example from author #2 article including 1 properly introduced/set up quoted (with intext citation).
3. Interpretation and explanation about how these two examples are different.
4. Lastly, authors [author name #1] and [author name #2] differ in their view about [difference #2].
5. Details/example from author #1 article including 1 properly introduced/set up quoted (with intext citation).
6. Details/example from author #2 article including 1 properly introduced/set up quoted (with intext citation).
7. Interpretation and explanation about how these two examples are different.
8. Conclusion (do not include any new source quotes)
9. Recap the thesis statement in different words.
10. Recap the main points or examples of similarity and difference from the body paragraphs.
11. Offer the reader a reflection about how understanding these similarities and differences of opinion about Fences help the reader to see this literary work in a different light or a broader perspective.

As mentioned above, be sure to include a works cited page which includes the proper MLA 8^th/9th edition works cited entry for your two literary critiques from Academic Search Complete as well as the entry for the Wilson play in our textbook (use the discussion board model, but italicize the play title rather than placing it in quotation marks). This means a total of three sources. These should be listed in alphabetical order (according to the first part of the entry – the author’s last name), and they should have a hanging indent according to MLA conventions.

• As usual, this should be in MLA with a Works Cited page. It will be graded according to the attached rubric:

write three to four (3–4) possible goals and objectives for this practicum experience.

Summary of strengths:

Opportunities for growth:

Now, write three to four (3–4) possible goals and objectives for this practicum experience. Ensure that they follow the SMART Strategy, as described in the Learning Resources.

What might increase or minimise criminal activity caused by climate change?

Description

This is a part of a report. I don’t need introduction and conclusion. Just very informational main body – no “water”, pure facts, according to the plan: 1. Research methods on climate change – definitely mention case studies, surveys, literature-based research, experiments, mixed method. Advantages and disadvantages. The best methods. Why? (about 200-300 words) 2. Key methodological problems faced by the research studies on climate change. (200-300 words) 3. Future risks (climate change) – suggest 2-3 research studies that might help to understand how and why risks of climate change may emerge in the future. (about 200 words) 4. What might increase or minimise criminal activity caused by climate change? (corruption, looting, fraud, corporate crime, people smuggling, for example – how to minimise possibility) (200-300 words) All literature should be strictly academic . In-text references and reference list at the end, please.

Discuss the goals that you as a manager much identify and manage that characterize high performance teams?

1. Discuss the two main roles that exists to enhance team performance. Why are these two roles important for team success?
2. Discuss the goals that you as a manager much identify and manage that characterize high performance teams?