Explain how the patient, family, or population problem impacts the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
In a 4-5 page written assessment, assess the effect of the patient, family, or population problem you’ve previously defined on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual. Plan to spend approximately 2 direct practicum hours exploring these aspects of the problem with the patient, family, or group you’ve chosen to work with and, if desired, consulting with subject matter and industry experts. (THE CHOSEN PATIENT FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT IS A 30 YEAR OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH DEPRESSION AT THE AGE OF 27. SHE CURRENTLY ATTENDS WEEKLY THERAPY SESSION AND IS CURRENTLY TAKING A DAILY PRESCIRBED MEDICATION CALLED PROZAC. THIS COMBINED TREATMENT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE FOR HER FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS.)
Preparation: In this assessment, you’ll assess the effect of the health problem you’ve defined on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
To prepare for the assessment:
Conduct research of the scholarly and professional literature to inform your assessment and meet scholarly expectations for supporting evidence.
Review the Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 2 [PDF], which provides guidance for conducting this portion of your practicum. (THIS WILL BE ADDED AS A PDF FILE UNDER THE MATERIALS SECTION)
Instructions:
Complete this assessment in two parts.
Part 1
Assess the effect of the patient YOU defined in the previous assessment (30 YR OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMAILE DEALING WITH DEPRESSION FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS) on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual. Plan to spend at least 2 practicum hours exploring these aspects of the problem with the patient, family, or group. Use the Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 2 [PDF] provided for this assessment to guide your work and interpersonal interactions.
Part 2 (MOST OF THIS PORTION CAN BE MADE UP /HYPOTHETICAL AND I’LL ADJUST THE WORDING AS NEEDED)
Report on your experiences with the patient, including how you presented your ideas about the health problem to the patient, family, or group.
Whom did you meet with? MET WITH THE 30 YEAR OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE DEALING WITH DEPRESSION
What did you learn from them?
Comment on the evidence-based practice (EBP) documents or websites you reviewed.
What did you learn from that review?
Share the process and experience of exploring the influence of leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy on the problem.
What barriers, if any, did you encounter when presenting the problem to the patient?
Did the patient agree with you about the presence of the problem and its significance and relevance?
What leadership, communication, collaboration, or change management skills did you employ during your interactions to overcome these barriers or change the patient’s thinking about the problem (for example, creating a sense of urgency based on data or policy requirements)?
What changes, if any, did you make to your definition of the problem, based on your discussions?
What might you have done differently?
Requirements
The assessment requirements, outlined below, correspond to the scoring guide criteria, so be sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, note the additional requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.
Explain how the patient, family, or population problem impacts the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
Cite evidence that supports the stated impact.
Note whether the supporting evidence is consistent with what you see in your nursing practice.
Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies can affect the problem’s impact on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
Describe research that has tested the effectiveness of these standards and/or policies in addressing care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
Explain how these standards and/or policies will guide your actions in addressing care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
Describe the effects of local, state, and federal policies or legislation on your nursing scope of practice, within the context of care quality, patient safety, and cost to the system and individual.
Propose strategies to improve the quality of care, enhance patient safety, and reduce costs to the system and individual.
Discuss research on the effectiveness of these strategies in addressing care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
Identify relevant and available sources of benchmark data on care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
Use paraphrasing and summarization to represent ideas from external sources.
Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
Format: Format your paper using APA style. Be sure to include: A title page and reference page.
Appropriate section headings.
Supporting evidence: Cite at least 5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old. Provide in-text citations and references in APA format.
Competencies Measured
Competency 3: Transform processes to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and reduce the cost of care.
Explain how a patient, family, or population problem impacts the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
Propose strategies to improve the quality of care, enhance patient safety, and reduce costs to the system and individual and document the practicum hours spent with these individuals or group in the Core Elms Volunteer Experience Form.
Competency 5: Analyze the impact of health policy on quality and cost of care.
Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies can affect a patient, family, or population problem’s impact on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.
Use paraphrasing and summarization to represent ideas from external sources.
