ITS VERY IMPORTANT TO MEET THE COMPETENCES !

Write 8-10 pages in which you identify a major patient-safety issue within your own organization and use evidence-based best practices and technology to develop a plan to improve the safety issue.

Quality improvement and patient safety are central to the nursing leadership role.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria: Competency 2: Safety and Quality Practices – Incorporate concepts of patient safety, clinical management, and quality improvement to improve patient outcomes.             (IMPORTANT) -Describe a patient safety issue and compare currently used organizational processes for handling this issue with concepts, principles, and practices that contribute to quality improvement and patient safety.
Competency 3: Nursing Research and Informatics – Incorporate evidence-based practice interventions (for example, information systems and patient care technologies) as appropriate for managing the acute and chronic care of patients, promoting health across the lifespan.             (IMPORTANT) -Recommend evidence-based interventions, including technology, to address specific patient-safety issues.
Competency 4: Policy, Finance, and Regulations – Understand the scope and role of policy, finance, and regulatory environments in relationship to individual and population outcomes.             (IMPORTANT) -Analyze the legal and ethical consequences of not addressing patient-safety issues.
Competency 5: Communication – Communicate effectively with all members of the health care team, including interdepartmental and interdisciplinary collaboration for quality outcomes.             (IMPORTANT) -Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate APA format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a nursing professional.
Competency 6: Organizational and Systems Management – Apply knowledge of organizational behavior, nursing theory, and systems (micro- and macro-) as appropriate for the scope and role of one’s own practice.             (IMPORTANT) -Describe strategies to overcome specific organizational barriers to change. Assessment Instructions  Preparation

As you prepare for this assessment, complete the following: Before you begin, examine your organization’s history of safety in a specific area and how your organization addresses patient safety issues. If possible, consult with a key stakeholder in the organization (such as an administrator) to better understand specific patient-safety concerns and how the organization is working to resolve the concerns. This person should also be able to discuss some of the organizational barriers impacting the patient safety issue. Next, look at the basic concepts, principles, and practices that contribute to organizational quality improvement and patient safety. Review the literature for best practices and how technology might be used to improve the issue. Finally, be sure to consider the legal and ethical implications associated with the safety issue, as well as possible organizational barriers to change. Directions

As you construct this assessment, address each point as completely as possible: Describe a patient-safety issue within your organization, comparing the way your organization addresses the issue with the concepts, principles, and practices that contribute to quality improvement and patient safety. Analyze the legal and ethical consequences of not addressing the issue. Recommend evidence-based interventions, including technology, to address the patient-safety issue. Describe strategies to overcome specific organizational barriers to change, based on your knowledge of the organization. Additional Requirements Format: Include a title page and reference page. Use APA style and formatting. Length: Ensure your completed assessment is 8–10 pages in length, not including the title page and reference page. References: Cite at least five current scholarly or professional resources. Font: Use double-spaced, 12-point, Times New Roman font.

Article Review Information Students will complete a 3-5 page paper on a Musical Time Period (i.e. Classical Period, Romantic Period, etc), Musical Group, Style of Music (i.e. Glam Rock) as found in the course text due by (see schedule). You must state examples of musicians and style of music in your review. Musical influences should also be included (ex:Rock and Roll was influence by the music of Africa). The review will be in MLA format as per MiddleGeorgia Technical College English standards. You must site your resources. Article Review outline for student reference: Title page with yourname, class, student ID, and research paper name. Introduction: 3-5 sentences telling what the paper is about. Main Body: several paragraphs about the topic Closing statement: paragraph that ties the entire paper together in a final thought, usually 3-5 sentences. Bibliographythat states your sources on a separate page

Trust may be something we take for granted until it is injured or destroyed. When that happens, it assumes a new importance. When you think of the people that are important in your life, these are most likely people you trust. We live in a time when we are frequently reminded that trust has to be earned and then reevaluated. Think of some of the public figures that had been trusted and then lost that trust. As you work on this assignment, start developing your trust meter, the instrument that guides you when evaluating trustworthiness. 

 Objectives • Analyze the evolving professional nursing roles of leader/manager within a dynamic health care team • Design unique strategies to promote adaptation to the professional nursing roles. • Utilize the critical thinking process in problem solving and decision making. 

Directions Before completing this assignment, read the first section (pages 1- 26) of Covey’s The Speed of Trust. In this assignment, you will write a short (1-2 pages), opinion paper. The paper is to be based on your own experiences and opinions. You should critically reflect on your personal experiences and apply what you have learned in the module to your current practice. Justify and explain your responses with examples and thorough explanations. Consider your current or past place of employment, and discuss the following: a. The level of excellence at this institution is (select high or low); possibly because of the high/low level of trust the employees have of the administration. This level of trust of administration is illustrated by: b. The level of excellence at this institution is (select high or low); possibly because of the high/low level of trust the administration has of the employees. This level of trust of the employees is illustrated by…..

In your opinion, who holds the responsibility to decrease the soaring costs of health care, and who has the authority to change the fundamental culture of both our healthcare system and our national code of ethics? Why? What is one initiative that your organization (or local healthcare provider) has implemented in recent years to help curb the rising costs of health care in your community? 
200 word minimum w/cited references

Students are required to maintain weekly reflective narratives throughout the course to combine into one course-long reflective journal that integrates leadership and inquiry into current practice as it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum course.

In your journal, you will reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout this course. The journal should address a variable combination of the following, depending on your specific practice immersion clinical experiences: New practice approaches Intraprofessional collaboration Health care delivery and clinical systems Ethical considerations in health care Population health concerns The role of technology in improving health care outcomes Health policy Leadership and economic models Health disparities

Students will outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and finally, how the student met the competencies aligned to this course.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be 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. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.