Purpose of Healthcare Improvement Project Discussion
Purpose of Healthcare Improvement Project Discussion
Now, there’s just a little (okay…a lot) more writing to do…but you’ve DONE the initiation, planning, and implementation of your project. Now you will evaluate your successes (and near-successes) as well as reflecting on what you’ve learned…and what you MIGHT do moving forward! Remember, you’ll still be evaluated on professional communication and APA formatting…so keep focused with your writing just as you have been all along. There’s not much new here…you have everything you need to complete this last task. Purpose of Healthcare Improvement Project Discussion
Evaluation of the Project
- Evaluate the effectiveness of your goal and project outcome by doing the following:
- Compare the results of twokey performance indicators (KPIs) to the SMART+C goal and outcome statement you developed in Appendix D to determine the success of the project. You will want to re-introduce your SMART+C goal (be sure it’s aligned with its dates to your actual implementation dates) and your goal outcome statement and compare those to your two KPI”s! Was the project a success?
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- Explain how you implemented your project efficiently and effectively by providing an example of eachof the following components:
A2a: a method used for efficiency in the project implementation: Here, the evaluator will be looking for a specific way you might measure if your project was completed efficiently! Here’s a link to some methods that you might choose (I’d only pick ONE – the timeline review is a good way to evaluate efficiency!) …. https://www.projectmanager.com/blog/5-ways-to-measure-project-success Purpose of Healthcare Improvement Project Discussion
A2b: a result demonstrating the effectiveness of your project implementation Based on the efficiency method you used in A2a, think about one successful result from your timeline…was your management of that item effective?
- Compare the projected timeline to the actual implementation and determine if the project stayed on schedule. Explain the methods used to keep the project on schedule and the factors that caused delays. Think about your timeline…did everything finish by it’s planned end date? If so, how did you manage that? If there were items on your timeline that didn’t finish before or on the planned end date, what caused the delays? Could you (and how might you have) planned for that potential delay?
- Compare the projected budget to the actual implementation costs and determine if the project stayed on budget. Explain the methods for cost containment and any cause of variance between the projected budget and the actual costs.Compare your pro-forma budget in D157 to your actual budget…were they different? Were they above or below the budget? Revisit how you planned to manage your variances in the D157 content and explain why the variances occurred. How did you contain costs to keep them at or near your pro-forma budget?
- Submit the “Final Status Report” that you completed during your (TASK 1), which should include the following elements: This will be in the appendix as appendix K…so you will send the reader to Appendix K to view the “Final Status Report” …it needs to include the following… Purpose of Healthcare Improvement Project Discussion
B1: a project summary with the report date, name of the project, and name of the person who prepared the report
B2: a description of the purpose of your healthcare improvement project (HIP)
B3: project milestones, including a major task and accomplishment for each phase of the project management life cycle
B4: a budget overview with the total budget, the total spent, the difference between the two totals (if any), and a reason for the results
B5: project KPIs with a summary of project performance in meeting the KPIs
B6: a project outcome with a discussion of the efficiency and effectiveness of implementing your project, along with a conclusion to this section stating whether your project was successful or not in meeting your overall HIP goals and outcome Purpose of Healthcare Improvement Project Discussion
Project Closure
- Discuss the processes you used to close your project and describe how you celebrated the completion of your HIP. Be sure to review pg.’s 19-21 from your Course of Study…it’s all about the processof closing your project. The evaluator will want to read about how you closed your project…Be sure to discuss how you closed and ensured delivery of your final deliverables (evaluation and dissemination tasks) and how you completed your final project sign-off with leadership in addition to the lessons-learned in your project.
- Describe the wrap-up session you held with the project champions and key stakeholders, including details of your team’s recommendations, lessons learned, and next steps. Be sure to refer the reader to the appendix to view the final status report. Redundant, yes…but bring that discussion here about whether you met your KPI’s and goal!Be sure to add in the “celebration” you plan to have (or have had) to congratulate the staff on a job well done!
Conclusion
- Write a conclusion that reiterates the rationale and purpose of your project, including how your improvement project addresses a need for a quality change, innovation, or improvement. Purpose of Healthcare Improvement Project Discussion
Note: Your conclusion should not present new information; rather, it should provide new insight and offer creative approaches to guide future work in this area. This is your subjective conclusion of the project you’ve completed. If you met your goal or not…where might the project lead? Like the note says…be creative!
E1. Discuss the factors that facilitated or impeded the adoption of this improvement project, including specific examples. Remember, way back in D156 task 2 (F3) you discussed some external regulatory or compliance factors they might impede or facilitate your project… so, you can bring this forward and discuss how that factor could support the adoption of your project moving forward (as a new, accepted protocol). Are there any other factors, now that you’ve closed the project, that lend argument to its continuance (or adoption organization wide) of your project? If it was really successful in reaching your goal, then discuss how this would encourage the organization to continue the project or expand it! Did the staff really become engaged in the project? This could be another factor that would support it’s moving forward and its adoption as a new practice. Crow a little bit here!
E2. Discuss how this improvement project is significant to the role of a nurse leader. Now that you’ve successfully completed and closed the project…how is this improvement project significant to the role of the nurse leader? Do you feel the project is a good example of the power of nursing leadership to spearhead and address problems on a continuum? How important is nursing leadership in lending support to projects of this type?
I usually recommend subheadings…the evaluators will see you’ve addressed everything asked of you!
TASK 1
Complete the “Final Status Report Template” including the following components: Purpose of Healthcare Improvement Project Discussion
- project summary with the report date, name of the project, and name of the person who prepared the report
- project description of the purpose of your HIP
- project milestones, including a major task and accomplishment for each phase of the project management life cycle
- budget overview with the total budget, total money spent, difference between the two totals, and a reason for the difference
- project key performance indicators (KPIs) with a summary of the project performance in meeting KPIs
- project outcome with a discussion of the efficiency and effectiveness of implementing your project
Conduct a wrap-up session with stakeholders. Obtain recommendations from the team on lessons learned and next steps. In your e-portfolio, write a reflection on the successes and challenges from the implementation of your HIP. What lessons did you learn? What would you do differently next time? Include a summary on how your project advances nursing practice?
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there’s 2 tasks here. I have uploaded the instructions for both. thanks always! 🙂
No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The originality report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide. Purpose of Healthcare Improvement Project Discussion
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Complete the “Healthcare Improvement Project Evaluation and Closure†section of your healthcare improvement project (HIP) paper by doing the following:
Evaluation of the Project
A. Evaluate the effectiveness of your goal and project outcome by doing the following:
1. Compare the results of two key performance indicators (KPIs) to the SMART+C goal and outcome statement you developed in Appendix D to determine the success of the project.
2. Explain how you implemented your project efficiently and effectively by providing an example of each of the following components:
• a method used for efficiency in the project implementation
• a result demonstrating the effectiveness of your project implementation
3. Compare the projected timeline to the actual implementation and determine if the project stayed on schedule. Explain the methods used to keep the project on schedule and the factors that caused delays.
4. Compare the projected budget to the actual implementation costs and determine if the project stayed on budget. Explain the methods for cost containment and any cause of variance between the projected budget and the actual costs.
B. Submit the “Final Status Report†that you completed during your CPE, which should include the following elements:
• a project summary with the report date, name of the project, and name of the person who prepared the report
• a description of the purpose of your healthcare improvement project (HIP)
• project milestones, including a major task and accomplishment for each phase of the project management life cycle
• a budget overview with the total budget, the total spent, the difference between the two totals (if any), and a reason for the results
• project KPIs with a summary of project performance in meeting the KPIs
• a project outcome with a discussion of the efficiency and effectiveness of implementing your project, along with a conclusion to this section stating whether your project was successful or not in meeting your overall HIP goals and outcome
Project Closure
C. Discuss the processes you used to close your project, and describe how you celebrated the completion of your HIP.
D. Describe the wrap-up session you held with the project champions and key stakeholders, including details of your team’s recommendations, lessons learned, and next steps. Purpose of Healthcare Improvement Project Discussion
Conclusion
E. Write a conclusion that reiterates the rationale and purpose of your project, including how your improvement project addresses a need for a quality change, innovation, or improvement.
Note: Your conclusion should not present new information; rather, it should provide new insight and offer creative approaches to guide future work in this area.
1. Discuss the factors that facilitated or impeded the adoption of this improvement project, including specific examples.
2. Discuss how this improvement project is significant to the role of a nurse leader.
F. Submit your entire HIP paper, which should include the following sections:
• Introduction
• Review of Relevant Scholarly Sources
• Healthcare Improvement Project Initiation
• Healthcare Improvement Project Planning
• Healthcare Improvement Project Implementation Plan
• Healthcare Improvement Project Evaluation Plan
• Healthcare Improvement Project Implementation and Control
• Healthcare Improvement Project Evaluation and Closure
Note: You will only be evaluated on the Healthcare Improvement Project Evaluation and Closure section for this assessment.
G. Incorporate the following components of APA style and formatting in your paper:
• bias-free language
• APA-specific rules regarding verb tense, voice, and perspective
• a title page and headers
• in-text citations and references
• APA-specific formatting rules for margins, spacing, numbering, and indentation for the title page and main body of your paper, including headers, bulleted and numbered lists, and tables and figures
H. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
File Restrictions
File name may contain only letters, numbers, spaces, and these symbols: ! – _ . * ‘ ( )
File size limit: 200 MB
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RUBRIC
A1:COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND PROJECT OUTCOME
NOT EVIDENT
A comparison of KPI results to either the SMART+C goal or the outcome statement is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The comparison presents the results of 2 KPIs but does not determine whether the project’s SMART+C goal or outcome statement has been met, exceeded, or not met. Or the submission compares fewer than 2 KPI results to the project’s SMART+C goal and outcome statement from Appendix D. Or the determination of the success of the project is incorrect.
COMPETENT
The comparison of 2 KPI results to the project SMART+C goal and outcome statement from Appendix D correctly determines whether this project met, exceeded, or did not meet expectations.
A2:EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROJECT
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not provide any examples of efficiency or effectiveness.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission includes only 1 of the required examples, or 1 or both are not relevant to the efficiency or effectiveness of the project implementation. Or the submission includes inaccuracies or incorrectly describes a method or result.
COMPETENT
The submission includes the required examples for the efficiency and effectiveness of the project implementation. The submission is accurate and correctly describes both a method and a result. Purpose of Healthcare Improvement Project Discussion
A3:PROJECTED SCHEDULE COMPARISON
NOT EVIDENT
The submission neither compares timelines nor describes methods used to keep the project on schedule or the factors that caused delays.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission compares the projected timeline for the project implementation to the actual timeline but does not accurately determine whether the project stayed on schedule. Or the submission does not explain either specific methods used to keep the project on schedule or the factors that caused delays.
COMPETENT
The submission compares the projected timeline for the project implementation to the actual timeline and accurately determines whether the project stayed on schedule. The submission explains specific methods used to keep the project on schedule and the factors that caused delays.
A4:PROJECTED BUDGET COMPARISON
NOT EVIDENT
The submission neither compares the projected budget to actual implementation costs nor describes methods for cost containment or causes of cost variance.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission compares the projected budget to the actual implementation costs of the project but does not accurately determine whether the project stayed on budget. Or the submission does not describe either specific examples of methods used for cost containment or a reasonable explanation of any cause of variance between the two amounts. Purpose of Healthcare Improvement Project Discussion
COMPETENT
The submission compares the projected budget to the actual implementation costs of the project and accurately determines whether the project stayed on budget. The submission describes specific examples of methods used for cost containment and a reasonable explanation of any cause of variance between the two amounts.
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B:FINAL STATUS REPORT
NOT EVIDENT
A “Final Status Report†is not submitted.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The “Final Status Report†is submitted, but 1 or more of the given elements are either missing or do not follow the task instructions. Or 1 or more elements within the “Final Status Report†do not reflect the project implementation.
COMPETENT
A completed “Final Status Report†is submitted, and all elements of the report, as described in the task instructions, are provided and reflect the project implementation.
C:PROJECT CLOSURE AND CELEBRATION
NOT EVIDENT
The submission neither discusses processes for closing the project nor describes how the completion of the project was celebrated.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission discusses the processes used to close the healthcare improvement project, but the processes discussed are not specific. Or the submission does not describe specific examples of how the closure of the project was celebrated. Purpose of Healthcare Improvement Project Discussion
COMPETENT
The submission discusses the specific processes used to close the healthcare improvement project and describes specific examples of how the closure of the project was celebrated.
D:WRAP-UP SESSION
NOT EVIDENT
A description of the wrap-up session is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The description of the wrap-up session is missing specific details about either the session participants (i.e., project champions or key stakeholders), team recommendations, lessons learned, or the next steps for the project.
COMPETENT
The description of the wrap-up session provides specific details about the session participants (i.e., project champions and key stakeholders), team recommendations, lessons learned, and the next steps for the project.
E:CONCLUSION
NOT EVIDENT
A conclusion is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The conclusion does not reiterate the rationale or purpose of the project. Or the conclusion does not plausibly account for how the improvement project addresses a need for quality change, innovation, or improvement.
COMPETENT
The conclusion reiterates the rationale and purpose of the project and plausibly accounts for how the improvement project addresses a need for quality change, innovation, or improvement. Purpose of Healthcare Improvement Project Discussion
E1:ADOPTION OF THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not discuss any factors affecting the adoption of the improvement project.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission does not discuss specific factors that facilitated or impeded the adoption of this improvement project, or the factors discussed would not plausibly facilitate or impede the adoption of the project in the setting where the project was implemented.
COMPETENT
The submission discusses specific factors that either facilitated or impeded the adoption of this improvement project, and the factors discussed are plausible given the setting where the project was implemented.
E2:SIGNIFICANCE TO NURSE LEADER ROLE
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion of how the improvement project is significant to the role of a nurse leader is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The discussion of how the improvement project is significant to the role of a nurse leader includes inaccuracies or does not demonstrate a clear understanding of how a nurse leader influences healthcare organizations.
COMPETENT
The discussion of how the improvement project is significant to the role of a nurse leader is accurate and demonstrate a clear understanding of how a nurse leader influences healthcare organizations.
F:SUBMIT HIP PAPER
NOT EVIDENT
The entire HIP paper is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
Not applicable.
COMPETENT
The entire HIP paper is provided, including all of the given sections. Purpose of Healthcare Improvement Project Discussion
G:APA STYLE AND FORMAT
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not incorporate the given APA style and format components as described in the current APA manual.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission does not accurately or consistently incorporate 1 or more of the given APA style and format components as described in the current APA manual.
COMPETENT
The submission accurately and consistently incorporates all of the given APA style and format components as described in the current APA manual.
H:PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
NOT EVIDENT
Content is unstructured, is disjointed, or contains pervasive errors in mechanics, usage, or grammar. Vocabulary or tone is unprofessional or distracts from the topic.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
Content is poorly organized, is difficult to follow, or contains errors in mechanics, usage, or grammar that cause confusion. Terminology is misused or ineffective.
COMPETENT
Content reflects attention to detail, is organized, and focuses on the main ideas as prescribed in the task or chosen by the candidate. Terminology is pertinent, is used correctly, and effectively conveys the intended meaning. Mechanics, usage, and grammar promote accurate interpretation and understanding. Purpose of Healthcare Improvement Project Discussion
