Information Management: Defining the Scope

Grading Criteria
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Grading Criteria
Week 1: Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Considerations: Define the Problem
Content: 16 points possible
Points possible
Identified the patient-centered problem/issue/topic and
the setting it will impact
4
Explained how their proposal will address the
problem/issue/topic
4
Summarized ethical, legal, and regulatory concerns
4
Explained why the problem/issue/topic was selected
4
Format: 2 points possible
Points possible
Followed a structure that is clear, concise, and
appropriate; maintained a scholarly tone
1
Free of grammar, syntax, and spelling errors
1
Points earned
Comments
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Comments
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Grading Criteria
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Week 2: Information Management: Defining the Scope
Content: 16 points possible
Points possible
Determined the scope of the problem, considering
appropriate qualitative and quantitative data points
4
Reviewed and aggregated data accurately and drew
accurate conclusions based the findings
4
Determined the level of risk to illustrate the importance of
the project
4
Selected the appropriate approach for the project
4
Format: 2 points possible
Points possible
Followed a structure that is clear, concise, and
appropriate; maintained a scholarly tone
1
Free of grammar, syntax, and spelling errors
1
Points earned
Comments
Points earned
Comments
Points earned/possible
/18
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Grading Criteria
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Week 3: Research and Evidence: Support the Need for a Change
Content: 16 points possible
Points possible
Found and submitted a minimum of three supporting
original research articles
4
Summarized the articles to explain the evidence for the
project
4
Found and submitted guidelines to support the project,
considering clinical guidelines, processes, and policies
4
Summarized guidelines explaining how they were
evidence for the project
4
Format: 2 points possible
Points possible
Followed a structure that is clear, concise, and
appropriate; maintained a scholarly tone
1
Cited at least two sources in an APA-formatted reference
page
1
Points earned
Comments
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Comments
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/18
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Week 4: Quality Improvement Translation and Planning: Project Translation and Planning
Content: 16 points possible
Points possible
Defined an improvement goal and explained how it
would be measured
2
Included resources in project plan, including supplies
and equipment and people
4
Included timeframe for implementation in project plan
4
Included data collection mechanisms in project plan
Included change and leadership theories to ensure
success in project plan
Format: 2 points possible
Points earned
Comments
Points earned
Comments
4
2
Points possible
Followed a structure that is clear, concise, and
appropriate; maintained a scholarly tone
1
Cited at least two sources in an APA-formatted reference
page
1
Points earned/possible
/18
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Grading Criteria
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Week 5: Leadership in Quality Improvement: The Role of the Nurse Leader
Content: 16 points possible
Points possible
Considered nurse leader’s role at each phase of the
project
4
Identified key nurse leader actions with regard to
communication
3
Identified key nurse leader actions with regard to training
3
Identified key nurse leader actions with regard to budget
3
Identified key nurse leader actions with regard to change
management and authority
3
Format: 2 points possible
Points possible
Followed a structure that is clear, concise, and
appropriate; maintained a scholarly tone
1
Cited at least two sources in an APA-formatted reference
page
1
Points earned
Comments
Points earned
Comments
Points earned/possible
/18
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Leadership Project Summary
NSG/498
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Leadership Project Summary
Overview
In this course you synthesize the major program concepts in a final leadership project. Each week
focuses on an aspect of the final project. Carefully select your topics that you can thoroughly analyze.
This course is designed to be an in-depth look at a topic or project of your preference. Courses
throughout the program have prepared you to take a more holistic look at how a nurse in practice would
look for quality improvement or evidence-based practice opportunities in their health care setting.
Before Selecting a Topic
Before you select a topic, review all of the course deliverables. Each week will build on the one before.
Topics should be broad and in-depth enough that you are able to gather and consider information for all
assignments.
Week 1: Define the Problem
This week’s assignment is to identify the focus of your project and anticipate the ethical, legal, and
regulatory concerns that can or will arise.
Completing the Question Development Tool from this week’s learning activity will be very helpful in
guiding your topic selection and ensuring the topic will meet the requirements for the coming weeks’
deliverables.
Define the problem.
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Identify the patient-centered problem/issue/topic and the setting it will impact.
Broadly outline your proposal to address the problem/issue/topic.
Summarize ethical, legal, and regulatory concerns.
Explain why you chose the topic.
Week 2: Information Management: Defining the Scope
In this assignment you further define your project scope and identify data sources that help you determine
how to address your selected problem.
Reviewing the sites listed in the Key Quality Improvement Strategies learning activity should help you
select some of your data sources.
Determine the scope of your selected problem. Consider both qualitative and quantitative data, for
example:
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Leader and peer interviews
Patient/customer surveys
Quality reports
Benchmarking studies/baseline data. If baseline data is available:
o What are the goals?
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Are current practices meeting the organizational goals?
Are the prescribed practices followed?
Review and aggregate the data.
Determine the level of risk and frequency of the problem to determine the importance of the project.
Looking at the information you have gathered so far, determine whether the project lends itself to an
evidence-based practice approach or a quality improvement project.
Week 3: Research and Evidence: Research and Evidence: Support the Need for a Change
In this assignment you find evidence from literature and journals that supports the need for your proposed
change.
The performance appraisal tools in this week’s learning activity should help you determine good sources
of evidence to cite this week. Keep in mind, it’s possible that your project will not use both research and
non-research evidence, but most will.
Find a minimum of three original research articles to support your project and summarize the articles in
350 words. The articles must be:
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Peer reviewed
Recent (published within 5 years)
Statistically significant
Find current guidelines and summarize them in 350 words.
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Consider processes, policies, and clinical guidelines that relate to your chosen issue or problem.
Include PDFs of the articles as well as a reference page with an APA-formatted citation for each article.
Week 4: Project Translation and Planning
In this week’s assignment you work through the planning and implementation stages of the project. This
will require you to determine goals, resources needed, and consider change management.
Define an improvement goal and explain how you would measure the change.
Create a project plan. Consider:
Resources needed
o Supplies and equipment
o People
• Timeframe for implementation
• Data collection mechanisms
• Change and leadership theories to ensure success
Week 5: The Role of the Nurse Leader
This week’s focus is the nurse leader’s role in this and similar projects.
Consider the nurse leader’s role at each stage of your project.
Determine actions the nurse leader needs to take to ensure project success. Consider the following:
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Communication
Training
Budget
Change management
Authority
Selecting a Topic
In NSG/451, Professional Nursing Leadership Perspectives, you looked at broad change project topics. In
NSG/456, Research Outcomes Management for the Practicing Nurse, you developed a PICO question,
considered the ethical impacts, and looked at evidence to support. Using those thoughts as a basis for
this assignment is a good place to start so you can do a more in-depth analysis in this class.
If available, you may want to review the following assignments:
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NSG/451 – Week 4: Leadership Change Project Framework
NSG/456 – Week 1: Research Question
NSG/456 – Week 2: Ethical Issues in Research
NSG/456 – Week 4: Finding Evidence
Although we are suggesting you look at these assignments as a basis for this project, be careful to
avoid self-plagiarism. The University defines self-plagiarism as “double dipping, or dovetailing; the
submission of work that has been previously prepared and submitted for credit without fair citation of the
original work. The use of one’s previous work in an assignment requires prior approval from the current
faculty member and citation of the previous work.”
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