Use a provided template to develop a 3-5 page proposal for an intervention and implementation plan related to the health problem you defined in the first assessment.  (FIRST ASSESSMENT ATTACHED)

Important: You must complete all of the assessments in order for this course.

For this assessment, you will be designing and planning the implementation for the intervention to improve the health problem you defined in the first assessment. You will also examine implications of interprofessional collaboration, technology, and organizational and governmental policies for your intervention and implementation plans.

Demonstration of Proficiency

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 3: Transform processes to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and reduce the cost of care.
  • Propose an intervention plan that references relevant processes to improve quality and safety, and reduce costs in the context of a chosen health problem.
• Competency 4: Apply health information and patient care technology to improve patient and systems outcomes.
  • Analyze technology within a chosen health care practice context to support a proposed plan.
• Competency 5: Analyze the impact of health policy on quality and cost of care.
  • Explain the ways in which existing governmental or organizational policies could impact the proposed plan.
• Competency 6: Collaborate interprofessionally to improve patient and population outcomes.
  • Explain strategies for communicating and collaborating with patients and interprofessional teams to improve health outcomes.
• Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.
  • Communicate professionally in writing that is clear and logically organized, with correct grammar, spelling, and use of APA style.

Important: Complete this assessment second.

Professional Context

As a professional nurse, you perform a critical role in solving a host of health care problems. In this assessment, you will use the literature to plan best-practice strategies to foster positive health outcomes for your chosen patient or population.

Preparation

Your intervention and implementation plan should be carried out in an interprofessional context, aligned to your topic, and based on the work you did in the first assessment. You should find collaborators as soon as possible so you can solicit their feedback about intervention and implementation plans to inform your approach.

Instructions

Having identified a health problem relevant to your current or future nursing practice and reviewed the literature to support nursing standards, decision making, and improvement strategies, you should now plan an intervention to address the chosen health problem based on the research you conducted.

Construct a plausible plan that leverages the best practices and research collected to date as well as additional research into similar projects that you find in the literature. Be sure to frame your plan within the context of the health care setting in which you are completing your practicum hours. Incorporate relevant site-specific processes and policies into your implementation plan.

Use the Plan Proposal Template [DOC] to complete this assessment.

As you develop your plan, be sure to address the following:

• Remote collaboration and communication with patients and colleagues to improve health outcomes. The patients and colleagues can be friends and family.
• Governmental or organizational policies that could affect the plan.
• Quality and safety improvement strategies.
• Technology at the site that could be leveraged.

Scoring Guide Criteria

Your submission will be assessed based on the following criteria:

• Propose an intervention plan that references relevant processes to improve quality and safety, and reduce costs in the context of a chosen health problem.
• Analyze technology within a chosen health care practice context to support a proposed plan.
• Explain the ways in which existing governmental or organizational policies could impact the proposed plan.
• Explain strategies for communicating and collaborating with patients and interprofessional teams to improve health outcomes.
• Communicate professionally in writing that is clear and logically organized, with correct grammar, spelling, and use of APA style.

Additional Requirements

• Length of submission: Use the provided template. Most submissions will be 3 to 5 pages. You do not need to include a title page. Be sure to complete the reference page at the end of the template.
• Number of references: Cite a minimum of 5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old.
• APA formatting: Make sure that in-text citations and reference list follow current APA style.

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Plan Proposal Template

The following is a guide to organize your assignment. Please be sure to remove the guiding questions and comments for each section. You are expected to write in a professional and academically appropriate manner, including using correct APA style and citations throughout.

Propose a plan, referencing relevant existing and newly created processes, to implement an intervention to improve quality and safety, and reduce costs in the context of a chosen health problem. 

· Introduce a general summary of the project plan that you will be exploring. 

· Provide a brief context for the project plan. 

· Identify the specific intervention you are proposing.

· Describe how this plan will improve quality, increase safety, and reduce costs associated with this health problem.

· Identify collaborators who will implement your plan.

· Discuss how you propose to implement your plan.

Analyze technology within a chosen health care practice context to support a proposed plan.  

· Compare and contrast the authors you will cite regarding the impact of technology for this health concern, discussing pros and cons of the technology you are reading about. 

· Note whether the authors provide supporting evidence from the literature about this technology that is consistent with technology you see in your nursing practice.

· Include discussion from the literature on barriers to use of this technology and how it is applied in the context of this patient or population problem. 

· Describe research studies that present opposing views regarding this technology. 

Explain the ways in which existing governmental or organizational policies could impact the proposed plan. 

· Cite authors who have written about specific governmental or organizational policies for nurses to follow when planning care for this patient population. 

· Discuss research that has tested the effectiveness of these governmental or organizational policies in improving patient or population outcomes for this health problem. 

· Describe current literature on the role of nurses in policy making to improve outcomes, prevent illness, and reduce hospital readmissions. 

· Discuss how the literature characterizes ways in which your role as a nurse leader can help change governmental or organizational policies to improve patient outcomes. 

Explain strategies for communicating and collaborating to improve health outcomes with patients and interprofessional teams. 

· Identify the key stakeholders in your clinical practicum environment, including patients, with whom you plan to communicate. 

· Describe any surprising experiences you have had while enlisting support and gathering stakeholder input on needed behavioral or educational changes in this patient or population to address the identified health concern.

· Discuss the benefits of gathering stakeholder input to improve care for this patient or population. 

· Identify best-practice strategies from the literature for effective communication and collaboration to improve patient outcomes in this clinical practicum.

GRADING RUBRIC:

1.  Propose an intervention plan that references relevant processes to improve quality and safety, and reduce costs in the context of a chosen health problem. 

Passing Grade:  Proposes an intervention plan that references relevant processes to improve quality and safety, and reduce costs in the context of a chosen health problem. Predicts one or more plan outcomes. 

2.   Analyze technology within a chosen health care practice context to support a proposed plan. 

Passing Grade:   Analyzes technology within a chosen health care practice context to support a proposed plan, comparing potential costs or barriers of its use to benefits. 

3.   Explain the ways in which existing governmental or organizational policies could impact the proposed plan. 

Passing Grade:   Explains the ways in which existing governmental or organizational policies could impact the proposed plan. Notes any possible impact of policies on plan quality or cost in particular. 

4.   Explain strategies for communicating and collaborating with patients and interprofessional teams to improve health outcomes. 

Passing Grade:   Explains strategies for communicating and collaborating with patients and interprofessional teams to improve health outcomes. Notes the relevance or benefits of the strategies in the context of the proposed plan and health care setting. 

5.   Communicate professionally in writing that is clear and logically organized, with correct grammar, spelling, and use of APA style. 

Passing Grade:   Communicates professionally in writing that is exceptionally clear and logically organized, with correct grammar, spelling, and flawless use of APA style.