NURS 4220: Leadership Competencies In Nursing (NURS-4220)

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 3 Practicum: Applying Process Improvement Models Post a discussion entry describing the model that you selected and describe how each step of the model will be used to develop the plan for the practicum quality and safety project. Continue to collaborate with the selected individuals in your practice environment as needed in the development of the practicum project, and share this information with your group.

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 3 Discussion: Applying Performance Improvement Tools Based on the scenario, explain what was done successfully and where improvement was needed in the quality improvement process. Identify the performance improvement tools, and explain how they contributed to the outcome. Support your response with references from the learning resources and professional nursing literature. Your posts need to be written at the capstone level (s...

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 2 Assignment: Capstone Paper – Literature Review Complete a literature review for your practice problem. For each of the studies located, summarize the purpose, methods, and findings that focus on solutions to your practice problem. A minimum of five peer­reviewed evidence­based practice articles are required for the literature review. This section should be 5–6 paragraphs. Make the recommended changes to the introductio...

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Health Care) Week 2 Practicum: Applying Measurement Tools to a Practice Problem Post a description of the measures identified from the interviews, the challenges to obtaining the data that were discussed, and a summary of how this quality indicator is measured in the literature. Discuss any gaps in the data that were identified and additional sources that might be needed to obtain this data. Be sure to support your practice problem with the li...

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Health Care) Week 2 Discussion: Applying Measurement Tools Take on the role of the staff nurse in the scenario, and post an explanation of how you would go about finding out how many diabetics are in your practice, and how many meet all 8 components of HEDIS comprehensive diabetes care. Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature. Your posts need to be written at the capstone level (see checklist). Notes f...

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 1 Practicum: Identifying a Practice Problem In Need of Improvement Identify a measurable patient­centered practice problem related to quality or safety and relevant to your practice setting. This problem will be the topic for the practicum discussion and your Capstone Paper. Post a brief description of the problem and an explanation of why you selected it. Explain how the conversation you had with the key leader in your pract...

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 1 Discussion: Defining Quality Post your definition of quality, and apply it to the work of one major quality theorist (e.g., Donabedian, Juran, Deming, Triple Aim (IHI) – Berwick). Identify a practice problem that you have had some experience with as a customer or as a practitioner and explain how eliminating wasteful practices could have improved the experience. Include how your definition of quality applies to that experi...