NR392 Quality Improvement in Nursing
Week 6 Course Project Milestone 3
Purpose
To apply lessons in quality improvement in nursing to a real world nursing issue. This Course Project will use the Six Sigma DMAIC process.
Course Outcomes
The Course Project enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO1: Identify the role of the BSN nurse in the quality improvement process as a member of the collaborative interprofessional team (PO2 & 7)
CO2: Discuss effective processes and strategies to improve quality in nursing (PO2 & 8)
Points
The entire project is worth 600 points. Milestone 3 is worth 300 points of this total.
Due Date
Submit your completed NR392 Milestone 3 by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT, end of Week 6.
Requirements and Guidelines
Download the required Milestone 3 Template (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Save it to your computer with the file name: Your Last Name NR392 Milestone 3.docx.
You are required to complete the form using the productivity tools required by Chamberlain University, which is Microsoft Office Word 2013 (or later version), or Windows and Office 2011 (or later version) for MAC. You must save the file in the “.docx” format. Do NOT save as Word Pad. A later version of the productivity tool includes Office 365, which is available to Chamberlain students for FREE by downloading from the student portal at http://my.chamberlain.edu (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Click on the envelope at the top of the page.
Milestone 3 is a continuation of and builds upon Milestones 1 and 2. Review the grading criteria and grading rubric for details about requirements including three interventions and evaluation of each.
A peer-reviewed scholarly professional nursing journal article (not a website) that is appropriate to the nursing care issue must be obtained from CINAHL via the Chamberlain Online Library and must be available in full text. Use APA format to cite and reference this article. You will write a short summary of this article.
Carefully review the assigned areas for Milestone 3 and type directly on your saved Milestone 3 Template.
Submit your completed Milestone 3 Template by Sunday at end of Week 6.
Course Project Milestone 3 Template
Directions: Prior to completing this template, carefully review Course Project Milestone 3 Guidelines paying particular attention to how to name the document and all rubric requirements. After saving the document to your computer, type your answers directly on this template and save again. This assignment is due by Sunday end of Week 6 by 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time.
Your Name:__________________________
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Assignment Criteria |
Answers: NOTE: See Milestone 3 Rubric for details required in each area. |
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Brief Statement of Nursing Care Issue
15 points |
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Improve: Interventions (3) to Improve Quality
120 points (40 points each for 3 interventions) |
Intervention #1:
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Intervention #2:
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Intervention #3:
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Improve: Professional Article to Support Interventions
75 points (25 points reference and citation; 50 points summary) |
Citation must be included with appropriate intervention above. Do NOT type in this box.
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Reference:
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Article Summary:
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Control: Control/ Evaluation
90 points (30 points each for 3 evaluations) |
Evaluation for Intervention #1:
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Evaluation for Intervention #2:
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Evaluation for Intervention #3:
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