GCU HQS640 2022 October Week 15 Assignment Latest

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 15 Assignment  

Benchmark - Practicum Evaluation

Assessment Description

Throughout your practicum experience, you have been designing and implementing a quality or safety improvement project. You will now assess that experience. Prior to beginning this paper, discuss the topics below with your preceptor. Include their feedback as well as your own.

In a 1,250-1,500-word document, discuss the following topics:

What was the focus of your practicum project? What were the goals you set?

How did you discover the need for this project? Describe how you found and interpreted the necessary data to identify your quality or safety improvement opportunity.

Discuss if you encountered any real or potential barriers during your practicum experience related to your project.

Outline the various evaluation strategies you used in the project. Explain why those strategies are most suitable for your project.

Discuss how the outcomes of your project will be measured. Is your project one that is sustainable or is it designed to be a single occurrence?

Evaluate the success of your project. If you were not able to implement your project, discuss why.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

Use a minimum of four peer-reviewed resources that are 5 years old or less as evidence to support your views.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

MSN Health Quality Safety

6.5: Develop evaluation strategies to monitor and modify quality and safety initiatives.

6.3: Interpret data in order to identify quality and safety improvement opportunities.