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HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 5 Assignment  

Practicum Journal 2

Assessment Description

Journaling provides a valuable tool for recording, reflecting on, and reviewing your learning. This approach provides an opportunity for you to "connect the dots" and observe the relationships between activities, interactions, and outcomes.

Unlike a personal journal of thoughts and feelings, this practicum journal is a record of your activities, assessments, and learning related to this academic experience.

Journal entries should include a record of the number of hours spent with your nurse preceptor each week.

Write a reflective journal entry of 750-1,500 words answering the following:

Practicum Activities Reflection: Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in your practicum setting during Weeks 3-4.

Health Care Quality & Patient Safety: Differentiate between safety and quality in relation to healthcare. What is their relationship? How are they connected? How are they different?

Practicum Project Preparation: How is the need for patient safety or quality improvement change identified? Summarize the process and results of your specific needs assessment, including any tools used. What type of data was analyzed? How will this change improve health care quality and/or patient safety?

Evidence: What role does data play in quality improvement projects?

APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, but solid academic writing is expected. The "Practicum Journal Template" is required for this assignment. All citations and references must be written in APA format.

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.