Risk Management and Safety (graded)

Assignment

Purpose

In clinical healthcare environments, cultures of excellence are committed to the promotion of quality, assurance of safety, and mitigation of risk. The purpose of this assignment is to analyze inefficiency or failure in the clinical environment and the resulting impact on quality and safety at the point of care and organizational levels. Regulatory, accreditation, and best practice guidelines which provide direction are examined, and models for quality improvement and nurse leader competencies to promote compliance are applied to the selected issue.

A printed version of these assignment guidelines is available below. 

NR529 Module 4 Risk Management and Safety Assignment Guidelines and RubricLinks to an external site.

ePortfolio: This assignment will also be a part of your ePortfolio. Students are encouraged to follow the guidelines for creating the ePortfolio by clicking “ePortfolio” on the course home page.

*PLEASE NOTE: According to the current edition of the APA manual, a running head is no longer an APA requirement. Please disregard the reference a running head requirement in the below video and transcript.

Course Learning Outcomes

Through this assignment, the student will address the following course learning outcome:

• CO 4: Analyze continuous improvement processes at the microsystem and mesosystems levels based on patient care outcomes and current evidence to ensure safe and quality nursing care. (PO 5)

Suggested Due Dates

This assignment has a suggested due date of Sunday 11:59 pm MT at the end of Module 4.

Final due date is Sunday 11:59 pm MT at the end of Module 7.

Total Points Possible

This assignment is worth a total of 200 points.

Assignment Overview

In a 14-16 slide PowerPoint presentation, address the following elements. Include a minimum of 4 scholarly sources, current within 5 years, to support your work. See rubric for specific, required content criteria within each section of the presentation:

1. Provide an introduction to the presentation.
2. Identify one inefficiency and/or failure in a selected clinical setting which can result in quality or safety concerns. You may choose an issue related to your MSN project or a separate issue. Explain the issue and how it influences quality and safety in the selected clinical setting. Discuss implications of this issue at the point of care and at the organizational level.
3. Identify one healthcare regulatory guideline, accreditation expectation, or evidence-based standard of practice which provides direction regarding this issue in the selected clinical setting. Explain the expectations described within the regulatory, accreditation, or evidence-based practice guideline or standard of care. Identify and describe three variables in the selected clinical setting which can influence compliance with the stated guideline or standard of care.
4. Select one quality improvement model and describe how it can be applied to address this issue. Provide an overview of the model, and explain how it can be used to comply with the regulatory, accreditation, or evidence-based practice guideline in the selected clinical setting to promote quality and safety.
5. Discuss three specific nurse leader competencies which promote a culture of quality and safety. Explain how each competency can be used to mitigate risk and promote quality and safety regarding the issue described.
6. Provide a conclusion to the presentation.