Patient, Family, or Population Health Problem Solution

Develop an intervention , as a solution to the patient, family, or population problem you’ve defined. Submit the proposed intervention to the faculty for review and approval. This solution needs to be implemented (shared) with your patient, family, or group. You are not to share your intervention with your patient, family, or group or move on to Assessment 5 before your faculty reviews/approves the solution you submit in Assessment 4. In a separate written deliverable, write a 5-7 page analysis of your intervention.

Please submit both your solution/intervention and the 5-7 page analysis to complete Assessment 4.

Introduction

In your first three assessments, you applied new knowledge and insight gleaned from the literature, from organizational data, and from direct consultation with the patient, family, or group (and perhaps with subject matter and industry experts) to your assessment of the problem. You’ve examined the problem from the perspectives of leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, policy, quality of care, patient safety, costs to the system and individual, technology, care coordination, and community resources. Now it’s time to turn your attention to proposing an intervention (your capstone project), as a solution to the problem.

Preparation

In this assessment, you’ll develop an intervention as a solution to the health problem you’ve defined. To prepare for the assessment, think about an appropriate intervention, based on your work in the preceding assessments, that will produce tangible, measurable results for the patient, family, or group. In addition, you might consider using a root cause analysis to explore the underlying reasons for a problem and as the basis for developing and implementing an action plan to address the problem. Some appropriate interventions include the following:

• Creating an educational brochure.
• Producing an educational voice-over PowerPoint presentation or      video focusing on your topic.
• Creating a teaching plan for your patient, family, or group.
• Recommending work process or workflow changes addressing your      topic.

Plan to spend at least 3 direct practicum hours working with the same patient, family, or group.

In addition, you may wish to complete the following:

• Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure that      you understand the work you will be asked to complete and how it will be      assessed.
• Conduct sufficient research of the scholarly and professional      literature to inform your work and meet scholarly expectations for supporting      evidence.

Instructions

Complete this assessment in two parts: (a) develop an intervention as a solution to the problem and (b) submit your proposed intervention, with a written analysis, to your faculty for review and approval.

Part 1

Develop an intervention, as a solution to the problem, based on your assessment and supported by data and scholarly, evidence-based sources.

Incorporate relevant aspects of the following considerations that shaped your understanding of the problem:

• Leadership.
• Collaboration.
• Communication.
• Change management.
• Policy.
• Quality of care.
• Patient safety.
• Costs to the system and individual.
• Technology.
• Care coordination.
• Community resources.

Part 2

Submit your proposed intervention to your faculty for review and approval.

In a separate written deliverable, write a 5-7 page analysis of your intervention.

• Summarize the patient, family, or population problem.
• Explain why you selected this problem as the focus of your project.
• Explain why the problem is relevant to your professional practice      and to the patient, family, or group.

In addition, address the requirements outlined below. These requirements correspond to the scoring guide criteria for this assessment, so be sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, note the additional requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.

• Define the role of leadership and change management in addressing      the problem.
  • Explain how leadership and change management strategies influenced       the development of your proposed intervention.
  • Explain how nursing ethics informed the development of your       proposed intervention.
  • Include a copy of the intervention/solution/professional product.
• Propose strategies for communicating and collaborating with the      patient, family, or group to improve outcomes associated with the problem.
  • Identify the patient, family, or group.
  • Discuss the benefits of gathering their input to improve care       associated with the problem.
  • Identify best-practice strategies from the literature for effective       communication and collaboration to improve outcomes.
• Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or      organizational or governmental policies guided the development of your      proposed intervention.
  • Cite the standards and/or policies that guided your work.
  • Describe research that has tested the effectiveness of these       standards and/or policies in improving outcomes for this problem.
• Explain how your proposed intervention will improve the quality of      care, enhance patient safety, and reduce costs to the system and      individual.
  • Cite evidence from the literature that supports your conclusions.
  • Identify relevant and available sources of benchmark data on care       quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
• Explain how technology, care coordination, and the utilization of      community resources can be applied in addressing the problem.