interview with nursing quality

The following is the purposes of this assignment:

·  Discuss the roles and responsibilities of a Nursing Quality Expert in a selected healthcare organization.

·  Review the organization’s mission, vision, values, and beliefs.

·  Discuss the Nursing Quality Expert’s strategic plan as it relates to The Institute of Medicine’s Quality initiatives and ONE of the following core competencies.

1) Employ evidence-based practice

2) Apply quality improvement

3) Utilize informatics

·  Conduct a core competency-focused interview with a Nursing Quality Expert.

·  Articulate the role of the BSN-prepared nurse to support the strategic plan related to selected IOM core competency.

·  Articulate what was learned from time spent with interviewee and how own nursing practice will change as a result of the encounter and completion of this assignment.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.

CO 1: Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of high quality nursing care, healthcare team management, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings. (PO #2)

CO 3: Participate in the development and implementation of imaginative and creative strategies to enable systems to change. (PO #7)

CO 5: Apply improvement methods, based on data from the outcomes of care processes, to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of healthcare. (PO #8)

CO 6: Develop a personal awareness of complex organizational systems and integrate values and beliefs with organizational mission. (PO #7)

CO 7: Apply leadership concepts in the development and initiation of effective plans for the microsystems and/or system-wide practice improvements that will improve the quality of healthcare delivery. (PO #2 and 3)

Points

This assignment is worth a total of 200 points.

Due Date

This assignment, Interview with a Nursing Quality Expert, is due at the end of Week 6. Submit your completed interview, using the Interview Form, to the basket in the Dropbox by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT. Post questions to the weekly Q & A Forum. Contact your instructor if you need additional assistance. See the Course Policies regarding late assignments. Failure to submit your paper to the Dropbox on time will result in a deduction of points.

Directions

1.  Download the NR447 Interview Form from Doc Sharing. It is found under the Week 6 Interview link.

2.  Select your interviewee, schedule and conduct an interview. This individual must be a Registered Nurse employed in a leadership role as a Nursing Quality Expert. Job titles of RNs who may be considered include, but are not limited to: Quality Care Coordinator, Performance Improvement Officer/Coordinator, Director of Quality Assessment, Compliance Officer, Safety Director, Regulatory Officer/Director If you have any concerns about whether the RN is “suitable” for this assignment, contact your instructor BEFORE you schedule and conduct the interview.

3.  Review all areas of inquiry on the Interview Form located in Doc Sharing PRIOR to conducting the interview. You may print the form and take it with you to the interview. However, you may not give it to the individual and ask him or her to complete it and return it to you.

4.  Note there are three areas of inquiry to discuss with the RN/Nursing Quality Expert.

5.  Prior to conducting interview, review two scholarly resources related to the ONE aforementioned core competencies upon which you plan to focus. These resources should guide your interview process and understanding of the Nursing Quality Expert’s role and responsibilities as it relates to the selected core competency. If you have questions about what constitutes a scholarly resource, please ask your instructor.

6.  Prior to interview, review the organization’s mission, vision, values and beliefs.

7.  Note that practice impact must be addressed by YOU and is a very important criterion

8.  Conduct the interview. The length of your interview will vary but should not exceed one hour.

9.  Submit the form to the Dropbox prior to the deadline outlined above.

 
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