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Nursing 492: Integrative Seminar and Practicum

Nursing 492: Integrative Seminar & Practicum

Nursing 492: Integrative Seminar & Practicum

Template forQuality Improvement Project Proposal with PDSA worksheet

Assessment and Identification of theProblem/Need

  • Quality Improvement Topic
    • In one paragraph, discuss the issue(s) or problem(s) that led to the identification of your project topic or focus.
    • Based on this, what is the main purpose of your project?
    • In your assessment, is the current practice informed by current evidence? Why or why not?
Planning
  • The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Plan-Do-Study Act (PDSA) will be used as a framework to guide your project, please review: http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/HowtoImprove/default.aspx

Name:      

Project Title:      

Personal Opportunity Statement       Example: I’d like to become a really good runner.
  Aim and Measures   For further guidance on how to develop your aim statement and the family of measures, please reference the IHI open school module: QI 102: How to Improve with a Model of Improvement AND Model of Improvement: Measures Science of Improvement: Establishing Measures   v  Aim Statement(s)      State what you are trying to accomplish, including: How good? By when? For whom?   Example: 5 weeks from today, I will be able to run 5.3 miles in 50 minutes.

v  Measures

For the family of measures, please include the unit of measurement (e.g. The number of nurses that implement the proposed plan)

Example: The percent of nurses that attend the educational training

  • Outcome Measure

List the measure(s) you ultimately want to affect and should directly relate to the above aim statement.

Examples:           The number of miles I can run in 50 minutes

                                The percent of patients educated using the new protocol

  • Process Measures

List the measures that will tell you if the parts or steps in the system are performing as planned to affect the outcome measure.

1.                   

2.                   

3.      

Example: 1) Minutes runs per week 2) Minutes of strength training per week

  • Balancing Measures

List the measures you will track to determine whether you are introducing problems in other parts of the system.

1.                   

2.                   

3.      

Example: 1) Hours slept per night 2) Daily productivity at work on a scale of 1–5

v  Change to Test State how you will achieve your aim; i.e., what changes do you believe will lead to the improvement? What is at least ONE change you will implement to impact the aim and positively impact your outcome measure. 1.                      2.                      3.         Example: Leave work by 5:30 PM. Example: Modify the standard bedside report form.
 
  • Specify activities/strategies to MEET your goal and aims (what are the steps)? What is your timeline for each of these strategies?
Activity(what)Site(where)Participants(who)Date
    
    
    

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