Identify and describe a concern or problem related to patient care that you have noticed and believe needs to be improved. Is there a standard or guideline that is not being adhered to?

ntroduction:
Present (3 points)
Adequately prepares reader for purpose and structure of paper.
(2 points)
5
Body (Requested Content) (5 points for each):
Identify and describe a concern or problem related to patient care
that you have noticed and believe needs to be improved. Is there a
standard or guideline that is not being adhered to?
How do you know that this is a problem?
o What evidence do you have that leads you to believe there is
a problem?
o Describe data that may be available to you: observationsthat
you have made or patient/family complaints that have been
voiced.
State and discuss which of the 6 IOM aims this problem relatesto
(safe, timely, effective, equitable, efficient, or patient centered).
Discuss the type of data that has been collected or needs to be
collected to understand progress on improving this specific aspect of
care. Review the Avedis Donabedian framework and identify the
structure, process, or outcome.
Discuss the tools you will use to better clarify the concern or
problem (control chart, histogram, Ishikawa fishbonediagram).
What other nursing staff would you include in the project and why?
(List initials not full names)
What staff in addition to the nursing staff would you include in this
project and why? (List initials not full names)
Describe the Plan, Do, Study, and Act (PDSA) cycle that you
would use as a test of change to improve the care related to the
problem you identified.
40
References in Body of Paper:
Adequate in-text documentation/citation of references/sources.
(3 points)
Correct APA (7th ed.) format whether in narrative or parenthetical
citations. (2 points)
5
Possible Points for Content: 50
II. Writing Quality and APA (7th ed.) Use
Overall Paper Format:
Title Page and Body of Paper:
Paper title, author identification conforms to APA (7th ed.)
guidance. (1 point)
Pagination is correct. (1 point)
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Writing Quality: (1-3 points each)
The writing is generally clear. The reader does not have to work to
understand sentences and content.
Complete sentences are used. Sentence fragments are not present.
Compound sentences are punctuated correctly. Run-on sentences are
not present.
Subjects and verbs, singulars and plurals agree.
Past or present perfect tense is used to discuss completed studies.
Apostrophes are used appropriately to designate plurals and
possessives.
Commas are used appropriately. No comma splices are present.
Semicolons are used appropriately and judiciously.
The correct form of words is used (affect/effect, their/there).
Capitalization and italics are used correctly.
The rule for use of numerals and letters is observed.
Acronyms are explained when first presented.
Direct quotations are used very minimally, if at all (maximum: 3
direct quotes).
Parallel structure is used correctly for lists of items or phrases.
The tone is appropriate to a scholarly paper. Colloquial phrases are
not used.
The paper is carefully proofed (e.g., it is apparent that a spell check
was used and that the paper was also read in order to identify errors
that a spell check/grammar program would not catch, etc.).
The length limit for the paper is not exceeded.
40
Headings:
At least 2 levels of headings are used. (1 point)
The correct levels of headings are used. The headings conform to
APA (7th ed.): headings that do not appear in APA (7th ed.) are not
used. (1 point)
2
Reference List: (At least 3 references)
Citations are complete, aligned, internally sequenced,punctuated,
and spaced correctly.
(2 points)
The issue/volume rule is correctly applied.
(1 point)
Mistakes, if any, appear sporadic rather than consistent. (1 point)
References that are cited in-text are listed on the reference page
and/or all in-text references are listed on the reference page.

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