NRS 493 Topic 7 Capstone Change Project Evaluation Plan

NRS 4923 Capstone Change Project Evaluation Plan

An essential part and step in implementation of an evidence-based practice proposal is to ensure that desired change occurs and there is evidence to prove it or the effectiveness of the executed initiative aimed at improving quality of care and patient outcomes (Melnyk et al., 2022). Once a proposal is implemented, it is critical to develop an approach that will collect information to prove that the set goals and objective were attain based on the data collected and its consistence.

In this case, the evaluation plan of the project based on its strategic plan will demonstrate its efficacy and effectiveness in reducing hospital acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs). The evaluation plan will entail collecting data on the prevalence of HAPIs before and after the implementation of care bundle (Saunders et al., 2019). The evaluation will comprise gathering information and level of satisfaction through surveys and questionnaires for both patients and nurses in the critical care unit to ascertain the impact of the intervention (Kim et al., 2020). By assessing the overall effects of the implementation, the project team will determine the number of HAPIs occurring in the unit against the projected rate within the implementation period. Through the surveys and questionnaires, the team will collect data on the number of HAPIs occurring during and after the implementation and analyze the feedback from both patients and providers about the efficacy of the proposed quality improvement initiative (Sánchez-García et al., 2019).  The team will also do a chart audit on each patient at increased risk for HAPIs based on their current situation or health status.

Those responsible for the collection of data will include the nurses and nurse assistants and informatics nurses who will be in charge of the implementation. Communicating the data to the team will entail presenting the findings after effective analysis of the gathered information based on the two tools (Lam et al., 2020). Communicating the data would be critical to ensuring that the initiative attains its desired outcomes.

References

Melnyk, B. M., & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2022). Evidence-based practice in nursing &

 healthcare: A guide to best practice. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Kim, M., Mallory, C., & Valerio, T. (2020). Statistics for evidence-based practice in nursing.

Jones & Bartlett Publishers.

Lam, C. K., Schubert, C. F., & Herron, E. K. (2020). Evidence‐based practice competence in

nursing students preparing to transition to practice. Worldviews on Evidence‐Based Nursing, 17(6), 418-426. DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12479.

Sánchez-García, I., Molina, M. D. P. U., López-Medina, I. M., & Pancorbo-Hidalgo, P. L.

(2019). Knowledge, skills and attitudes related to evidence-based practice among undergraduate nursing students: A survey at three universities in Colombia, Chile and Spain. Nurse Education in Practice, 39, 117-123. DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2019.08.009.

Saunders, H., Gallagher‐Ford, L., Kvist, T., & Vehviläinen‐Julkunen, K. (2019). Practicing

healthcare professionals’ evidence‐based practice competencies: An overview of systematic reviews. Worldviews on Evidence‐Based Nursing, 16(3), 176-185. DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12363.

NRS 493 Topic 7 Capstone Change Project Evaluation Plan

Review your strategic plan to implement the change proposal, the objectives, the outcomes, and listed resources. Develop a process to evaluate the intervention if it were implemented. Write a 150-250 word summary of the evaluation plan that will be used to evaluate your intervention.

The assignment will be used to develop a written implementation plan.

APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

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