Homework: Quality Improvement Proposal
Identify a quality improvement opportunity in your organization or practice.
Identify a quality improvement opportunity in your organization or practice. In a 1,250 to 1,500 word, describe the problem or issue and propose a quality improvement initiative based on evidence-based practice. Apply "The Road to Evidence-Based Practice" process, illustrated in Chapter 4 of your textbook, to create your proposal.
Include the following:
a. Provide an overview of the problem and the setting in which the problem or issue occurs.
b. Explain why a quality improvement initiative is needed in this area and the expected outcome.
c. Discuss how the results of previous research demonstrate support for the quality improvement initiative and its projected outcomes. Include a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources published within the last 5 years, not included in the course materials or textbook, that establish evidence in support of the quality improvement proposed.
d. Discuss steps necessary to implement the quality improvement initiative. Provide evidence and rationale to support your answer.
e. Explain how the quality improvement initiative will be evaluated to determine whether there was improvement.
f. Support your explanation by identifying the variables, hypothesis test, and statistical test that you would need to prove that the quality improvement initiative succeeded.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.