Assignment
Instructions
The CP is the culminating academic endeavor of nursing students who earn a baccalaureate degree in nursing from Ohio University. The project provides students with the opportunity to explore a problem or issue of particular professional interest that is somehow related to one of the following nursing QSEN competencies: patient-centered care, teamwork/collaboration, evidence based practice, quality improvement, safety or informatics (QSEN: https://www.qsen.org). Each of the QSEN competencies somehow link to nursing excellence. You will actually implement your project during this five week course. For your project you will need to:
I. Select an issue/problem that you have a professional interest in. Example: Creation of a patient education tool to prevent falls
II. Select a QSEN competency that relates to that problem. Example: Example: Safety
III. Select a health care organization that can help support your issue: Example: The CDC
IV. Develop a global objective: Example: At the completion of this project I will have developed a patient educational tool to present to staff on 1-South to be distributed to all patients on 1-South to prevent falls.
V. Develop at least four project objectives: Example:
i. Research current literature on the prevention of falls and patient educational material content.
ii. Seek falls data from ABC Hospital quality department and specifically from the 1-South Unit.
iii. Review data results and evaluate for trends.
iv. Develop a patient educational tool on fall prevention.
v. Educate staff on use of the patient educational tool
vi. Implement patient educational tool and present to at least ten patients on 1-South.
VI. Develop possible resources needed to help meet your goals/objectives.
i. Meet with unit manager and seek approval on project implementation.
ii. Review the CDC web site for current references and resources on fall prevention.
iii. Create patient educational tool, copy and prepare to distribute.
iv. Create a timeline to implement the patient educational tool.