Homework
Overview:
There are several Quality Improvement models used in healthcare go by various names, including total quality management and continuous quality improvement models. A widely used one is the Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) cycle that has 4 stages:
• Plan: Determine goals for a process and needed changes to achieve them
• Do: Implement the changes
• Check: Evaluate the results in terms of performance
• Act: Standardize and stabilize the change or begin the cycle again, depending on the results.
This homework is designed to help you identify the PDCA evidence-based practice model and barriers and will be graded according to the Guidelines and Rubric for Models and Barriers.
Instructions:
A. Cite specific examples of barriers you have encountered or potential barriers in your particular institution.
B. How might you begin to overcome those barriers? List 4 ways.
C. Discuss how you would use the PDCA model in your institution. Why?
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, and typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.