Identify a Quality or Process Improvement Topic

1. Identify a quality or process improvement topic that is of interest to you (examples: CAUTI prevention, fall prevention, nurse residency programs, hospital readmissions, first-dose med education, and handoff communication).
2. Select an article from the literature that addresses your selected topic.  The article must discuss a quality improvement or process improvement initiative. There should be a process identified, an intervention, and outcomes measured. The article needs to be a primary or single study.  Example: CAUTI prevention, implementation of CAUTI bundle, and monitoring of CAUTIs post bundle implementation.

• Explain generally the nursing triad.
  • Explain the general relationship between research, theory, and practice in the nursing triad.
    • Note: the nursingtriad is comprised of nursing research, nursing theory, and nursing  Nursing theory is NOT a hypothesis, but the previous week’s content related to nursing theory.
  • Describe the quality or process improvement initiative you identified from the article you selected.
    • Discuss the role of research, theory, and practicein your selected article.  (You are applying the components of the nursing tried to your selected article).
    • Explain any gaps (a lack of research, practice standards, or usable theory) within your article.   How would you address this gap?
    • What kind of data was gathered and assessed in the quality or process improvement initiative?  Was it qualitative or quantitative?  What other data could be collected to support this initiative?
    • The required diagram must be utilized in your assignment to represent the relationship between research, theory, and practice in your selected article.  Replace the text in each box to illustrate each component of the nursing triad. 

1. Identify a quality or process improvement topic that is of interest to you (examples: CAUTI prevention, fall prevention, nurse residency programs, hospital readmissions, first-dose med education, and handoff communication).
2. Select an article from the literature that addresses your selected topic.  The article must discuss a quality improvement or process improvement initiative. There should be a process identified, an intervention, and outcomes measured. The article needs to be a primary or single study.  Example: CAUTI prevention, implementation of CAUTI bundle, and monitoring of CAUTIs post bundle implementation.

• Explain generally the nursing triad.
  • Explain the general relationship between research, theory, and practice in the nursing triad.
    • Note: the nursingtriad is comprised of nursing research, nursing theory, and nursing  Nursing theory is NOT a hypothesis, but the previous week’s content related to nursing theory.
  • Describe the quality or process improvement initiative you identified from the article you selected.
    • Discuss the role of research, theory, and practicein your selected article.  (You are applying the components of the nursing tried to your selected article).
    • Explain any gaps (a lack of research, practice standards, or usable theory) within your article.   How would you address this gap?
    • What kind of data was gathered and assessed in the quality or process improvement initiative?  Was it qualitative or quantitative?  What other data could be collected to support this initiative?
    • The required diagram must be utilized in your assignment to represent the relationship between research, theory, and practice in your selected article.  Replace the text in each box to illustrate each component of the nursing triad.  

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