Description
Select one National Patient Safety Goal Create a 3-5-page scholarly paper to address the rubric expectations. Use a minimum of five scholarly sources, current within five years, to support your work. Should you choose to address a different external benchmark, remember to communicate with your instructor for approval.
Create a scholarly paper using Microsoft Word and current APA guidelines for scholarly writing.
Using an economy of words and synthesis of key information, the paper should be 3-5 pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages).
Include a minimum of five current scholarly sources to validate information in the scholarly-written paper.
Follow the assignment criteria and rubric expectations described below to address each of the following sections of the assignment:
Introduction
Quality Benchmark
Systems-focused Policy Strategy
Implications for Advanced Nursing Practice
Conclusion
Rubric:
Introduction
25 ptsDistinguishedDistinguished presentation of information evidenced by all of the following covered in a comprehensive and concise manner: • Introduce the value of external benchmarks to establish quality in healthcare delivery. • Explain the role of systems-focused policy strategies to support and assure quality. • Identify for the reader the sections of the paper that will follow. • Integrate sufficient support from valid, reliable sources to validate the information.
Quality Benchmark
50 ptsDistinguishedDistinguished presentation of information evidenced by all of the following areas covered in a comprehensive and concise manner: • Describe the selected National Patient Safety Goal, • Explain the issue addressed in the benchmark and why it is a quality concern for people and for healthcare systems. • Examine how the benchmark is supportive of the following outcomes: o High-quality healthcare delivery o Positive health-related outcomes o Equity and inclusivity for recipients of care • Integrate sufficient support from valid, reliable sources to validate the information.
Systems-Focused Policy Strategy
75 ptsDistinguishedDistinguished presentation of information evidenced by all of the following areas covered in a comprehensive and concise manner: • Propose one systems-focused policy strategy to support achievement of the benchmark. • Identify the systems and stakeholders. impacted by the proposed policy and determine why a systems-focused strategy is essential for successful achievement of the benchmark. • Explain how the proposed policy strategy will impact: o The quality of healthcare delivery o Health-related outcomes o Equity and inclusivity for recipients of care • Integrate sufficient support from valid, reliable sources to validate the information
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeImplications for Advanced Nursing Practice
50 ptsDistinguishedDistinguished presentation of information evidenced by all of the following areas covered in a comprehensive and concise manner: • Explain the role of the advanced practice nurse leader to facilitate the proposed strategy. • Describe the unique perspectives and expertise that the advanced practice nurse leader will contribute. • Analyze the congruence between your proposed strategy and the recommendations from the Future of Nursing 2020- 2030 publication. • Integrate sufficient support from valid, reliable sources to validate the information.
Conclusion
25 ptsDistinguishedDistinguished presentation of information evidenced by all of the following covered in a comprehensive and concise manner: • Provide a succinct summary of the identified external benchmark. • Briefly conclude how your proposed systems-focused policy can be used to support achievement of the benchmark. • Summarize how the advanced practice nurse can engage in systems-focused quality efforts to advance equity and inclusivity.
Graduate-Level Writing Style
25 ptsDistinguishedDistinguished graduate-level writing style is evidenced by meeting all of the following criteria with 0-1 errors total: • Correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, sentence and paragraph structure • Clarity, organization, and logical flow of ideas within writing • Scholarly, professional writing tone with no use of first person • Synthesis of information is present with no more than one short direct quote (15 words or less) • Correct APA format for the following: o Page numbering o Font style and size o Margins and spacing o Headings; subheadings o Citation and referencing sources, and o Mechanics of style (abbreviations, capitalization, italics, numbers)
