NRS 441V Professional Capstone Project Developing an Evaluation Plan and Disseminating Evidence

WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT NRS 441 V Developing an Evaluation Plan

Developing an Evaluation Plan

Using 800-1,000 words, discuss methods to evaluate the effectiveness of your proposed solution and variables to be assessed when evaluating project outcomes. – Hourly Rounding as a Fall Prevention Strategy

Example: If you are proposing a new staffing matrix that is intended to reduce nurse turnover, improve nursing staff satisfaction, and positively impact overall delivery of care, you may decide the following methods and variables are necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of your proposed solution:

Methods:

Survey of staff attitudes and contributors to job satisfaction and dissatisfaction before and after initiating change.

Obtain turnover rates before and after initiating change. – Fall rate for before and after intervention

Compare patient discharge surveys before change and after initiation of change. – Verbal Survey at the conclusion of the patients hospital stay and 3 months post hospitalization

Variables: - This would be relevant to the Fall Prevention

Staff attitudes and perceptions. – I have found that nurses do not see meaningful hourly rounding happening because of staffing. Also some level of resentment that there are 3 nurse manager leader types that could be and should be part of the solution and actually do the hourly rounding themselves.

Patient attitudes and perceptions. – Patients believe staffing is an issue and do not want to “bother the nurses” but feel cared for when their needs are met quickly.

Rate of nursing staff turnover. – This is a problem

Develop the tools necessary to educate project participants and to evaluate project outcomes (surveys, questionnaires, teaching materials, PowerPoint slides, etc.). ( My plan is to do Powerpoint, a Poster Board and a skills and knowledge check list of the Fall Prevention policy. Look at week 3’s paper Developing an Implementation Plan

Refer to the "Topic 4: Checklist." ( Rubric )

APA Style no abstract

Turnitin submission

Attachments

6 NRS 441v.11R.Module 4_Checklist.doc

Week 4 Lecture

Week 3 Paper Developing an Implementation Plan

Week 1 Paper Evaluation of the Literature – Please use these sources and the references in the lecture a

PICOT Statement – Hourly Rounding or not over 3 month…

Disseminating Evidence

Details:

Using 250-500 words, summarize your strategy for disseminating the results of the project to key stakeholders and to the greater nursing community.

Refer to the "Topic 4: Checklist."

APA no abstract

No Turnitin.

6 NRS 441v.11R.Module 4_Checklist.doc