28 Jan Learning Components

MSN6021 – Biopsychosocial Concepts for Advanced Nursing Practice I

Week 7 Discussion

DQ1 Considering Your Audience When Proposing Quality Improvements

For this discussion you will consider the importance of knowing which audiences you are targeting to gain buy-in for a change strategy or quality improvement initiative.

In your discussion post, address the following. Be sure to follow the requirements for initial postings found in the Faculty Expectations Message (FEM).

Identify one or more ways that a change strategy could be leveraged to improve the quality of care.

Describe why it is important to recognize your immediate audience and your outreach (greater) audience, when identifying ways to leverage change to improve the quality of care.

Response Guidelines

In your response post, address one or more of the following. Be sure to follow the requirements for response posts found in the Faculty Expectations Message (FEM).

Suggest an additional way that your peer could leverage change strategies to improve the quality of care.

Offer additional considerations regarding ways to ensure that your peer is appropriately engaging with target audiences.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Explain how specific evidence supports a quality improvement approach.

Explain the relationship between evidence, best practices, and quality improvement.

Relate quality improvement to relevant change strategies.

Identify change strategies that will lead to quality improvements.

Identify evidence that supports the use of a specific change strategy.

Use evidence to support claims.

Apply APA formatting.

Resources

Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.

DQ2 Change Initiatives in Your Personal Practice

This discussion will focus on collaborative discourse related to experiences and involvement with change initiatives for clinical best practices throughout your career. By sharing your experiences and reading about the experiences of your peers, you can help to build the learning community’s understanding about successful (and less successful) ways to leverage change initiatives and improve the quality of care through clinical best practices.

In your initial post, address the following. Be sure to follow the requirements for initial postings found in the Faculty Expectations Message (FEM).

Share experiences from your practice in being involved with change initiatives that sought to improve quality of care or best practices.

Share experiences from your practice in attempting to implement change initiatives to improve quality of care or best practices.

Response Guidelines

In your response post, address the following. Be sure to follow the requirements for response posts found in the Faculty Expectations Message (FEM).

Compare and contrast your experiences with implementing or being involved with using change initiatives for best practices.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Understand quality improvement methods, models, and theories.

Use evidence to support claims.

Identify change strategies that will lead to quality improvements.

Relate quality improvement to relevant change strategies.

Resources

Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.