Interview with a Nursing Quality Expert:
Guidelines
Purpose
The following is the purposes of this
assignment:
·
Discuss the roles
and responsibilities of a Nursing Quality Expert in a selected healthcare
organization.
·
Review the
organization’s mission, vision, values, and beliefs.
·
Discuss the Nursing
Quality Expert’s strategic plan as it relates to The Institute of
Medicine’s Quality initiatives and ONE
of the following core competencies.
1) Employ
evidence-based practice
2) Apply quality
improvement
3) Utilize
informatics
·
Conduct a core
competency-focused interview with a Nursing Quality Expert.
·
Articulate the
role of the BSN-prepared nurse to support the strategic plan related to
selected IOM core competency.
·
Articulate what
was learned from time spent with interviewee and how own nursing practice will
change as a result of the encounter and completion of this assignment.
Course
Outcomes
This assignment
enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.
CO 1: Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in
the provision of high quality nursing care, healthcare team management, and the
oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings. (PO #2)
CO 3: Participate in the development and implementation of
imaginative and creative strategies to enable systems to change. (PO #7)
CO 5: Apply improvement methods, based on data from the
outcomes of care processes, to design and test changes to continuously improve
the quality and safety of healthcare. (PO #8)
CO 6: Develop a personal awareness of complex organizational
systems and integrate values and beliefs with organizational mission. (PO #7)
CO 7: Apply leadership concepts in the development and
initiation of effective plans for the microsystems and/or system-wide practice
improvements that will improve the quality of healthcare delivery. (PO #2 and
3)
Points
This assignment is
worth a total of 200 points.
Due Date
This assignment, Interview with a Nursing Quality Expert, is due at the
end of Week 6. Submit your completed interview, using the Interview Form, to
the basket in the Dropbox by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT. Post questions to
the weekly Q & A Forum. Contact your instructor if you need additional
assistance.See the Course Policies regarding late assignments.
Failure to submit your paper to the Dropbox on time will result in a deduction
of points.
Directions
1. Download the NR447 Interview Form from Doc Sharing. It is found
under the Week 6 Interview link.
2. Select your interviewee, schedule and conduct an interview. This
individual must be a Registered Nurse employed in a leadership role as a
Nursing Quality Expert. Job titles of RNs who may be considered include, but
are not limited to: Quality Care Coordinator, Performance Improvement
Officer/Coordinator, Director of Quality Assessment, Compliance Officer, Safety
Director, Regulatory Officer/Director If you have any concerns about whether
the RN is “suitable” for this assignment, contact your instructor BEFORE you schedule and conduct the
interview.
3. Review all areas of inquiry on the Interview Form located in Doc
Sharing PRIORto conducting the
interview. You may print the form and take it with you to the interview. However,
you may not give it to the individual and ask him or her to complete it and
return it to you.
4. Note there are three areas of inquiry to discuss with the RN/Nursing
Quality Expert.
5. Prior to conducting interview, review two scholarly resources related to the ONE aforementioned core
competencies upon which you plan to focus. These resources should guide your
interview process and understanding of the Nursing Quality Expert’s role and
responsibilities as it relates to the selected core competency. If you have
questions about what constitutes a scholarly resource, please ask your
instructor.
6. Prior to interview, review the organization’s mission, vision,
values and beliefs.
7.
Note that practice impact must be addressed by YOU and is a very
important criterion
8. Conduct the interview. The length of your interview will vary but
should not exceed one hour.
9. Submit the form to the Dropbox prior to the deadline outlined above.
10.
Grading Criteria
|
Category |
Points |
% |
Description |
|
Scholarly Resources |
20 |
10% |
Name two resources reviewed prior to conducting interview related Describe how each resource helped student prepare for and conduct interview. APA formatting for two resources is |
|
Demographics |
10 |
5% |
Initials, credentials, job title, and length in present position of |
|
Scope of Responsibility |
30 |
15% |
Provide a paraphrased or summary of |
|
Mission, Vision, Values, and Beliefs |
30 |
15% |
Provide a paraphrased or summary of Bulleted items may be used |
|
Strategic Plan as it Relates to ONE Core Competency |
30 |
15% |
Name the core competency. Provide a Bulleted items may be used. |
|
Role of BSN-Prepared Nurse to support strategic plan as it relates to |
30 |
15% |
Provide a paraphrased or summary of Bulleted items may be used. |
|
Practice Impact |
30 |
15% |
Summarize specifically what you learned from interaction with |
|
Scholarly Writing |
20 |
10% |
Name of student and date of interview |
|
Total |
200 points |
100% |
A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of |
Grading Rubric
|
Assignment |
A Outstanding |
B Very Good or |
C Competent or |
F Poor or |
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Scholarly Resources 20 points |
Specifically names two scholarly resources reviewed PRIOR to Thoroughly states how 18–20 points |
Names two resources reviewed PRIOR to interview, but are not States how EACH resource helped prepare for the interview. 16–17 points |
Names only one resource reviewed PRIOR to interview. Briefly states how 14–15 points |
Does not name scholarly resources and/or does not indicate how 0–13 points |
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Demographics 10 points |
Provides initials, credentials, job title, date of interview, 9–10 points |
Omits one element but maintains anonymity by providing only 8 points |
Omits two or three elements. 7 points |
Provides name instead of initials. Omits most or all of the 0–6 points |
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|
Scope of Responsibility 30 points |
Provides a thorough summary of the interviewee’s 28–30 points |
Provides only highlights of the interviewee’s answer but leaves 25–27 points |
Provides brief paraphrased summary but leaves out two criteria. 23–24 points |
Does not pose this question, or does not provide answers to |
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Mission, Vision, Values, and Beliefs of the Organization 30 points |
Provides a thorough paraphrased summary 28–30 points |
Provides only highlights of the interviewee’s answerbut does not include interviewee’s interpretation of mission or 25–27 points |
Provides a brief paraphrasedsummary of the interviewee’s answer but does not include interpretation 23–24 points |
Does not pose the question or does not provide answers to three 0–22 points |
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Strategic Plan as it Relates to ONE Core Competency 30 points |
Names the core competency correctly, 28–30 points |
Describes the core competency but 25–27 points |
Describes a competency but not a core 23–24 points |
Does not pose the question or name a 0–22 points |
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|
Role of BSN-Prepared Nurse to support strategic plan as it relates to the 30 points |
Provides a thorough paraphrased summary 28–30 points |
Provides only highlightsof the interviewee’s answer about the role of BSN-prepared nurses to 25–27 points |
Provides a brief paraphrasedsummary of the interviewee’s answer about the role of BSN-prepared 23–24 points |
Does not pose the question or fails to state the role of BSN-prepared 0–22 points |
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Practice Impact 30 points |
Composes a thorough summary of what was learned from interaction 28–30 points |
Shares highlights of what was learned from interaction with the 25–27 points |
Shares a brief summary of what was learned from interaction with 23–24 points |
Fails to summarize what was learned from interaction with the interviewee 0–22 points |
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Scholarly Writing 20 points |
Name of student and date of interview appears on the Interview Scholarly resources are in proper APA format. 18–20 points |
Name of student and date of interview appears on the Interview Minimal punctuation, sentence structure errors noted. Few grammar or spelling errors are noted. Scholarly resources contain one or two APA formatting errors. 16–17 points |
Name of student or date of interview is missing. Several punctuation, spelling and sentence structure errors Scholarly resources contain three or more APA formatting errors. 14–15 points |
Name of student or date of interview is missing. Many punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure errors are noted. Scholarly resources are not in APA format. 0–13 points |
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Total Points Possible= 200 |
Your score= |
A quality assignment will meet |
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