Healthcare Policy and Regulations – Healthcare Priority Issu…

Healthcare Policy and Regulations – Healthcare Priority Issue

Instructions

In this assignment we will examine how priority healthcare issues should be examined by nursing. We will select a key healthcare priority issue and a population. You will find articles that describe nursing interventions designed to improve patient outcomes for your population and healthcare priority issue. Finally, you will discuss why Quality Improvement is important for patients and then you will describe how nursing values can be used to help improve patient care. A minimum of three scholarly references will be required.

Access the . Select ONE objective (priority healthcare issue) and identify a population you would like to explore. Conduct research to locate information to write about the following:

Specifically, the submission should include the following components:

1. Health Care Objective

• Identifies a healthcare objective. Describes the healthcare objective, the population it involves, and significance of the healthcare issue by using specific facts and details. Ends with a clearly worded purpose statement.

1. Rationale and Importance to Nursing

• Discuss the rationale for choosing the healthcare objective and describe why this issue is important to nursing. Provides details.

1. Nursing Interventions and Outcomes

• Clearly identify two nursing actions or interventions designed to improve care that is measured in patient outcomes. From two nursing articles, select a total of two (no more or less than two) key nursing interventions that improved patient outcomes and explain how the nursing interventions improved each of the two patient outcomes. Provide details.

1. Quality Improvement Initiative and Patient Care

• Using the interventions from the articles/studies, describe how you would recommend a Quality Initiative (QI) to improve patient care within a healthcare facility (hospital) and explain why this QI would be important to implement for patients. Provides details.

1. Nursing, Quality, and Outcomes

• Discuss why it is important for nursing to be involved in quality initiatives and explain how two professional nursing values can help to improve patient care. Provides details

1. Conclusion

• Summarize key points in the submission.

Additional Instructions:

1. All submissions should have a title page and reference page.
2. Utilize a minimum of three scholarly resources.
3. Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.
4. Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.
5. Adhere to the chosen Submission Options for Delivery of Assignment guidelines.

Choose One:

Instructions:

Paper

2 to 3-page paper. Include title and reference pages.