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Human Resource Management 1-2 Assignment

Follow rubric verbatim

Part 1: 1page

Part 2: 2-3 pages

Part 2 list to choose from: https://nursinghome411.org/nursing-home-pressure-ulcer-rates-spring-2019/

 

What to Submit

Submit this assignment as a Word document. It must be 3–4 pages in length. You must also include an APA-style title page. Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style. If you need writing support, you can access the Online Writing Center through the

Academic Support

module of your course.

IHP 604 Module One Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

You are the quality director at a long-term care facility. Your manager has asked you to inves�gate two areas of care: colonoscopy care and pressure ulcer injuries. Your facility has seen a

recent increase in their pa�ents needing colonoscopy care that goes beyond what your facility can provide. It would be helpful to gather informa�on on the quality of colonoscopy care by

local hospitals.

For pressure ulcer injuries, you are concerned about this quality indicator: the percentage of pa�ents with pressure ulcer injuries that are new or that have worsened since their arrival at your

facility. In your facility, that quality indicator is 15% of residents, while the state percentage is 2.5%. Your manager has requested that you inves�gate how to improve this quality indicator in

your long-term care facility so that the percentage will become closer to the state percentage.

This assignment will help prepare you for your course project through the applica�on and analysis of problem-solving frameworks.

Prompt

Part 1: For the first part of this assignment, explore the following websites that are public sources of healthcare industry data: AHRQ; Find and Compare Nursing Homes, Hospitals, and

Other Providers Near You; and About the Na�onal Quality Strategy. Take some �me to review the content of each of these sites in terms of available data informa�on, and then write a 1-

page paper on what you found.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Types of data informa�on: Describe the types of data informa�on that the find-and-compare website contains on providers and hospitals.

2. Data example: Discuss one example of data from either the AHRQ site or Na�onal Quality Strategy site related to colonoscopy care and how this informa�on could be valuable to a

healthcare organiza�on (you must provide the link for the data source that you used).

Part 2: In the second part of this assignment, you will select a process improvement framework from the list in the first item below and then apply that framework to your goal of lowering

your facility’s metrics on pressure ulcer injuries. Nursing Home Pressure Ulcer Rates: Spring 2019 provides data on pressure ulcer injuries in long-term care facili�es. You should consider

preventa�ve measures such as understanding which residents are at higher risk, ensuring frequent changes in their posi�on, providing proper nutri�on, and using specialized beds to reduce

pressure on the skin. Write 2–3 pages for Part 2.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Differen�ate between frameworks: Differen�ate between the following problem-solving/performance improvement frameworks by examining their goals and processes:

A. Root cause analysis (RCA)

B. Plan-do-study-act inves�ga�on (PDSA)

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https://www.ahrq.gov/

https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/?providerType=Physician&redirect=true%22%20%5C

https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/?providerType=Physician&redirect=true%22%20%5C

https://archive.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/about/index.html

Nursing Home Pressure Ulcer Rates: Spring 2019

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C. Tracers

D. Failure mode effect analysis (FMEA)

2. Framework steps: Select one of the four frameworks and discuss each step in the process of your chosen framework.

3. Benefits of framework: Explain the value and benefits of your chosen framework.

4. Apply framework: Apply your framework to the problem at your facility with pressure ulcer injuries.

A. List what you would do in each step of your chosen framework for that issue.

B. Assess the significance of any data or metrics in each step.

5. Organiza�onal process improvement: Discuss what healthcare organiza�onal issue or process might need to be revised to improve the performance area.

What to Submit

Submit this assignment as a Word document. It must be 3–4 pages in length. You must also include an APA-style �tle page. Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-

inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style. If you need wri�ng support, you can access the Online Wri�ng Center through the Academic Support module of your course.

Module One Short Paper Rubric

Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Types of Data Informa�on

Exceeds proficiency in an

excep�onally clear, insigh�ul,

sophis�cated, or crea�ve

manner

Describes types of data

informa�on that the sites

provide

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not a�empt criterion 10

Data Example Exceeds proficiency in an

excep�onally clear, insigh�ul,

sophis�cated, or crea�ve

manner

Discusses example of data

from public data sites related

to colonoscopy care and how

this informa�on could be

valuable to a healthcare

organiza�on

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not a�empt criterion 1

5

Differen�ate Between

Frameworks

Exceeds proficiency in an

excep�onally clear, insigh�ul,

sophis�cated, or crea�ve

manner

Differen�ates among problem-

solving/performance

improvement frameworks by

examining their goals and

processes

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not a�empt criterion 15

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Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Framework Steps Exceeds proficiency in an

excep�onally clear, insigh�ul,

sophis�cated, or crea�ve

manner

Discusses each step in the

process

of chosen framework

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not a�empt criterion 15

Benefits of Framework Exceeds proficiency in an

excep�onally clear, insigh�ul,

sophis�cated, or crea�ve

manner

Explains the value and benefits

of chosen framework

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not a�empt criterion 10

Apply Framework Exceeds proficiency in an

excep�onally clear, insigh�ul,

sophis�cated, or crea�ve

manner

Applies a framework to the

problem of facility with

pressure ulcer injuries

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not a�empt criterion 15

Organiza�onal Process

Improvement

Exceeds proficiency in an

excep�onally clear, insigh�ul,

sophis�cated, or crea�ve

manner

Discusses what healthcare

organiza�onal issue or process

might need to be revised to

improve the performance area

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not a�empt criterion 10

Ar�cula�on of Response Exceeds proficiency in an

excep�onally clear, insigh�ul,

sophis�cated, or crea�ve

manner

Clearly conveys meaning with

correct grammar, sentence

structure, and spelling,

demonstra�ng an

understanding of audience and

purpose

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors in

grammar, sentence structure,

and spelling, nega�vely

impac�ng readability

Submission has cri�cal errors in

grammar, sentence structure,

and spelling, preven�ng

understanding of ideas

5

Cita�ons and A�ribu�on

Uses cita�ons for ideas

requiring a�ribu�on, with few

or no minor errors

Uses cita�ons for ideas

requiring a�ribu�on, with

consistent minor errors

Uses cita�ons for ideas

requiring a�ribu�on, with

major errors

Does not use cita�ons for ideas

requiring a�ribu�on

5

Total: 100%

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