NRS 465 Week 7 Capstone Change Project Evaluation Plan

Capstone Change Project Evaluation Plan

Project evaluation is a premeditated and procedural assessment of an ongoing or completed project.   The current capstone change project seeks to advance hourly rounding to manage and prevent patient falls in nursing homes.  Assessing the data for this change project is vital in establishing the project’s efficiency and whether there is a need for any modification to the project.  Appropriate use of data is critical in informing decision-making and providing proper support for managers to guide the project (Towbin, 2019). Data is also important in assisting project managers to allocate resources, program work, reduce costs, increase effectiveness, and manage risks. The purpose of this paper is to address various aspects of data collection for the project such as the data that will be collected, tools for collecting data, who is responsible for data collection, and how to communicate the data.

The data collected in this project was about patient falls management and prevention. Specific data that can be gathered include risk factors, the ambulance care provided, the result of the fall prevention interventions, the nature of the fall, fall location, and participant satisfaction with the project intervention. The tools that will be used to collect data include informatics, readmission data, chart audits, and reported fall incidences in nursing homes. The data collected is vital in identifying and addressing the issue of patient fall in the organization. The body that will be tasked with the responsibility of data collection is the organization’s informatics team. The informatics team is also expected to carry out project evaluation, reporting, research, and assessment. Other than these functions, the informatics team is also expected to work collaboratively to tailor the recommended interventions to the organization and patient needs.

There are various strategies for communicating data in the organization. However, the data collected in this project will be communicated to every concerned department through the department director. In turn, the department director is expected to communicate the information to the department staff. This communication should be formal to remain effective. Formal communication is preferred in official settings such as nursing homes where neutral words are needed to facilitate understanding by the majority of the staff and also expressed in a manner that is deemed respectful and satisfactory by the majority in the organization or department (Kim et al., 2019).

Communication of data for this project within the department may entail sensitive information concerning the change project such as patient care or treatment needs.  Therefore, the communication must be clearly understood. The extent of formality in communication that department leaders are needed to maintain is based on the circumstances (Kim et al., 2019). For instance, more formality is expected when the clinician is discussing fall prevention interventions with the patient than in a situation where the department head is encouraging the department staff to adopt and implement a change project.

Conclusion

Appropriate use of data is critical in informing decision-making and providing proper support for managers to guide the project. Data is also important in assisting project managers to allocate resources, program work, reduce costs, increase effectiveness, and manage risks.  In the project at hand, the data that will be collected is concerned with patient falls management and prevention. The tools that will be used to collect data include informatics, readmission data, chart audits, and reported fall incidences in nursing homes. The body tasked with the responsibility of collecting data is the informatics team. The data collected in this project will be communicated to every concerned department through the department director.

References

Kim, L. Y., Giannitrapani, K. F., Huynh, A. K., Ganz, D. A., Hamilton, A. B., Yano, E. M., … & Stockdale, S. E. (2019). What makes team communication effective: a qualitative analysis of interprofessional primary care team members’ perspectives. Journal of interprofessional care. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2019.1577809

Towbin, A. J. (2019). Collecting data to facilitate change. Journal of the American College of Radiology, 16(9), 1248-1253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2019.05.032

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Assessment Description

The purpose of this assignment will be to develop an evaluation plan for your capstone change project.

Review your implementation plan including the objectives and outcomes and review your required resources. Then, develop a process to evaluate the intervention if it were implemented.

Use the “Capstone Change Project Evaluation Plan” template to complete the assignment.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

American Association of Colleges of Nursing Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education

This assignment aligns to AACN Core Competencies 3.1

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