Write a 3-4 page evidence-based health care delivery plan for one component of a heart failure clinic.
Nursing within an organization is a critical component of health care delivery and is an essential ingredient in patient outcomes (Kelly & Tazbir, 2014). The concern for quality care that flows from evidence-based practice generates a desired outcome. Without these factors, a nurse cannot be an effective leader. It is important to lead not only from this position but from knowledge and expertise.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Kelly, P., & Tazbir, J. (2014). Essentials of nursing leadership and management (3rd ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Delmar.
In an effort to improve the patients’ health literacy concerning heart failure, it is important that the clinic staff and the hospital staff present a consistent, evidence-based message on self-care to these patients and their families in order to decrease acute exacerbation and re-admissions. Review current evidence for clinical practice guides or protocols when developing your patient teaching plans and materials. Consider the following:
Refer to the Capella library and the Internet for supplemental resources to help you complete this assessment.
Deliverable: Develop an evidence-based plan for health care delivery.
Scenario:
The hospital where you work has an issue with increased readmissions within 30 days of discharge. After examining the core measures, it was found that heart failure was the most common core measure disease process experiencing the highest rate of readmissions. The leadership team has given your team the charge of developing a nurse-run outpatient heart failure clinic. The purpose of this clinic is to ensure that discharge education is presented to the patient in an orderly, consistent manner and complies with evidence-based practice protocols. Since these patients may be discharged from a variety of areas in the facility, having the heart failure clinic staff take ownership of the process will improve both consistency and compliance. There are cardiologists that interact with the staff and patients, but the day-to-day operations of the clinic are designed and supported by the nurses as they interact with appropriate members of the other health care team disciplines promoting the best care for the heart failure patients.
As a member of the nurse team, you have been asked to develop one component of the clinic.
The hospital leadership established these objectives for the clinic services:
The overall goals for the heart failure clinic are to:
The leadership team has asked you to provide them with an evidence-based plan for one of the components of the clinic. You may use any combination of documents (for example, a spreadsheet or a table) in addition to explanatory information to convey information clearly and succinctly.
Develop one: an Orientation Course Plan, a Discharge Education Plan, or a Care Coordination Plan.
An Orientation Course Plan:
A Discharge Education Plan:
Care Coordination Plan:
CRITERIA | NON-PERFORMANCE | BASIC | PROFICIENT | DISTINGUISHED |
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Develop an evidence-based plan for health care delivery. | Does not develop an evidence-based plan for health care delivery. | Develops a plan for health care delivery, but does not provide support from best practices or current literature. | Develops an evidence-based plan for health care delivery. | Develops an evidence-based plan for health care delivery; identifies ways in which the interprofessional team functions. |
Describe accountability tools and procedures used to measure effectiveness. | Does not describe accountability tools and procedures used to measure effectiveness. | Identifies accountability tools but not the procedures used to measure effectiveness. | Describes accountability tools and procedures used to measure effectiveness. | Describes accountability tools and procedures used to measure effectiveness; suggests procedures be developed in conjunction with the interprofessional team. |
Apply professional and legal standards in support of a care plan. | Does not apply professional and legal standards in support of a care plan. | Identifies legal standards, but does not explain the professional standards in support of a care plan. | Applies professional and legal standards in support of a care plan. | Applies professional and legal standards in support of a care plan; explains how standards provide the structure for care delivery. |
Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. | Does not write content clearly or logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. | Writes with errors in clarity, logic, grammar, punctuation, or mechanics. | Writes content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. | Writes clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics; uses relevant evidence to support a central idea. |
Correctly format citations and references using current APA style. | Does not correctly format citations and references using current APA style. | Uses current APA to format citations and references but with numerous errors. | Correctly formats citations and references using current APA style with few errors. | Correctly formats citations and references using current APA style with no errors. |
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