National Patient Safety Goal: Reduce the Risk of Healthcare-Associated Infections

Title: National Patient Safety Goal: Reducing the risk of healthcare-associated infections
Criteria for grading
1. The student will gain proficiency in accessing appropriate publicly available health databases.
2. The student will gain proficiency in interpreting the data obtained from these databases.
3. The student will demonstrate competence in searching, retrieving, and critiquing literature related to selected topic.
4. The student will develop a well-written significance paper that persuades the reader of the need to affect change.
QSEN Competency Category: Evidence based practice
Key Concept: Evidence based practice
Learner Level: Intermediate
Assignment Description:
The significance paper offers a student the opportunity to delve into county, state, regional, and national databases/websites seeking credible information to create a persuasive argument about a specific healthcare topic/problem. Students may select topics/problems by reviewing the following sites:
• https://www(dot)jointcommission(dot)org/standards/national-patient-safety-goals/
• https://health(dot)gov/healthypeople
• For links to statistical sites check the Health Statistics tab on: Nursing 360 Research Guide
o Before searching, please watch the Library tutorial “Finding Statistics” (in NURS 465 D2L course).
Based on the purpose of the significance paper, students should consider the most recent sources to illustrate need. The focus of the references should be on statistics and current needs and may consist solely of governmental and organizational websites. The purpose of the significance paper is NOT to present research related to the topic. The significance paper is limited to 3 pages (Pages 1 and 2- text; Page 3- references only).
Evaluation Description:
Criteria: Possible Points: Exemplary: Poor:
1.Introduction of topic/problem, including description or definition to topic/problem.
Topic clearly stated and described or defined; citations included as appropriate
2. Statistics: incidence and/or prevalence
Adequate, most current, and relevant statistics included
3. Statistics: morbidity (e.g. risk of next event: complications or likelihood of reoccurrence), and mortality rates.
Adequate, most current, and relevant statistics included
4.Financial (e.g. cost per event, length of stay in system, cost not covered by insurance, or workforce cost [e.g., hours and patient day]).
Financial burden is clearly and adequately described
5.Psychosocial burden (e.g. to the individual, family, community, or society) Psychosocial burden is clearly and adequately described
6. Conclusion
Conclusion is clearly and adequately stated; final sentence confirms the importance; citations included as appropriate
7. Includes evidence from a minimum of one government statistical site (.gov sources) and from one professional organization (.org or .net sources)
Includes a minimum of one from each source; appropriate
8.Includes a minimum of 3 additional appropriate, dated, and most current references from peer-reviewed journals or reputable web sites; no original research articles or .com sources
Included a minimum of an additional 3 appropriate and most current references
9. Title page, 2 pages content, Reference Page, Double-spaced with 11 Calibri font, and one-inch margins, submitted as a Word document
Follows all criteria
Based on the purpose of the significance paper, students should consider the most recent tsources to illustrate need. The focus of the references should be on statistics and current needs and may consist solely of governmental and organizational websites. The purpose of the significance is NOT to present research related to the topic. The research paper is limited to 3 pages. (Pages 1 and 2- text/content and page 3 for references only.)
Student may select topics from the following sites:
https://www(dot)jointcomission(dot)org/standards/national-patient-safety-goals/
https://health(dot)gov/healthypeople
For links to statistical sites check the Health Statistics tab on Nursing 360 Research Guide