Advanced practice nurses apply continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes to improve client-centered outcomes. Select one of the following client-centered care initiatives that you would like to improve in your practice area: client clinical outcomes, client satisfaction, care coordination during care transitions, or specialty consultations for clients.
Include the following sections:
- Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
- Identify the selected client-centered care initiative and describe its application to your future practice.
- Select one CQI framework that can be applied to the selected initiative. Explain each step of the framework.
- Describe how the framework can improve client-centered care for the selected initiative.
- Describe how you would involve interprofessional team members in the CQI process.
- Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectationsLinks to an external site.:
- Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
- Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
- Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
- Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
- Include a minimum of two different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.
- Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
- Reference Citation: Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of errors.