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Assessment 2
Executive Summary
Write an executive summary, 4-5 pages in length, of existing
outcome measures related to a performance issue uncovered in your gap analysis
that you intend to address.
Introduction
Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you
completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the
assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.
As
a nurse leader, you must be able to access, identify, and describe outcome
measures as they relate to safety and quality problems in your organization.
This
assessment provides an opportunity to examine existing outcome measures, assess
their strategic value, and present your findings to executive leaders in a
manner that will help you gain their support.
Quality
and safety are everyone’s responsibility as a team of interprofessional care
delivery partners. Together we develop policies that support quality and safe
care delivery. As part of the interprofessional team, nurses are leaders in
care and thus are responsible and accountable for leading and providing safe
quality care.
Health
care delivery is structured around evidenced-based information. Quality is
defined by exploring proven, evidenced-based information. After reviewing and
defining evidenced-based information, the interprofessional team applies this
knowledge to assess the organization’s or the practice setting’s ability to
provide evidenced-based care delivery. When a gap in care is identified, it is
important to propose an evidenced-based change and to execute a plan for
improved care.
Preparation
Your
summary of relevant outcome measures is based on your findings from the quality
and safety gap analysis you completed in the previous assessment.
Your
analysis of the gap between current and desired performance was the first step
toward improving outcomes. You now have the information you need to move
forward with proposed changes. Your next step is to focus on existing outcome
measures and their relationship to the systemic problem you are addressing. For
this assessment, you have been asked to draft a summary of existing outcome
measures for your organization’s executive team to raise awareness of the
problem and the strategic value of existing measures.
Note: As you revise your writing, check out the resources listed
on the Writing Center’s Writing Support page.
As
you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other
related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are
encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow
learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your
professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development
and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your
assessment.
Building
stakeholder support is crucial to fostering and sustaining change. Therefore,
as you approach this assessment, think about the stakeholders whose support you
will need for the change you want to bring about.
·       
What information is most essential for both the formal and
informal stakeholders to understand about the proposed change?
·       
How might you communicate the need for change using just a few
sentences (this is often referred to as an “elevator speech”).
The
following resources are required to complete the assessment.
·       
APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX]. Use
this for your executive summary.
Requirements
Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading
criteria in the Executive Summary Scoring Guide. Be sure that your written
analysis addresses each point, at a minimum. You may also want to read the
Executive Summary Scoring Guide and Guiding Questions:
Executive Summary [DOCX] Download Guiding
Questions: Executive Summary [DOCX]to better
understand how each criterion will be assessed.
Composing the Executive Summary
·       
Explain key quality and safety outcomes.
·       
Determine the strategic value to an organization of specific
outcome measures.
·       
Analyze the relationships between a systemic problem in your
organization or practice setting and specific quality and safety outcomes.
·       
Determine how specific outcome measures support strategic
initiatives related to a quality and safety culture.
·       
Determine how the leadership team would support the
implementation and adoption of proposed practice changes affecting specific
outcomes.
Writing and Supporting Evidence
·       
Write clearly and concisely, using correct grammar and
mechanics.
·       
Integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support
assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.
Additional requirement
Format
your document using APA style.
·       
Use the APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX]. Be sure
to include:
o   A title page and reference
page. An abstract is not required.
o   A running head on all
pages.
o   Appropriate section
headings.
o   Properly-formatted
citations and references.
·       
Your summary should be 4–5 pages in length, not including the title
page and reference page.
Portfolio Prompt: You may choose to save your executive summary to your ePortfolio.
Competency
measured
By
successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency
in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
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Competency 1: Analyze
quality and safety outcomes from an administrative and systems perspective.
o  
Explain key quality and
safety outcomes.
o  
Analyze the
relationships between a systemic problem in an organization and specific
quality and safety outcomes.
·       
Competency 2: Determine
how outcome measures promote quality and safety processes within an
organization.
o  
Determine how specific
outcome measures support strategic initiatives related to a quality and safety
culture.
·       
Competency 3: Determine
how specific organizational functions, policies, processes, procedures, norms,
and behaviors can be used to build reliability and high-performing
organizations.
o  
Determine the strategic
value to an organization of specific outcome measures.
·       
Competency 4: Synthesize
the various aspects of the nurse leader’s role in developing, promoting, and
sustaining a culture of quality and safety.
o  
Determine how a
leadership team would support the implementation and adoption of proposed
practice changes affecting specific outcomes.
·       
Competency 5:
Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and
style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly
standards.
o  
Write clearly and
concisely, using correct grammar and mechanics.
o  
Integrate relevant and
credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting
citations and references using APA style.
Writing
executive summaries
The
following resources will help you in writing your executive summary.
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Greenhalgh, T., Vijayaraghavan, S., Wherton, J., Shaw, S.,
Byrne, E., Campbell-Richards, D., Bhattacharya, S., Hanson, P., Ramoutar, S.,
Gutteridge, C., Hodkinson, I., Collard, A., & Morris, J. (2016). Virtual online consultations: Advantages and
limitations (VOCAL) study. BMJ
Open, 6(1). doi:10.2196/humanfactors.9371
·       
Markowitz, E. (n.d.). How
to write an executive summary. Inc.
http://www.inc.com/guides/2010/09/how-to-write-an-executive-summary.html
o   This article provides tips
on writing executive summaries and offers links to additional resources that
show you examples of using executive summaries for benchmarks and branding.
·       
Vila Health: Quality and Safety Gap Analysis.
o   This interactive exercise
introduces best practices for writing an executive summary, which may help you
with the assessment.
Examples
The
following documents provide examples of how various executive summaries are
written.
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Schmid, D. A., & Huber, F. (2019). Brand love: Emotionality and development of
its elements across the relationship lifestyle. Psychology & Marketing, 36(4), 305–320.
doi:10.1002/mar.21180
·       
Kissam, S. M., Beil, H., Cousart, C., Greenwald, L. M., &
Lloyd, J. T. (2019). States encouraging value-based payment:
Lessons from CMS’s state innovation models initiative. The Milbank Quarterly, 97(2), 506–542.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12380
·       
Miller, D., Pearsall, E., Johnston, D., Frecea, M., &
McKenzie, M. (2017). Executive summary: Enhanced recovery after
surgery: best practice guideline for care of patients with a fecal diversion. Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence
Nursing, 44(1), 74–77.
o   This example shows
guidelines for best practice.
Strategic planning
The
following resources will help you in addressing the strategic value of existing
outcome measures.
·       
Health Research & Educational Trust. (2014). Hospital-based strategies for creating a culture of
health [PDF]. http://www.hpoe.org/Reports-HPOE/hospital_based_strategies_creating_culture_health_RWJF.pdf
·       
Ehteshami, A., Saghaeiannejad-Isfahani, S., Samadbeik, M., &
Falah, K. (2018). Formulating telemedicine strategies in
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Acta Informatica Media, 26(3), 169–174.
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https://doi.org/10.5455/aim.2018.26.169-174
Apa Resources
You
can use the following additional resources to improve your writing skills and
as source materials for seeking answers to specific questions.
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APA Module.
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Academic Honesty & APA Style and
Formatting.
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APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX].