NUR 212 Quality Improvement Individual Project This is a 5-week assignment with

NUR 212
Quality Improvement Individual Project
This is a 5-week assignment with a purpose of allowing students the opportunity to actively engage in the quality improvement process. Each student will choose something he/she would like to improve about him/her-self. Projects should be individualized-getting more sleep, eat healthier, study more, etc. and can be aimed at improving something identified in the self-analysis paper. Students will develop an AIM statement using the worksheet provided to identify what the proposed improvement is.
See the following link for how to develop an AIM statement:
https://msp.scdhhs.gov/qtip/sites/default/files/aim%20and%20measurement.pdf
Following the process for improvement, students will implement Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles over a consecutive 3-week period.
See the following link for how to complete PDSA cycles:
Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Directions and Examples | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (ahrq.gov)
Data should be collected daily based on the AIM goal. The first week, data will be used to determine if the AIM goal is being met. The PDSA worksheet will be filled out and submitted identifying any necessary modifications. After the second week of data is collected, a second PDSA worksheet will be filled out indicating additional necessary modifications. (See the link above for an example of how to do this.)
Students will use the 4th and 5th week to:
(1) Write a 1-page report to describe the aim of the quality improvement project and actions taken to refine the improvement over the 3-week implementation period reflecting on the data collected over the three week
(2) Create a graphic to demonstrate the three weeks’ worth of data (run-chart, bar graph…).
Project steps:
1. Write AIM goal using worksheet and submit
2. Collect a week’s worth of data based on the progress towards that goal
3. Write a PDSA using worksheet indicating necessary modifications to achieve the goal and submit
4. Collect a second week’s worth of data based on the progress towards that goal
5. Write a PDSA using worksheet indicating necessary modifications to achieve the goal and submit
6. Collect a week’s worth of data based on the progress towards that goal
7. Write a 1-page paper discussing the AIM, the data collected and the outcomes
8. Develop a graph showing the three weeks of data to be included with the one-page paper