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post surgery Discussion Overview: As you reach the end-point of your small-scale change initiative, your implementation phase should be close to completion. In this week’s discussion, you will revisit your data collection plan, created in the week three discussion, to determine the degree to which you have met your desired short-term outcome(s). Then, you will describe your plan for the evaluation phase of your project and the measurement of your long-term outcome. Last, you will share how the achievement of your project’s long-term outcomes will shape healthcare quality and improve patient outcomes in your project’s setting. Discussion Prompt: Restate your project’s goal; short-term and long-term outcomes; and your data collection plan. Then, answer the prompt. How do you plan to evaluate the effects of your implementation phase of your change project? Provide a summary of data that you have collected towards the achieve the achievement of your short-term outcome. How does achievement of your project’s long-term outcome(s) shape healthcare quality and improve patient outcomes in your project’s setting? Provide supportive rationale on how achievement of your project’s long-term outcome(s) shape healthcare quality and improve patient outcomes in your project’s setting from a scholarly source using APA in-text citation and a full referen
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Discussion
The small scale change project focuses on facilitating glucose monitoring and control during the post-surgery period. The issue of concern is that failing to monitor the glucose levels could hinder healing efforts. In addition, non-controlled glucose complicates the care process. In the short-term, the project intends to improve efforts to monitor glucose levels in the post-surgery period. In the long-term, the project intends to speed up the healing process and reduce incidences of complications. The data collection plan includes records of glucose monitoring data, speed of wound healing, and feedback from post-surgery nurses.
post surgery How do you plan to evaluate the effects of your implementation phase of your change project?
The effects of the implementation of the project will be evaluated through three approaches. Firstly, data completeness for glucose levels to show that they are being monitored regularly. This will be evaluated by checking where the required data was collected, and if significant data on glucose levels were noted. Secondly, speed at which wounds heal and incidences of complications to show that glucose monitoring facilitates better glucose control that in turn promotes healing and reduces opportunities for complications. This will be evaluated by calculating the average days of wound healing for each type of surgery and comparing the outcomes with the period prior to the project implementation (Grove, Gray & Burns, 2015). Thirdly, feedback from nurse personnel offering post-surgery care will explore their views on the effects of the project, whether the intended goals were achieved, and if additional changes are required to improve the positive effects while minimizing the negative effects (Snipes, 2016).
How does achievement of your project’s long-term outcome(s) shape healthcare quality and improve patient outcomes in your project’s setting?
The project’s long-term outcome is to promote the speed at which healing occurs while reducing opportunities for complications. Achieving this goal will ensure that patients have better diabetes control, spend less time in hospital, spend less money in care, and have better care outcomes (Harding et al., 2020).
References
Grove, S. K., Gray, J. R., & Burns, N. (2015). Understanding nursing research: building an evidence-based practice (6th ed.). Elsevier/Saunders.
Harding, M., Kwong, J., Roberts, D., Hagler, D., & Reinisch, C. (Eds.) (2020). Lewis’s medical-surgical nursing: assessment and management of clinical problems (11th ed.). Elsevier.
Snipes, C. (2016). Project management for the advanced practice nurse. Springer Publishing Company.