NURSE LEADERS AND DATA ANALYSIS

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NURSE LEADERS AND DATA ANALYSIS

Nurse leaders use data analysis to inform strategic decisions for the nursing department and the overall healthcare organization. This involves interpreting data to identify areas for improvement, allocate resources effectively, and enhance patient care.

In this Assignment, you will examine data from the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps website to explore the ways in which nurse leaders utilize data to improve care.

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Identify a population health care initiative based on the data for your country using the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps

Consider how nurse leaders utilize data

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Complete all three parts of the Assignment.

Part 1

(ft. Bend)

Week 3: Assignment

Go to county health rankings website (https://www.countyhealth rankings.org/) and explore the health outcomes and health factors data for the county where you reside. Analyze the available data, compare county data to state and national benchmarks, identify potential reasons for disparity or similarities between two health outcomes.

Part 2

You will describe one population health care initiative that could improve health outcomes or reduce factor that affect health outcomes in a particular county. After selecting the county, you will describe one population health care initiative that could improve health outcomes or reduce factors that affect health outcomes in your county.

Part 3

((Ft. Bend County)

Describe how nurse leaders use data to tie into care outcomes. How is data used in your area of practice? How have you used data?

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Criteria

Analyze the

available data,

compare county data to state

and national

benchmarks,

identify potential

reasons for

disparity or

similarities

between two

health

outcomes.

Describe one population

health care initiative that

could improve health

outcomes or

reduce factors

that affect

health

outcomes in

your county.

Describe how

nurse leaders

use data to tie

into care

outcomes.

40 to >30.0 pts Masters Expectations

The response comprehensively and clearly analyzes the data to compare county data to state and national

benchmarks, identifies

potential reasons for disparity or similarities between two health outcomes. The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the analysis. The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the analysis.

40 to >30.0 pts Masters Expectations

The response comprehensively and describes a population health care initiative that could improve health care outcomes. The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the description.

40 to >30.0 pts Masters Expectations The response comprehensively and clearly describes how nurse leaders use data to tie into care

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Ratings

30 to >24.0 pts

Achieves Expectations

The response analyzes the data to compare county data to state and national benchmarks, identifies potential reasons for disparity or similarities between two

health outcomes. The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the analysis. The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the analysis.

30 to >24.0 pts Achieves Expectations

The response describes a population health care initiative that could

improve health care outcomes in your county. The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that support the description.

30 to >24.0 pts Achieves Expectations The response describes how nurse leaders use

data to tie into care outcomes. The response

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24 to >0 pts

Does Not Meet Expectations

The response

inaccurately and vaguely analyzes the data to

compare county data to

state and national

benchmarks, identifies potential reasons for disparity or similarities between two health outcomes The response includes inaccurate and

vague examples that do not support the analysis, or it is missing. The

response includes inaccurate and vague

examples that do not

support the analysis, or it is missing. 24 to >0 pts Does Not Meet

Expectations

The response inaccurately and vaguely describes a population health care initiative that could improve health care outcomes in your county. The response includes inaccurate and

vague examples that do not support the description, or it is missing. The response includes inaccurate and

vague examples that do not support the description, or it is masing-0 pts

Does Not Meet Expectations

The response inaccurately and vaguely describes how nurse

Pts

40 pts

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Criteria

Explains how you have used

data.

Professional

writing: Context,

organization, audience,

purpose, tone, style, clarity,

flow

Professional

writing: Originality,

outcomes. The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the connection. The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the

connection.

40 to >30.0 pts Masters Expectations The response comprehensively and clearly explains use of data... The response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the explanation.

20 to >16.0 pts

Masters Expectations

Demonstrates full awareness of writing

context, audience, and purpose... Content is generally clear, logical, and well organized with appropriate sentence and paragraph structure... Tone is highly professional, scholarly, and free of bias... Style is consistently appropriate for a professional setting/workplace context... Mostly free of spelling, punctuation, and grammar/syntax errors.

20 to >16.0 pts Masters Expectations

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Ratings

includes relevant,

specific, and appropriate examples that support the connection. The response includes relevant,

specific, and appropriate examples that support the

connection.

30 to >24.0 pts Achieves Expectations The response explains the use of data... The

response includes relevant, specific, and appropriate examples that fully support the explanation.

16 to >12.0 pts Achieves Expectations

Demonstrates some awareness of writing

context, audience, and purpose... Content is mostly clear, logical, and well organized with adequate sentence and

paragraph structure... Tone is adequately professional, scholarly, and/or free of bias... Style is mostly appropriate for a professional setting/workplace

context... Contains few spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar/syntax

errors.

16 to >12.0 pts Achieves Expectations

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leaders use data to tie into care outcomes. The

response includes inaccurate and vague

examples that do not support the connection, or

it is missing. The

response includes inaccurate and vague

examples that do not

the connection, or

28 Does

it is missing.

Meet

Expectations

The response inaccurately and vaguely explains the use of data, or it is missing... The response includes inaccurate and

vague examples that do not support the

explanation, or it is

12 missinøts

Does Not Meet

Expectations

Demonstrates minimal

awareness of writing context, audience, and purpose... Content lacks clarity, logic, and/or discernible

organization; does not use

proper sentence and paragraph structure... Tone is not professional/scholarly and/or contains bias... Style is inconsistent with a

professional

setting/workplace context... Contains significant spelling,

punctuation, and/or grammar/syntax errors.

12 to >0 pts Does Not Meet

Expectations

Pts

40 pts

20 pts

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Criteria

source

credibility, and

attribution of

ideas

Writing fully reflects original thought and paraphrasing and adheres to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to

support a claim while incorporating appropriate citations and references in

APA format.

Week 3: Assignment

Ratings

Writing adequately reflects original thought and paraphrasing and adheres to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to

support a claim while incorporating appropriate citations and references in

APA format.

Writing does not reflect original thought and paraphrasing and does

not adhere to reference requirements, including the use of credible evidence to support a claim while incorporating appropriate citations and references in APA format.

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Pts

Total Points: 200

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Week 3: Learning Resources: Patient Safety & Qual Imprvmt-Winter 2024

LEARNING RESOURCES

Required Readings

Spath, P., & Devane, A. (2023). Introduction to healthcare quality management (https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?

direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=nlebk&AN=3373484&site=eds- live&scope=site&custid=s6527200) (4th ed). Health Administration Press.

Chapter 3, "Measuring Performance" (pp. 37-73)

。 Chapter 4, "Evaluating Performance" (pp. 82-87)

Chapter 9, "Achieving Reliable Quality and Safety" (pp. 294-301)
Leapfrog. (2023). How safe is your hospital? (https://www.hospitalsafety.grade.org/) https://www.hospitalsafetygrade.org/
Madaris, S. (2023). Your comprehensive guide to the press ganey national quality indicators (NDNQI). (https://info.pressganey.com/press-ganey-blog-healthcare-experience-

insights/your-comprehensive-guide-to-the-press-ganey-national-database-of-nursing-quality-

indicators-ndngi) https://info.pressganey.com/press-ganey-blog-healthcare-experience- insights/your-comprehensive-guide-to-the-press-ganey-national-database-of-nursing-quality-

indicators-ndnqi

Medicare.gov. (n.d.). Find & compare providers near you. (https://www.medicare.gov/care- compare/)_https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/

Montalvo, I. (2007). The national database of nursing quality indicators TM (NDNQI®). E (https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/national-database-nursing-quality-indicators- tm/docview/229585708/se-2?accountid=14872) OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing,

12(3), 2.