Adults with Acute Bronchitis Treated with Antibiotics Worksheet
Question Description
Select a data review project topic. Then, write a 1–2 page topic description that includes the problem statement and list of supporting references.
The topic I am going to go with in reference to like a PICOT statement is : “Do adults with acute bronchitis who are treated with antibiotics note earlier improvement in clinical symptoms, compared to those who are given inhaled albuterol in a six week time frame?”
Note: Each assessment of your capstone project is built on the work you have completed in previous assessments. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.Adults with Acute Bronchitis Treated with Antibiotics Worksheet
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This assessment provides an opportunity to identify a relevant health care problem that warrants analysis. It also helps to conduct a thorough review of the current literature that relates to the problem.
RESOURCES
HEALTH CARE QUALITY
This article examines the role of IT with regard to patient flow in hospitals and the implications for efficiency and performance.
Devaraj, S., Ow, T. T., & Kohli, R. (2013). Examining the impact of information technology and patient flow on healthcare performance: A theory of swift and even flow (TSEF) perspective. Journal of Operations Management 31(4), 181–192.
This article defines how competent health care providers can improve health care communication, access, and outcomes, and also encourage patients to participate more fully in their own care.
Brusin, J. H. (2012). How cultural competency can help reduce health disparities. Radiologic Technology, 84(2), 129–147.
This article aids providers in a better understanding of the patient’s perspective on health care quality within the context of data analytics.Adults with Acute Bronchitis Treated with Antibiotics Worksheet
Russell, R. S., Johnson, D. M., & White, S. W. (2015). Patient perceptions of quality: Analyzing patient satisfaction surveys. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 35(8), 1158–1181.
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
This article defines a framework in which information can be generated for use in reporting and informing the public about health care quality.
van den Heuvel, J., Niemeijer, G. C., & Does, R. J. (2013). Measuring healthcare quality: The challenges. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 26(3), 269–278.
This article examines different types of organizational activities related to performance measurement and how they lead to improvements.
Elg, M., Klara, P. B., & Kollberg, B. (2013). Performance measurement to drive improvements in healthcare practice. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 33(11/12), 1623–1651.
FACILITATING CHANGE AND IMPROVEMENT
This study reveals that organizational support risks influence both the overall change project performance and process performance and provides recommendations on how to mitigate risks in change projects.
Jurisch, M. C., Rosenberg, Z., & Krcmar, H. (2016). Emergent risks in business process change projects. Business Process Management Journal, 22(4), 791–811.
This study discusses drivers and challenges facing quality initiatives implementation in health care organizations and compares findings with those of a questionnaire.
Abdallah, A. (2014). Implementing quality initiatives in healthcare organizations: Drivers and challenges. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 27(3), 166–181.
This article discusses how one organization shifted from a top-down approach to a transformational one with different techniques.
Brickman, J. (2016, November 23). How to get health care employees onboard with change. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2016/11/how-to-get-health-care-emp…
WRITING RESOURCES
The APA Module will help to build your understanding of the APA manual.
APA Style and Format has other useful resources.
ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS:
Note: This assessment is the foundation for your capstone project. Therefore, you must complete this assessment before starting any of the other assessments in this course.
PREPARATION
To prepare for this assessment, read the following documents:
Data Review Project Overview [PDF].
Project Topic Selection [PDF].
The information provided in these two documents will help you in choosing a project of reasonable scope that is central to your career development goals and would be of value to your targeted health care organization. In addition, they provide guidance, recommendations, and examples that are crucial to successfully completing this assessment. You are encouraged to download both the documents and keep them on hand as ready references.In addition, download and review the template you will use to complete this assessment:
Assessment 1 Topic Selection Template [DOCX].
REQUIREMENTS
Select your data review project topic, and provide a topic description that includes the problem statement and list of supporting references.Adults with Acute Bronchitis Treated with Antibiotics Worksheet
Document Format and Length
Submit your project topic, problem description, problem statement, and references in the Assessment 1 Topic Selection Template. Your finished document should be 1–2 pages in length.
Format your citations and references using APA style.
Topic Selection
Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your topic selection process addresses each point, at a minimum. You may also want to read the assessment scoring guide to better understand how each criterion will be assessed.
Write a clear, one-sentence problem statement for a proposed project.
State the issue in the form of a problem and add a citation.
Identify the key performance indicators and outcome measures for a proposed project.
Locate authoritative sources on performance measurement.
Articulate the value of a proposed project to an organization and to one’s professional health care leadership competency development goals.
Review the selected organization’s website to determine its vision, mission, culture, strategic focus, and how they provide value to the patients.
Ensure that you understand what is meant by the term value proposition.
Consider a strategic, systems perspective when contemplating value to the organization.
Be sure you have evidence to support your conclusions.
Summarize current and relevant authoritative literature.
Be concise and substantive. Provide sufficient information in the summary to adequately cover the selected topic.
Visit the Capella University Library to confirm what sources constitute authoritative literature. The Library Research and Information Literacy Skills page contains useful information on this topic. You may also wish to consult the MHA Program Library Guide.
Combine clear, coherent, and original writing, in APA style, with relevant and credible evidence from the scholarly and professional literature.
Apply correct APA formatting to your source citations.
Requirements: 1-2 pages
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You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.Adults with Acute Bronchitis Treated with Antibiotics Worksheet
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.