Planning paper
The “Plan Section” written summary should be a short document, 1-2 pages in length, excluding the title and reference pages. The summary should include the following APA elements: a title page, a header, page numbers, 1-inch margins, 12 font Times New Roman, double line spacing, use of section headings, in-text citations, and reference page. Do not identify the agency or any employee by name in any written summary.
Criteria for “Plan” section summary (100 pts):
- Patient-focused Practice Issue (30%)
- Provide a paragraph that briefly describes the patient care issue. Why is it a quality or safety issue (convince the reader)? Support with data: incidence/prevalence, mortality, and cost from the literature (include citation/reference).
- Evidence-based Practice (30%)
- Provide a paragraph or two that describes the current evidence-based standards/ guidelines/research to address this patient care issue and identify an appropriate best practice benchmark as available. (Include citation/reference).
III. Analysis (35%)
- Provide a paragraph that compares the agency policy/procedure/guideline with the EBP standards/guideline/research. What are the differences and similarities between the agency practice and the EBP standards/guidelines/research?
- Provide an analyses of the agency’s past internal data related to practice and cost associated with the patient care issue (may include tables or graphs to display data) if available. Explore the research to look at the national impact the issue/topic has on healthcare cost and patient morbidity/mortality. Explore how this issue impacts the agencies operational vision and mission.
