Prepare an analysis (5–7 pages) of an adverse event or a near miss from your professional nursing experience and outline a QI initiative that would address it.
Prepare a comprehensive analysis of an adverse event or a near miss from your professional nursing experience that you or a peer experienced. Provide an analysis of the impact of the same type of adverse event or near miss in other facilities. How was it managed, who was involved, and how was it resolved? Be sure to:
- Analyze the implications of the adverse event or near miss for all stakeholders.
- Analyze the sequence of events, missed steps, or protocol deviations related to the adverse event or near miss using a root cause analysis.
- Evaluate QI actions or technologies related to the event that are required to reduce risk and increase patient safety.
- Evaluate how other institutions integrated solutions to prevent these types of events.
- Incorporate relevant metrics of the adverse event or near miss to support need for improvement.
- Outline a QI initiative to prevent a future adverse event or near miss.
- Ensure your analysis conveys purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.
Be sure your analysis addresses all of the above points. You may also want to read the Adverse Event or Near Miss Analysis Scoring Guide to better understand the performance levels that relate to each grading criterion. Additionally, be sure to review the Guiding Questions: Adverse Event or Near Miss Analysis [DOCX] Download Guiding Questions: Adverse Event or Near Miss Analysis [DOCX]document for additional clarification about things to consider when creating your assessment.
Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:
- Length of submission: A minimum of five but no more than seven double-spaced, typed pages, not including the title page or References section.
- Number of references: Cite a minimum of three sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your evaluation, recommendations, and plans. Current source material is defined as no older than five years unless it is a seminal work.
- APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style. Review the Evidence and APAsection of the Writing Center for guidance.
