Assignment Overview:
The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate how your role as a nurse and a nurse leader
supports the alignment of quality improvement and safety initiatives. Portions of this assignment will
be utilized in your final paper.
Assignment Instructions – Quality Improvement and Safety Initiatives
(3-4 pages)
Consider your identified healthcare issue (SWOT Analysis) topic as a quality improvement and safety
initiative.
1. Discuss how your healthcare issue aligns with quality improvement (QI) and safety initiatives.
2. Reflect on your role as both a nurse and a nurse leader as identified in your SWOT Analysis. Identify
how your role as a nurse and nurse leader aligns with quality improvement and safety initiatives.
3. Identify your accountability as a healthcare provider in addressing the identified healthcare issue in
relationship to quality improvement and safety initiatives.
4. What evidence-based healthcare practices apply to your identified healthcare issue in relationship to
quality improvement and safety initiatives?
5. Paper is to be written in APA format.
Additional Assignment Instructions: Below is a list of the 6 sections to include in your submission:
• Introduction and Identification of Quality Improvement and Safety Initiative- Provide an
introduction and identification of your identified healthcare issue (SWOT Analysis). Provide a
discussion on how your healthcare issue aligns with quality improvement and safety initiatives.
• The Role of the Nurse and Nurse Leader: Reflect on your identified role as a nurse and nurse leader
within the SWOT Analysis. Provide a discussion on how the identified role as a nurse and nurse
leader aligns with quality improvement and safety initiatives.
• Accountability as a Healthcare Provider- Provide a discussion on the accountability as a healthcare
provider in addressing the identified healthcare issue in relationship to quality improvement and
safety initiatives. 2-3 examples provided with support from at least 1 scholarly source.
• Application of Evidence-Based Practices: Provide a discussion of 2-3 examples of evidence-based
practices that apply to the identified healthcare issue in relationship to quality improvement and
safety initiatives. Support from at least 1 scholarly source provided.
• Conclusion: Provide a discussion that summaries all components of the paper. The discussion
provides conclusive comments that reflects on prior components without introducing new topics.
• APA: The paper is submitted in proper APA format and within the 2-3-page limit (excluding the
title and reference page).
20% of Final Grade
Unit 5
Quality Improvement and Safety Initiatives