Assessing the Problem: Quality, Safety, and Cost Considerations

Population Health Problem-

Communicable Diseases (such as HIV and STDs)

In a 5-page written assessment, assess the effect of the population health problem on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

· Provides a convincing explanation of how the population health problem impacts the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual by providing specific individual, family, or population examples of such impacts

· Cite evidence that supports the stated impact.

· Note whether the supporting evidence is consistent with what you see in your nursing practice

· Provides an explanation—based on a perceptive and coherent synthesis of current literature—of how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies can affect a patient, family, or population problem’s impact on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual. Provides clear insight into how policy affects nursing scope of practice and will inform and guide an intervention.

· Describe research that has tested the effectiveness of these standards and/or policies in addressing care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

· Explain how these standards and/or policies will guide your actions in addressing care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

· Describe the effects of local, state, and federal policies or legislation on your nursing scope of practice, within the context of care quality, patient safety, and cost to the system and individual

· Proposes strategies, supported by examples, to improve the quality of care, enhance patient safety, and reduce costs to the system and individual. Exhibits clear insight into the effectiveness of the strategies and available sources of relevant benchmark data.

· Discuss research on the effectiveness of these strategies in addressing care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

· Identify relevant and available sources of benchmark data on care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

· Uses concise paraphrasing or summarization to accurately represent ideas from external sources. Exhibits an insightful interpretation and synthesis of credible sources

· Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to stylistic conventions, document structure, and source attributions.

Additional Requirement

Format: Format your paper using APA style. Be sure to include: A title page and reference page. An abstract is not required. Appropriate section headings.

Length: Your paper should be approximately 5 pages in length, not including the reference page.