NUR 310 Cardinal Stritch University Quality Improvement Analysis Worksheet

I need help with this quality improvement analysis

Purpose: The definition of quality improvement, as defined by QSEN (2003) is “Using data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and using improvement methods to design and examine changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems.” The BSN prepared nurse is expected to understand quality improvement, monitor outcomes, encourage improved processes, and conduct improvement methods to promote positive outcomes. One model of conducting quality improvement is the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycle. The purpose of the Quality Improvement Analysis is to have the student implement and evaluate a quality improvement project.

Process: Through this assignment, the student learns how to

• Develop an aim statement
• Implement change using a model for improvement (PDSA cycles)
• Collect data to measure change/improvement
• Report data using charts or graphs

Guidelines:

• Students will choose something about themselves that they would like to improve.
• Ideas could include increasing exercise, studying more hours, drinking more water daily, eating healthier, or whatever would be important to the student.
• The student conducts the improvement for three PDSA cycles, one cycle per week over three (3) weeks, recording data to measure the change.
• The student completes one PDSA document for each cycle.
• The student creates one graph with a data table to demonstrate three weeks of data points.
• Submit three (3) PDSA cycle documents and one graph with a data table to Canvas by the due date
• NUR310 PDSA template is attached to files
• Rubric Attached to files

Info about the improvement I worked on:

The improvement am working on is increasing my daily physical activity by walking 10,000 Steps a day. Walking is known to have many befits. Some of the benefits of walking include improved circulation, weight loss, improved mood, better sleep, disease prevention and much more. People who increase their physical activity levels report improvements to their overall health, whereas people who are inactive report lower happiness, lower life satisfaction and poorer health (Quirk et al., 2021). Exercise has also been shown to improve anxiety states (Edwards et al., 2018). For this quality improvement analysis, I will be documenting the steps I take each day for 2 weeks and my goal is to reach 10,000 steps each day.

References

Edwards, M. K., Rosenbaum, S., & Loprinzi, P. D. (2018). Differential Experimental Effects of a Short Bout of Walking, Meditation, or Combination of Walking and Meditation on State Anxiety Among Young Adults. American Journal of Health Promotion, 32(4), 949–958. https://doi-org.csu.ezproxy.switchinc.org/10.1177/…

Quirk, H., Bullas, A., Haake, S., Goyder, E., Graney, M., Wellington, C., Copeland, R., Reece, L., & Stevinson, C. (2021). Exploring the benefits of participation in community-based running and walking events: a cross-sectional survey of parkrun participants. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 1–15. https://doi-org.csu.ezproxy.switchinc.org/10.1186/…

Steps I took each day for 3 weeks: