Using Google Sites, assemble an online resource tool kit containing at least 12 annotated resources that you consider critical to the success of your safety improvement initiative. These resources should enable nurses and others to implement and maintain the safety improvement you have developed.
It is recommended that you focus on the 3 or 4 most critical categories or themes with respect to your safety improvement initiative pertaining to medication administration. For example, for an ;initiative that concerns improving workplace safety for practitioners, you might choose broad themes such as general organizational safety and quality best practices; environmental safety and quality risks; individual strategies to improve personal and team safety; and process best practices for reporting and improving environmental safety issues.
Following the recommended scheme, you would collect 3 resources on average for each of the 4 categories focusing on safety with medication administration. Each resource listing should include ;the following:
- An APA-formatted citation of the resource with a working link.
- A description of the information, skills, or tools provided by the resource.
- A brief explanation of how the resource can help nurses better understand or implement the safety improvement initiative pertaining to medication administration.
- A description of how nurses can use this resource and when its use may be appropriate.
Remember that you must make your site public so that your faculty can access it. Check out the Google Sites resources for more information.
Here is an example entry:
- Merret, A., Thomas, P., Stephens, A., ;Moghabghab, R., Gruneir, M. (2011). A collaborative approach to fall prevention. Canadian Nurse, 107(8), 24-29. Retrieved from www.canadian-nurse.com/articles/issues/2011/octobe…
- This article presents the Geriatric Emergency Management-Falls Intervention Team (GEM-FIT) project. It shows how a collaborative nurse lead project can be implemented and used to improve collaboration and interdisciplinary teamwork, as well as improve the delivery of health care services. This resource is likely more useful to nurses as a resource for strategies and models for assembling and participating in an interdisciplinary team than for specific fall-prevention strategies. It is suggested that this resource be reviewed prior to creating an interdisciplinary team for a collaborative project in a health care setting.
Additionally, be sure that your plan addresses the following, which corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score.
- Identify necessary resources to support the implementation and continued sustainability of a safety improvement initiative pertaining to medication administration.
- Analyze the usefulness of resources to the role group responsible for implementing quality and safety improvements focusing on medication administration.
- Analyze the value of resources to reduce patient safety risk related to medication administration.
- Present compelling reasons and relevant situations for use of resource tool kit by its target audience.
- Communicate in a clear, logically structured, and professional manner that applies current APA style and formatting.
Example Assessment: You may use the following example to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like but keep in mind that your tool kit will focus on promoting safety with medication administration. Note that you do not have to submit your bibliography in addition to the Google Site; the example bibliography is merely for your reference.
To submit your online tool kit assessment, paste the link to your Google Site in the assessment submission box.
Example Google Site: You may use the example Google Site, Resources for Safety and Improvement Measures in Geropsychiatric Care, to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like for this assessment but keep in mind that your tool kit will focus on promoting safety with medication administration.
Note: If you experience technical or other challenges in completing this assessment, please contact your faculty member.
Additional Requirements
- APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to current APA style
COLLABORATION AND TEAMWORK
- Bird, H. (2017). How to enhance practice in a digital world. Community Practitioner, 90(4), 22–24.
- There are new tools of leadership and communication in practice today, and this article explains how these new tools can enhance best practices in nursing.
- Barton, G., Bruce, A., & Schreiber, R. (2018). Teaching nurses teamwork: Integrative review of competency-based team training in nursing education. Nurse Education in Practice, 32, 129–137.
- Abstract: The aim of this review is to critically analyse empirical published work reporting on teamwork education interventions in nursing, and identify key educational considerations enabling teamwork competency in this group. CINAHL, Web of Science, Academic Search Complete, and ERIC databases were searched and detailed inclusion-exclusion criteria applied. Studies (n=19) were selected and evaluated using established qualitative-quantitative appraisal tools and a systematic constant comparative approach. Nursing teamwork knowledge is rooted in High Reliability Teams theory and Crew or Crisis Resource Management sources. Constructivist pedagogy is used to teach, practice, and refine teamwork competency. Nursing teamwork assessment is complex; involving integrated yet individualized determinations of knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Future initiatives need consider frontline leadership, supportive followership and skilled communication emphasis. Collective stakeholder support is required to translate teamwork competency into nursing practice (Barton, Bruce, & Schreiber, 2018).
- Schmutz, J. B., Meier, L. L., & Manser, T. (2019). How effective is teamwork really? The relationship between teamwork and performance in healthcare teams: A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 9(9).
- This article investigates the relationship between teamwork and clinical performance and potential moderating variables of this relationship.
- Doren, M. (2017). Working collaboratively—teaching collaboration. Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship & Pedagogy, 27(2), 180–194.
- This article may give you some ideas for a skills practice activity to include in your Improvement Plan In-Service Presentation.
- Rosen, M. A., DiazGranados, D., Dietz, A. S., Benishek, L. E., Pronovost, P. J., & Weaver, S. J. (2018). Teamwork in healthcare: Key discoveries enabling safer, high-quality care. American Psychologist, 73(4), 433–450.
- The authors discuss best practices related to teamwork and team improvement, some of which may help you think about how best to present the information in your tool kit.
- Malamed, C. (n.d.). Using wikis for learning and collaboration. Retrieved from http://theelearningcoach.com/elearning2-0/using-wi…
- This article may be helpful as you think about how to put together your tool kit for your assessment.
- MindTools. (n.d.). How to create a wiki: Setting up a collaborative online workspace. Retrieved from https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/how-to-cre…
- MindTools provides a practical overview of wikis, including their history and purpose, as well as how to build them.
- National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (2018). A nurse’s guide to the use of social media. https://www.ncsbn.org/
- This article discusses the uses of social media in nursing.
- G Suite Learning Center. (n.d.). com/learning-center/products/sites/get-started/#!/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Get started with Sites. Retrieved from https://gsuite.google.com/learning-center/products…
- Google. (n.d.). Google Sites. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com
- Google. (n.d.). Sites help. Retrieved from https://support.google.com/sites/?hl=en#topic=
- Resources for safety and improvement measures in geropsychiatric care. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/view/safetyimprovementmea…
- Kaminski, J. (2016). Why all nurses can/should be authors. Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics, 11(4), 1–7.
- This editorial urges nurses to be active contributors to ongoing research, journals, blogs, and other outlets to increase visibility of their valuable perspectives on health care.
- George, L. E., Locasto, L. W., Pyo, K. A., & Cline, T. W. (2017). Effect of the dedicated education unit on nursing student self-efficacy: A quasi-experimental research study. Nursing Education in Practice, 23, 48–53.
- Abstract: Although the Dedicated Education Unit (DEU) has shown initial promise related to satisfaction with the teaching/learning environment, few studies have examined student outcomes related to the use of the DEU as a clinical education model beyond student satisfaction. The purpose of this quantitative, quasi-experimental study was to compare student outcomes from the traditional clinical education (TCE) model with those from the DEU model. Participants were students enrolled in a four-year baccalaureate program in nursing (n = 193) who had clinical education activities in one of three clinical agencies. Participants were assigned to either the DEU or a TCE model. Pre-clinical and post-clinical self-efficacy scores were measured for each group using an adapted Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (Schwarzer and Jerusalem, 1995). Both groups experienced a significant increase in self-efficacy scores post clinical education. The increase in self-efficacy for the DEU students was significantly greater than the increase in self-efficacy for the traditional students. Self-efficacy is considered an important outcome of nursing education because high self-efficacy has been linked to making an easier transition from student to nursing professional. This study supports the quality of the DEU as a clinical education model by examining student self-efficacy outcomes (George, Locasto, Pyo, & Cline, 2017).
- The Library of Congress. (n.d.). Evaluating Internet resources: An annotated guide to selected resources. Retrieved from https://www.loc.gov/rr/business/beonline/selectbib…
- This Web page collects resources related to evaluating the reliability and relevance of information from electronic sources. The format of this page may also be a helpful model for the resource list you are assembling.
- Think Critically About Source Quality.
- This Capella University Library guide offers a method to help you determine which resources to include in your tool kits.