Purpose of the Project
According to Jeffs, Lo, Beswick, and Campbell (2013), it is appropriate for every healthcare organization to improve the nature and quality of its services. This explains why many healthcare organizations are implementing Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives to address the needs and expectations of their patients. My organization has decided to implement such a “Quality Improvement Initiative” to improve its healthcare practices. This initiative or project is critical to the success of the organization. This project will improve the nature and quality of healthcare services at the facility (Burns & Grove, 2011). This move is critical because the objective of every healthcare institution is to provide the best support and healthcare to its patients. The second purpose of the project is to implement a “new change”. The new change will ensure every nurse is comfortable with his or her working environment. In the recent past, different hospitals and healthcare facilities have worked hard to attain the highest “magnet status”. The project will ensure the organization becomes a leading provider of quality healthcare services.
Every healthcare organization should provide quality services and support to its patients. That being the case, the organization plans to pursue a Quality Improvement (QI) initiative to improve the services provided to the targeted patients.
Target Audience
Quality improvement and provision of the best healthcare services is always a long-term goal for every organization (Jeffs et al., 2013). The first audience for this project is the “consumer”. In this case, the patient is the targeted consumer. That being the case, the quality improvement initiative will ensure every nurse and caregiver in the organization offers the best services to its clients. This project will make it possible to empower every employee and nurse at the organization. The Quality Improvement (QI) initiative is a complex “approach” because it presents the best practices, resources, and activities to achieve the targeted goals (Sappington & Kelley, 2006). This explains why nurses and caregivers at the institution will be among the targeted population. The project also seeks to improve the organization’s relationship with the surrounding community. The community is also a major “target audience” because the institution cannot operate in “total isolation”. The organization will embrace the best healthcare practices and activities to earn the community’s attention. The project also seeks to communicate to the “Magnet Status Accreditation Board”. This strategy will ensure the institution is on the right path towards its objectives and goals.
Benefits of the Project
As mentioned earlier, this Quality Improvement (QI) initiative will have many benefits to the organization and its stakeholders. To begin with, the project will ensure the organization improves its information systems. The project will also ensure the organization acquires modern devices and machines to deliver the best healthcare services. There will be seminars and forums to sensitize the nurses and caregivers about the benefits of providing quality services to their patients (Sappington & Kelley, 2006). This project will introduce new ideas and medical concepts to the caregivers. This will promote “evidence-based” nursing practice. This explains how both the nurses and patients will benefit from the project. The organization will become a reputable provider of quality healthcare services. Finally, the project will ensure the community receives quality and timely healthcare services. The organization will become an accredited healthcare organization and eventually realize its goals. Such benefits will eventually promote economic sustainability and growth.
Budget Justification
The availability of resources and “time” is critical to the success of any project. The leaders and managers at the facility will implement the targeted “change” to make the organization successful (Burns & Grove, 2011). This situation calls for “proper funding”. The next thing is to purchase the necessary machines and equipment. Some of the equipment includes modern x-rays, microscopes, medicine, and scanning devices. The project will succeed if the managers “educate the nurses and caregivers are about the significance of evidence-based practices” (Burns & Grove, 2011, p. 47). The leaders will also purchase books and professional journals to educate nurses about the best medical practices. The organization also requires extra funds to “reward” the nurses and caregivers. This explains why the issue of funding is critical to the success of this project.
Fig 1: Summary of the Proposed Budget
Basis of Evaluating the Project
The leaders and managers at the organization will evaluate the project to ensure it succeeds. To begin with, the leaders will have a timetable to monitor every activity in a timely manner. Every manager will supervise the nurses and other employees in order to ensure they all focus on the targeted objectives (Jeffs et al., 2013). There will also be a “Project Management Committee” to analyze and “assess” the benefits, expectations, and challenges of the project. The managers will encourage every stakeholder to support this project. The managers will use any feedback or “comment” from different stakeholders and nurses to make relevant decisions. Finally, the “supervisors” and “observers” will monitor will address the issues that might affect the project.
Reference List
Burns, N., & Grove, S. (2011). Understanding Nursing Research. New York: Elsevier.
Jeffs, L., Lo, J., Beswick, S., & Campbell, H. (2013). Implementing an Organization-Wide Quality Improvement Initiative: Insights from Project Leads, Managers, and Frontline Nurses. Nursing Administration, 37(3), 222-230.
Sappington, J., & Kelley, J. (2006). Modeling and role-modeling theory: a case study of holistic care. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 14(2), 130-141.