Assessment 2 Class 1
Overview
Create a 4-6 page annotated bibliography and summary based on your research related to best practices addressing a current health care problem or issue of interest to you.
For this assessment, you will select and research a current health care problem or issue faced by a health care organization. Read each portion of the assessment carefully and use the Suggested Resources to help you complete the assessment. This assessment provides an opportunity to apply research skills to a current health care problem or issue.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 1: Apply information literacy and library research skills to obtain scholarly information in the field of health care.
· Identify academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to a health care problem or issue and describe the criteria used for the literature search.
· Summarize what was learned from developing an annotated bibliography.
Competency 2: Apply scholarly information through critical thinking to solve problems in the field of health care.
· Assess the credibility and relevance of information sources.
· Analyze academic peer-reviewed journal articles using the annotated bibliography organizational format.
Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others, and that is consistent with expectations for health care professionals.
· Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
· Write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.
Assessment Instructions
Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. At a minimum, be sure to address each point. In addition, you are encouraged to review the performance level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.
For this assessment, you will research best practices related to a current health care problem. Your selected problem or issue will be utilized again in Assessment 3. To explore your chosen topic, you should use the first two steps of the Socratic Problem-Solving Approach as described on Campus to aid your critical thinking.
1. View the Assessment Topic Areas media piece linked in the Resources and select one of the health care problems or issues in the media piece to research. Write a brief overview of the selected topic. In your overview:
. Describe the health care problem or issue.
. Describe your interest in the topic.
. Describe any professional experience you have with this topic.
· Conduct a search for scholarly or academic peer-reviewed literature related to the topic and describe the criteria you used to search for articles, including the names of the databases you used.
. You will want to access the applicable Undergraduate Library Research Guide related to your degree (found at the NHS Learner Success Lab) for tips to help you in your search.
. Use keywords related to the health care problem or issue you are researching to select relevant articles.
· Assess the credibility of the information sources you find.
. Determine if the source is from an academic peer-reviewed journal.
. Determine if the publication is current.
. Determine if information in the academic peer-reviewed journal article is still relevant.
· Select four current scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles published during the past three to five years that relate to your topic.
· Explain the relevance of the information sources.
. Describe how the health care problem or issue is addressed in each source.
. Discuss what kind of contribution each source provides on your selected topic.
· Analyze the scholarly literature or academic peer-reviewed journal articles using the annotated bibliography organizational format.
. The purpose of an annotated bibliography is to document a list of references along with key information about each one. The detail about the reference is the annotation. Developing this annotated bibliography will create a foundation of knowledge about the selected topic.
. List the full reference for the source in APA format (author, date, title, publisher, et cetera) and use APA format for the annotated bibliography.
. Make sure the references are listed in alphabetical order, are double-spaced, and use hanging indents.
. Follow the reference with the annotation.
· In your annotation:
. Identify the purpose of the article.
. Summarize the source:
. What are the main arguments?
. What topics are covered?
· Include the conclusions and findings of the article.
· Write your annotation in a paragraph form. The annotation should be approximately 150 words (1 to 3 paragraphs) in length.
· In a separate paragraph or two at the end of the paper, summarize what you learned from your research.
· List the main points you learned about.
· Summarize the main contributions of the sources you chose and how they enhanced your knowledge about the topic.
Example Assessment: You may use the assessment example, linked in the Assessment Example section of the Resources, to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like.
Additional Requirements
1. Length: At least 4 typed, double-spaced pages, not including the title page and reference page.
2. Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
3. APA Template: Use the APA Style Paper Template as the paper format and the APA Style Paper Tutorial for guidance. See the Resources for these documents.
4. Written communication: Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
5. Content: Provide a title page and reference page following APA style.
6. References: Use at least four scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles.
7. APA format: Follow current APA guidelines for in-text citation of outside sources in the body of your paper and also on the reference page.
8. Turnitin: Submit your assessment to Turnitin prior to grading. Then, only submit your final assessment to faculty for grading.
Note: Review the Applying Research Skills Scoring Guide for the grading criteria applied to this assessment.
If you would like assistance in organizing your assessment, or if you simply have a question about your assessment, please do not hesitate to ask your courseroom instructor or the teaching assistants in the NHS Learner Success Lab for guidance and suggestions.
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CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED
Summarize a health care problem or issue and describe a personal interest in it and experience with it.
Does not summarize a health care problem or issue and describe a personal interest in it and experience with it.
Incompletely or inaccurately summarizes a health care problem or issue, or does not describe a personal interest in it and experience with it.
Summarizes a health care problem or issue and describes a personal interest in it and experience with it.
Summarizes a health care problem or issue and describes a personal interest in it and experience with it, providing examples to illustrate interest and experience.
Identify academic peer- reviewed journal articles relevant to a health care problem or issue and describe the criteria used for the literature search.
Does not identify academic peer- reviewed journal articles relevant to a health care problem or issue and describe the criteria used for the literature search.
Identifies journal articles related to a health care problem or issue but they are not relevant or peer- reviewed, or does not describe the criteria used for the literature search.
Identifies academic peer- reviewed journal articles relevant to a health care problem or issue and describes the criteria used for the literature search.
Identifies academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to a health care problem or issue and describes the criteria used for the literature search, explaining how the articles are relevant.
Assess the credibility and relevance of information sources.
Does not assess the credibility and relevance of information sources.
Describes the sources of information but does not assess the sources’ credibility and relevance.
Assesses the credibility and relevance of information sources.
Assesses the credibility and relevance of information sources and describes the process for determining their credibility.
Analyze academic peer- reviewed journal articles using the annotated bibliography organizational format.
Does not analyze academic peer- reviewed journal articles using the annotated bibliography organizational format.
Analyzes academic peer- reviewed journal articles but fails to use the annotated bibliography format effectively.
Analyzes academic peer- reviewed journal articles using the annotated bibliography organizational format.
Analyzes academic peer-reviewed journal articles using the annotated bibliography organizational format, providing rationale for inclusion of each selected article.
Summarize what Does not Incompletely Summarizes Summarizes what
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was learned from developing an annotated bibliography.
summarize what was learned from developing an annotated bibliography.
summarizes what was learned from developing an annotated bibliography.
what was learned from developing an annotated bibliography.
was learned from developing an annotated bibliography and provides illustrative examples.
Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Does not write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Writes clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics with some errors and lapses.
Writes clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Writes clearly and logically, using evidence to support a central idea, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. The paper contains supporting examples for the main points.
Write following APA style for in- text citations, quotes, and references.
Does not write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.
Writes following APA style for in- text citations, quotes, and references with some errors and lapses.
Writes following APA style for in- text citations, quotes, and references.
Writes following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references without errors, and uses current reference sources.
Running head: APPLYING RESEARCH SKILLS 1
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Applying Research Skills
Learner’s Name
Capella University
Developing a Health Care Perspective
Applying Research Skills
February, 2018
Comment [A1]: You effectively used the APA Template paper format.
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Applying Research Skills
With the advent of new technologies and treatment methods, health care organizations
are facing many challenges. Patient safety is one such challenge that needs to be addressed not
only by health care professionals but also by other stakeholders in the business. Ensuring patient
safety is essential for providing quality health care.
As a medical transcriptionist, I am responsible for converting voice-recorded reports of
health care professionals into text. Although I am not directly involved in treating patients, any
errors that occur during the transcription process could result in inaccurate documentation of
medical data. For example, one of my colleagues documented the dosage of Lasix as 400 mg
instead of 40 mg in a discharge summary. When the health care professional who had dictated
the report reviewed it, he was able to spot the error in the dosage and correct it, which helped
prevent the patient from having a dangerous reaction to the incorrect dosage. This incident
helped me realize the importance of preparing accurate documents for ensuring patient safety
and delivering quality care. I developed a keen interest in issues relating to patient safety ever
since.
Identifying Academic Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Using Summon, Capella University Library’s search engine, I accessed databases relating
to health care, such as ProQuest Central and PubMed Central. I used keywords such as health
care issues, patient safety, and quality of care to search for peer-reviewed literature relevant to
patient safety. Using the advanced search option, I limited my search to scholarly and peer-
reviewed journals, choosing journal article as the publication type, medicine and nursing as the
subjects, and articles published within the last five years as the publication date range.
Comment [A2]: You effectively summarized a health care problem and described an interest in the topic, and provided an informative example.
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Assessing Credibility and Relevance of Information Sources
To ensure credibility, I selected peer-reviewed journal articles that were published within
the past five years. I made sure that the selected sources were published by authors who were
well-known in the field of health care and had extensive professional experience.
To ensure that the chosen sources of information were relevant to the topic, I confirmed
that they contained accepted facts and opinions on issues relating to patient safety and quality
care. I also checked whether each information source had a clearly defined purpose and
contained pertinent information about patient safety and quality care.
Annotated Bibliography
Kronick, R., Arnold, S., & Brady, J. (2016, August 2). Improving safety for hospitalized patients:
Much progress but many challenges remain. The JAMA Network, 316(5), 489–490.
Retrieved from https://jamanetwork-
com.library.capella.edu/journals/jama/fullarticle/2528945
This article provides a viewpoint on the progress that hospitals have made toward
reducing patient harm and understand the factors that have led to this progress. The
authors cite reports released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
and the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) to analyze the occurrence of issues
relating to patient safety in hospitals. The authors hypothesize that improvement in health
care safety for hospitalized patients may have been possible because of reasons such as
an awareness of the importance of improving safety culture with evidence-based
suggestions. The authors conclude by expressing the need for finding ways to maintain or
accelerate the rate of decline in adverse events relating to patient harm. They believe that
Comment [A3]: Sub-headers are a helpful resource to use to organize your writing!
Comment [A4]: As you noted, it is best to select current peer-reviewed academic journal articles to ensure current practices.
Comment [A5]: In your annotation, you effectively identified the purpose of the article.
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investing in patient safety research programs and ensuring that patient safety remains a
high priority for hospital leadership teams can help reduce the number of adverse events.
This article is relevant to patient safety because it examines evidence of reduction in
patient harms in hospitals and offers approaches to reduce such harms.
Morris, S., Otto, N. C., & Golemboski, K. (2013). Improving patient safety and healthcare
quality in the 21st century—Competencies required of future medical laboratory science
practitioners. Clinical Laboratory Science, 26(4), 200–204. Retrieved from https://search-
proquest-
com.library.capella.edu/docview/1530677721/fulltextPDF/CF6F9C5B900402CPQ/1?acc
ountid=27965
In this article, the authors express their concern about health care professionals,
particularly medical laboratory science (MLS) practitioners, being insufficiently trained
to achieve the five core competencies that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) identified in
2002. The authors discuss ways to incorporate patient safety practices and concepts in the
MLS curricula to ensure that future MLS practitioners are well-versed in the above-
mentioned competencies identified by the IOM. The authors conclude that by focusing on
the aims and competencies identified by the IOM, future practitioners will be better
equipped to deal with patient safety concerns while practicing MLS. This article was
chosen because it offers a solution for dealing with patient safety issues and explains how
patient safety concepts can be incorporated in the curricula for courses pertaining to
Comment [A6]: In your annotation, you clearly summarized the main argument and the topics covered.
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health care, such as MLS, to enable future health care practitioners to provide effective
health care.
Parand, A., Dopson, S., Renz, A., & Vincent, C. (2014). The role of hospital managers in quality
and patient safety: A systematic review. BMJ Open, 4(9). http://dx.doi.org/
10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005055
This article provides a systematic review of available empirical literature to understand
how health care managers are involved in delivering quality health care and ensuring
patient safety. Based on the literature review, the authors suggest that board-level
managers should spend more than 25% of their time on patient safety and quality to
ensure positive outcomes; however, most of the reviewed studies indicate that they spend
much less time than that. The authors also present a quality management input process
output (IPO) model, a framework that will help managers function effectively and
achieve health care quality and safety. The authors conclude that there is a need to make
certain changes in hospitals to ensure the active involvement of managers in quality
improvement. The article is relevant to patient safety because it discusses the role of
health care managers in influencing patient safety and quality care outcomes and also
proposes a model to help managers understand this role.
Ulrich, B., & Kear, T. (2014). Patient safety and patient safety culture: Foundations of excellent
health care delivery. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 41(5), 447–456, 505. Retrieved from
https://search-proquest-
Comment [A7]: In your annotation, you effectively included the conclusions and findings of the article.
Comment [A8]: You listed the full reference for the source in APA format (author, date, title, publisher, et cetera) and used APA format for the annotated bibliography. An impressive application of APA formatting!
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countid=27965
This article provides a general understanding of the concepts of patient safety and patient
safety culture. The authors explain that the health care system is complex and patient
safety is the responsibility of every individual in a health care organization. They discuss
some tools that can be used to measure patient safety culture, for example, the Safety
Attitudes Questionnaire and the Patient Safety Culture Improvement Tool. They also
examine several strategies to encourage a patient safety culture, such as ensuring that
patient safety is given as much importance as other core business functions. This article
was chosen because it offers strategies for preventing adverse events relating to patient
safety and emphasizes the importance of teamwork within a health care organization to
ensure safe patient care.
Learnings From the Research
I gathered important facts and scholarly opinions about patient safety by going through
peer-reviewed journal articles. This research enriched my knowledge about patient safety. For
example, after reading the article on improving safety for hospitalized patients by Kronick,
Arnold, and Brady (2016), I learned about patient harms (such as catheter-associated urinary
tract infections and pressure ulcers) that I was unaware of before this research. Further, by
creating an annotated bibliography, I was able to build a repository of scholarly resources
relating to patient safety. This will make it easier for me to choose relevant resources while
writing the paper on issues concerning patient safety.
Comment [A9]: Peer-reviewed journal articles are validated sources. Outstanding article choices!
Comment [A10]: You effectively summarized the main points learned from your research.
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References
Kronick, R., Arnold, S., & Brady, J. (2016, August 2). Improving safety for hospitalized patients:
Much progress but many challenges remain. The JAMA Network, 316(5), 489–490.
Retrieved from https://jamanetwork-
com.library.capella.edu/journals/jama/fullarticle/2528945
Morris, S., Otto, N. C., & Golemboski, K. (2013). Improving patient safety and healthcare
quality in the 21st century—Competencies required of future medical laboratory science
practitioners. Clinical Laboratory Science, 26(4), 200–204. Retrieved from https://search-
proquest-
com.library.capella.edu/docview/1530677721/fulltextPDF/CF6F9C5B900402CPQ/1?acc
ountid=27965
Parand, A., Dopson, S., Renz, A., & Vincent, C. (2014). The role of hospital managers in quality
and patient safety: A systematic review. BMJ Open, 4(9). http://dx.doi.org/
10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005055
Ulrich, B., & Kear, T. (2014). Patient safety and patient safety culture: Foundations of excellent
health care delivery. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 41(5), 447–456, 505. Retrieved from
https://search-proquest-
com.library.capella.edu/docview/1617932572/fulltextPDF/1486CC30B3624B3CPQ/1?ac
countid=27965
Topic 3: Medication Errors
Short Description:
A medication error is a preventable adverse effect of a patient taking the wrong medication or dosage, whether or not it is evident or harmful to the patient. Medication errors can be a source of serious patient harm, including death.
Potential Intervention Approaches:
· Medical staff education
· Packaging improvements
· Patient medication safety training
Keywords for Articles:
medication administration, medication errors, medication safety
References:
Cohen, M. (2016). Medication errors (miscellaneous). Nursing. 46(2):72, February 2016. DOI: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000476239.09094.06
Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (2017). Improve Core Processes for Administering Medications. http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Changes/ImproveCoreProcessesforAdministeringMedications.aspx
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2012). Table 6: Categories of Medication Error Classification. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/match/matchtab6.html
Schmidt, K., Taylor, A., & Pearson, A. (2017). Reduction of medication errors: A unique approach. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 32(2), April/June 2017, 150–156.
