Question

 

Topic: How does standardized discharge planning compare to personalized discharge planning as far as improving patients’ outcome in post-discharge settings and facilitating a smooth transition from hospital care to post-discharge settings is concerned over the course of three months?

Question:

Now that you have identified your capstone change project, it is time to look its feasibility.

What tangible and intangible resources will be needed to implement your project?

What improved outcomes do you anticipate will occur that could indicate the project produced a successful return on investment (ROI) of these resources?

How will you communicate your plan for change with key decision-makers so that they will support the allocation of the resources you are seeking?

Answer 1

Tangible resources are physical resources like machinery, land, buildings, forests,minerals etc and an intangible resources are non physical resources like patents ,trademarks,copyrights etc.

Feasibility is an important aspect of implementing a solution. For implementing a project the first main resource is tangible resource like machinery,land etc. These are primarily important things which serves as a basemark for starting a project. The first main investment is done on land and the second most concentrated area is the building.

For concentrating on ROI, the area which is concentrated mainly is the brand which is manufactured ,the way it is and finally the most important is the quality of the product. Never mind how much competition is present for a product,if its quality is at height,people only prefer the particular product.

In order to contact the decision makers regarding the allocation of resource,first the amount of resource required must be taken into account. Then the budget till which the resources can be purchased must be estimated.

Response 1

Professor and class,

During our lesson this week we learn that to implement our proposed design, it must be feasible for the organization. “Feasibility refers to whether the solution can actually be implemented.” (CCN, 2017). For my project I chose to research implementing antisepsis to decrease the number of CVC – related infections.

Tangible items are those which are material and can be felt, such as money and having the products to implement the proposed intervention. Intangible resources would be time and having the educational resources available that will help implement the intervention.

Improved outcomes related to my proposed design would be a decrease in CVC related infections. Thus, cutting back the number of readmission due to infections or longer hospital stays with more antibiotic use.

Communicating is one of the major ways in which to provide information to the staff, infectious disease team and as well as CEO’s and CNO’s. To communicate my findings on my projected project I would use educational opportunities such as power points, educational classes and a case exemplar. Another way to communicate would be through educational products such as packets with information regarding the latest EBP.

Jessica,

I like your plan to propose your changes to management. A case exemplar can be especially effective because it gives everyone a real experience that they can relate to (Pacini, 2006). Perhaps I will incorporate that into my own presentation because I feel it will make a huge impact on the presentation. Our lesson this week also solidifies the importance of effective communication and its impact on successful change (CCN, Lesson 3, 2017).

I also believe that your tangible and intangible resources will be seen as justified. After all, hospital acquired infections affect our reimbursement rates, and more importantly lead to poor clinical outcomes (Peasah et el, 2013). These are areas in which resources must be provided to positively impact our patient outcomes.

Your plan definitely seems feasible and I wish you the best of luck in getting it implemented.

References:

Chamberlain College of Nursing. (2017). Solving the Problem [Online lecture]. Retrieved from nursingonline.chamberlain.edu

Pacini, C. (2006). Writing Exemplars. Retrieved May 18, 2017, from https://www.med.umich.edu/nursing-PDE/framework/docs/writingExemplars.pdf

Peasah, S., McKay, N., Harman, J., Al-Amin, M., & Cook, R. (2013). Medicare Non-Payment of Hospital Acquired Infections. Retrieved May 18, 2017, from https://www.cms.gov/mmrr/Downloads/MMRR2013_003_03_a08.pdfa