Explain the impact of cultural needs and characteristics of a target population and setting on the development of intervention plan components.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

· Competency 1: Lead organizational change to improve the experience of care, population health, and professional work life while decreasing cost of care.

. Explain the impact of cultural needs and characteristics of a target population and setting on the development of intervention plan components.

· Competency 2: Evaluate the best available evidence for use in clinical and organizational decision making.

. Evaluate theoretical nursing models, strategies from other disciplines, and health care technologies relevant to an intervention plan.

. Analyze the impact of stakeholder needs, health care policy, regulations, and governing bodies relevant to health care practice and specific components of an intervention plan.

· Competency 3: Apply quality improvement methods to impact patient, population, and systems outcomes.

. Define the major components of an intervention plan for a health promotion, quality improvement, prevention, education, or management need.

· Competency 4: Design patient- and population-centered care to improve health outcomes.

. Explain the impact of cultural needs and characteristics of a target population and setting on the development of intervention plan components.

· Competency 6: Evaluate the ability of existing and emerging information, communication, and health care technologies to improve safety and quality and to decrease cost.

. Justify the major components of an intervention by referencing relevant and contemporary evidence from the literature and best practices.

· Competency 7: Defend health policy that improves the experience of care, population health, and professional work life while decreasing cost of care.

. Analyze relevant ethical and legal issues related to health care practice, organizational change, and specific components of an intervention plan.

Note: You will also be assessed on two additional criteria unaligned to a course competency:

· Communicate intervention plan in a professional way that helps the audience to understand the proposed intervention and the implications of the plan that must be taken into account.

· Demonstrate completion of hours toward the practicum experience.