Interview and Interdisciplinary Issue
Identification DQ 4
Interview and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification DQ 4
For this assessment, you will create a 2-4 page report on an
interview you have conducted with a healthcare professional. You
will identify an issue from the interview that could be improved
with an interdisciplinary approach, and review best practices and
evidence to address the issue.As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse,
your participation and leadership in interdisciplinary teams will be
vital to the health outcomes for your patients and organization.
One way to approach designing an improvement project is to use
the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle. The Institute for Healthcare
Improvement describes it thus:
The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle is shorthand for testing a
change in the real work setting—by planning it, trying it, observing
the results, and acting on what is learned. This is the scientific
method adapted for action-oriented learning…Essentially, the
PDSA cycle helps you test out change ideas on a smaller scale
before evaluating the results and making adjustments before
potentially launching into a somewhat larger scale project (n.d.).
You might also recognize that the PDSA cycle resembles the
nursing process. The benefit of gaining experience with this model
of project design is that it provides nurses with an opportu
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