There is a saying, “Not all change leads to improvement, but all improvement leads to change.” Explain the changes you made based on the data. What worked? What didn’t work?

Personal Improvement Project

Description

To Prepare:

• Review any Instructor feedback from your Personal Improvement Project Outline, and consider any suggestions you may have received from your Instructor and colleagues in the Week 3 Discussion.

• Reflect on the experience you have gained with the improvement process and how it may apply to a professional quality improvement project.

The Assignment (4–5 pages, not counting tables, graphs, diagrams, and charts):

Part 1: Aim

• Clearly state the aim of your project.

Part 2: Process Analysis

• Consider the process leading to the results that you aimed to improve. Create a process map to identify the steps in the process and identify the people (other than you) who were involved in the process.

Part 3: Measurement

• Describe the data collection method used, including an explanation of what you measured and how. Be specific.

• Present the data in a table, graph, diagram, run chart, or XmR chart.

Part 4: Changes

• There is a saying, “Not all change leads to improvement, but all improvement leads to change.” Explain the changes you made based on the data. What worked? What didn’t work?

Part 5: Reflection and Application

• Reflect on your Personal Improvement Project and what you learned.

• Explain how you will maintain ongoing improvement in this area long-term.

• Explain how you could use knowledge from this experience to facilitate both a unit-level and an organization-level change in a nursing workplace. Be specific and provide examples.