BSc (Hons) Nursing
Improving care for people using healthcare services
MOD009543
Quality and Leadership in Nursing Care
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Contents Page
Please use this page to hold a contents list (including page numbers) of the entirety of your work (from front cover the final page) including any appendices.
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Introduction
Approx. 250 words
Critical discussion/ reflection on the experience or episode of care (approx. 1000 words)
This section will provide the context of your work (i.e. what did you note in practice so that you could identify change was needed? Which experience in practice made you feel there was a need for change?) Following from your experience, write up a critical reflection in which you generate a rationale for improvement.
You are advised to use Driscoll (2007) – What? So What? Now What? – to structure your reflection.
What?
So What?
Now What?
It will also provide some background (i.e. what does the national/ international level literature say about this issue? Are there any major reports that highlight this problem?)
Improvement proposal (approx. 2500 words)
Project plan
Project Plan Suggested structure (following the NHS England/ NHS Improvement (2022) – see guide and what to include in each section on Canvas.
Start out
Define and scope
Measure and Understand
Design and Plan
Pilot and Implement
Handover and Sustain
You should use the guide to build this section – don’t copy paste a completed table.
Use references to support each section and ensure you discuss a Change Management theory/ model when you expand the Measure and Understand Section.
Conclusion
250 words
Reference List:
Please ensure that your reference list is formatted and presented in accordance with the latest ARU standards (Cite them Right Harvard), which can be found on the library website). This is an easy way to gain marks, but it does take a little time to get right. If you are using software, such as REFWORKS, you must still check your final reference list prior to submission as the systems do not always get it quite right!