Health & Medical Question

Before you get started, please watch the following video:

• Assessment 1 Video.

For this assessment, write a 3–5 page report demonstrating the skill of summarizing and discussing the practice site and project problem. Review the scoring guide to understand the assessment's requirements, especially regarding headings and page length.

Section I: Application of the MEAL Plan

Summarize a passage with the appropriate structure as shown in the MEAL Plan.

• Review the passage from Assessment 1 Passage [PDF] and summarize the passage using the MEAL Plan.
  • The length of this section should be one to two paragraphs.
  • Label the parts of the paragraph appropriately by placing the letters M, E, A, or L before the respective parts.
• The summary should be in your own words and should not include quotations.
• The summary should capture the key ideas presented in the original text, focusing less on the details.
• Demonstrate the skill of summary using the MEAL Plan in a scholarly source.
  • Locate one scholarly source using the Capella library. Visit Nursing Doctoral (DNP) Program Library Guide for help finding articles in the Capella library.
  • In one concise paragraph, summarize the scholarly source using the MEAL Plan.
    • For this paragraph, do not label the parts of the paragraph with M, E, A, or L.
      • The summary should be in your own words and should not include quotations.
      • The summary should capture the key ideas presented in the original text, focusing less on the details.

Section II: Practice Site and Problem

Describe the qualities of the practice site.

• Provide details, but not enough to identify the site. Provide a region rather than the city and do not provide the actual name of the practice site.
• Consider the following when describing the practice site:
  • What kind of an organization is the practice site?
  • What is the setting? For example: hospital, outpatient clinic, medical floor, specialty clinic.
  • What types of services are provided at the practice site?
  • Where is it located?
  • What is the physical and sociocultural makeup of the local environment. such as external environmental factors, organizational dynamics, collaboration, resources, or leadership?
  • What is the organizational structure?
  • What is the culture of the organization?
• Explain the background and significance of the problem or the gap in practice.
  • The length of this section should be two to three paragraphs.
  • In the description, be specific and provide details to convince the reader why a quality improvement project is needed.
  • Consider the following when describing the practice problem:
    • How did you determine the problem was an issue at your practice site?
    • Why is this a gap in practice? Support the problem with evidence.
    • What data is available from your site or organization to substantiate the identified problem or need?
    • Is the problem isolated to your practice site? Search further for local, state, or national evidence of the gap.
    • Are there regulatory expectations? What are the regulations or benchmarks? Where is your practice site compared to the benchmarks?
    • How does the problem impact patient, family, and healthcare system?
    • Does the problem cause implications? Consider the different types of impact such as financial, cultural, healthcare policy, quality, safety, or legal and ethical implications.

APA Style and Scholarly Writing

• Convey purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
  • Write with a specific purpose in mind.
  • Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards.
  • Make sure to use proper sentence and paragraph structure.
• Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
  • Include APA-formatted citations and references for a minimum of four scholarly references.
  • Cite and reference all material as appropriate.