Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

General Instructions

Advanced practice nurses apply continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes to improve client-centered outcomes. Select one of the following client-centered care initiatives that you would like to improve in your practice area: client clinical outcomes, client satisfaction, care coordination during care transitions, or specialty consultations for clients.   

Include the following sections:

1. Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
   • Identify the selected client-centered care initiative and describe its application to your future practice.  
   • Select one CQI framework that can be applied to the selected initiative. Explain each step of the framework. 
   • Describe how the framework can improve client-centered care for the selected initiative. 
   • Describe how you would involve interprofessional team members in the CQI process.  
2. Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectationsLinks to an external site.:
   • Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
   • Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
3. Reference Citation: Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of errors. All citations within the last 5 years. 

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