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.
   • Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
   • Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
   • Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
   • Include a minimum of two different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.
3. Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
4. Reference Citation: Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of errors.