NURS 8153 Healthcare Informatics in Advanced Nursing
Prepare your Workflow Analysis Paper Part II. ( Using APA Format)
- Introduction
- Your Selected Process
- Describe in writing your Workflow Diagram, including EBP and safety issues
- Significance of the process to patient, staff, and organizational outcomes
- Problems (actual and potential) associated with the process workflow experienced by patients, staff, and organization
- The expected outcome for patient, staff, and organization as a result of improving the process workflow
- Process Owners – Individuals (by role), departments, and groups involved in the process
- Process Map (detail in writing using the Workflow Diagram)
- Findings – Address the Following Questions:
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- Is there a problem with the current performance? Do you need better results?
- Have you been skipping any critical steps? Are you aware of work arounds?
- Are all steps necessary? Are there areas of unnecessary duplication or redundancy?
- How often do you have to do each step?
- Are there areas that rely on an individual to “remember” to do something? Any process that relies on memory is prone to error.
- What happens if the process breaks down? Do you need a fail-safe mechanism?
- Can some steps be done simultaneously?
- Is there a more logical way to sequence the steps?
- What skills are necessary to perform each step?
- If more skills are required, can current staff be trained or do duties need to be shifted to more qualified staff?
- Could someone with fewer skills perform this step? Would they need training or support? Could someone be hired to perform this step? Could this step be outsourced?
- Is there any technology that would make this process more efficient or easier to do?
- Is there an entirely different way to get this done?
- Who do you know that handles this task very well (an exemplar)? Can you study their workflow?
VI. Summary of strengths, weaknesses, and benefits of Workflow Analysis in Healthcare.
Submit your written paper in a Word Document (this software is free to download from the University) here as an attachment.
RUBRICS
2. Introduction : Thorough introduction – reader clearly understands writer’s plan for paper
2. Student’s Selected Process
a) Describes in detail Workflow Diagram, including EBP and safety issues
b) Includes Significance of the process to patient, staff, and organizational outcomes
c) Explains Problems (actual and potential) associated with the process workflow experienced by patients, staff, and organization
d) Writes the expected outcome for patient, staff, and organization as a result of improving the process workflow
3. Process Owners: Substantially identified individuals (by role), departments, and groups involved in the process.
4. Process: Maps/Workflow: Identified 2 Process Maps:
A. Original Workflow
B. Improved Workflow
5. Findings: Thoroughly addresses letters a-n below:
a) Is there a problem with the current performance? Do you need better results?
b) Have you been skipping any critical steps? Are you aware of work arounds?
c) Are all steps necessary? Are there areas of unnecessary duplication or redundancy?
d) How often do you have to do each step?
e) Are there areas that rely on an individual to “remember” to do something? Any process that relies on memory is prone to error.
f) What happens if the process breaks down? Do you need a fail-safe mechanism?
g) Can some steps be done simultaneously?
h) Is there a more logical way to sequence the steps?
i) What skills are necessary to perform each step?
j) If more skills are required, can current staff be trained or do duties need to be shifted to more qualified staff?
k) Could someone with fewer skills perform this step? Would they need training or support? Could someone be hired to perform this step? Could this step be outsourced?
l) Is there any technology that would make this process more efficient or easier to do?
m) Is there an entirely different way to get this done?
n) Who do you know that handles this task very well (an exemplar)? Can you study their workflow?
6. Summary of Strengths and Weaknesses and the Benefit of Workflow Analysis in Healthcare Setting :
Paper provides clear critical analysis of the concept of workflow analysis. Identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the workflow analysis presented. Includes student’s opinion on the workflow and workflow analysis in healthcare.
Discusses the benefits of workflow analysis in the healthcare setting.
7. Formatting Literature : Free of grammatical/spelling or reference formatting errors. Transitions tie sections/paragraphs
together. Writing is crisp, clear, and succinct. The author incorporates the active voice when appropriate.
TEXTBOOK
McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2024). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). (6th ed.). Jones and Bartlett Learning. ISBN: 9781284300635
