Root-Cause Analysis and Improvement Plan

Root cause analysis instruction

The purpose of this assessment is to demonstrate your understanding of and ability to analyze a root cause of a specific safety concern in a health care setting. You will create a plan to improve the safety of patients related to the concern of medication administration safety based on the results of your analysis, using the literature and professional best practices as well as the existing resources at your chosen health care setting to provide a rationale for your plan.

Use the Root-Cause Analysis and Improvement Plan [DOCX] template to help you to stay organized and concise. This will guide you step-by-step through the root cause analysis process.

Additionally, be sure that your plan addresses the following, which corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score.

· Analyze the root cause of a patient safety issue or a specific sentinel event pertaining to medication administration in an organization.

· Apply evidence-based and best-practice strategies to address the safety issue or sentinel event pertaining to medication administration.

· Create a feasible, evidence-based safety improvement plan for safe medication administration.

· Identify organizational resources that could be leveraged to improve your plan for safe medication administration.

· Communicate in writing that is clear, logical, and professional, with correct grammar and spelling, using current APA style.

Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like but keep in mind that your Assessment 2 will focus on safe medication administration.

· Assessment 2 Example [PDF] .

Additional Requirements

· Length of submission: Use the provided Root-Cause Analysis and Improvement Plan template to create a 4–6 page root cause analysis and safety improvement plan pertaining to medication administration.

· Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your findings and considerations. Resources should be no more than 5 years old.

· APA formatting: Format references and citations according to current APA style.

Root cause analysis

instruction

The purpose of this assessment is to demonstrate your understanding of and

ability to analyze a root cause of a specific safety concern in a health care

setting. You will create a plan to improve the safety of patients related to the

concern of medication

administration safety based on the results of your

analysis, using the literature and professional best practices as well as the

existing resources at your chosen health care setting to provide a rationale for

your plan.

Use the

Root

–

Cause

Analysis

and

Improvement

Plan

[DOCX]

template to help you

to stay or

ganized and concise. This will guide you step

–

by

–

step through the root

cause analysis process.

Additionally, be sure that your plan addresses the following, which corresponds

to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide

care

fully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score.

·

Analyze the root cause of a patient safety issue or a specific sentinel event

pertaining to medication administration in an organization.

·

Apply evidence

–

ba

sed and best

–

practice strategies to address the safety issue

or sentinel event pertaining to medication administration.

·

Create a feasible, evidence

–

based safety improvement plan for safe

medication administration.

·

Identify organizational resources that cou

ld be leveraged to improve your

plan for safe medication administration.

·

Communicate in writing that is clear, logical, and professional, with correct

grammar and spelling, using current APA style.

Example

Assessment

: You may use the following to give you

an idea of what a

Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like but

keep

in

mind

that

your

Assessment

2

will

focus

on

safe

medication

administration

.

·

Assessment

2

Example

[PDF]

.

Additional Requirements

·

Length

of

submission:

Use the provided Root

–

Cause Analysis an

d

Improvement Plan template to create a 4

–

6 page root cause analysis and

safety improvement plan pertaining to medication administration.

·

Number

of

references:

Cite a minimum of 3 sources of scholarly or

professional evidence that support your findings and

considerations.

Resources should be no more than 5 years old.

Root cause analysis instruction

The purpose of this assessment is to demonstrate your understanding of and

ability to analyze a root cause of a specific safety concern in a health care

setting. You will create a plan to improve the safety of patients related to the

concern of medication administration safety based on the results of your

analysis, using the literature and professional best practices as well as the

existing resources at your chosen health care setting to provide a rationale for

your plan.

Use the Root-Cause Analysis and Improvement Plan [DOCX] template to help you

to stay organized and concise. This will guide you step-by-step through the root

cause analysis process.

Additionally, be sure that your plan addresses the following, which corresponds

to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide

carefully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score.

 Analyze the root cause of a patient safety issue or a specific sentinel event

pertaining to medication administration in an organization.

 Apply evidence-based and best-practice strategies to address the safety issue

or sentinel event pertaining to medication administration.

 Create a feasible, evidence-based safety improvement plan for safe

medication administration.

 Identify organizational resources that could be leveraged to improve your

plan for safe medication administration.

 Communicate in writing that is clear, logical, and professional, with correct

grammar and spelling, using current APA style.

Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a

Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like but keep in mind

that your Assessment 2 will focus on safe medication administration.

 Assessment 2 Example [PDF].

Additional Requirements

 Length of submission: Use the provided Root-Cause Analysis and

Improvement Plan template to create a 4–6 page root cause analysis and

safety improvement plan pertaining to medication administration.

 Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3 sources of scholarly or

professional evidence that support your findings and considerations.

Resources should be no more than 5 years old.