Instructions

Complete the Organizational Needs Assessment: Practice Gap Identification on a healthcare organization of your choice. This will be summitted as Table 1.

• Link (Word doc): Organizational Needs Assessment: Practice Gap Identification Template (Links to an external site.)

Include the following in your paper:

1. Introduction
   1. Introduce the topic and establish the importance of an organizational needs assessment.
   2. Present a clear purpose statement.
   3. Create an organizing statement for the paper that matches the Level 1 headings (except for listing the conclusion).
2. Problem: Using the information that you gathered on the Organizational Needs Assessment: Practice Gap Identification (Table 1), describe the practice problem by explaining these elements:
   1. Describe a specific location (hospital unit, community health clinic, surgical suite, primary care practice).
   2. Identify the key stakeholders (decision-makers).
   3. Relate the practice problem identified by the stakeholders.
3. Practice Gap
   1. In 1-2 organized paragraphs, summarize the Organizational Needs Assessment: Practice Gap Identification (Table 1).
4. Practice Question: Define and briefly explain the project’s intended population, evidence-based intervention, and measurable outcomes (PICOT):
   1. Population: Describe the specific characteristics of the population.
   2. Intervention: Based on the evidence in the Johns Hopkins Individual Evidence Summary Tool (Table 2) gathered in previous courses, describe evidence for an evidence-based intervention. Add one research study or systematic review to support your intervention.
   3. Comparison: State as “compared to current practice” for the purposes of this assignment.
   4. Outcome. Create and explain specific outcome measurements based on the current evidence you have collected in the Johns Hopkins Individual Evidence Summary Tool (attach as Table 2). Add one research study or systematic review that supports your proposed outcome measurements. The source added can be the same one used to add evidence to the intervention above as long as it speaks to measurable outcomes. The source added can be the same one used to add evidence to the intervention above as long as it speaks to measurable outcomes.
   5. Time: Time frame for the project implementation.
   6. State the Practice Question. Example: (P) For critical care patients in X hospital’s ICU, (I) does the implementation of the medical sepsis protocol (C) compared to the current practice (O) reduce the incidence of medical sepsis diagnoses as measured before and after the intervention (T) over a 10-week period?
5. Conclusion
   1. Recap the paper’s purpose statement and organizing statement criteria.
   2. Draw major conclusions from the body of your paper.
   3. Summarize the importance of effective communication competencies for the DNP-prepared nurse.
6. References
   1. Create the reference page.
   2. Ensure each reference has a matching citation.
7. Tables
   1. Add the completed Table 1 & Table 2 after the reference list. For directions on how to copy a table in Word go to the following link:
      • Link (webpage): Move or Copy a Table (Links to an external site.)

Table 1: Organizational Needs Assessment: Practice Gap Identification

Review the rubric for the grading criteria.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

• Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page, references page, or attachments)
• 1-inch margins
• Double-spaced pages
• 12-point Times New Roman or 11-point Arial font
• Headings & subheadings
• In-text citations
• Title page
• Reference page
• Standard English usage and mechanics

Solution:

Organizational Needs Assessment

The healthcare sector faces a plethora of issues that need to be solved via evidence-based intervention. An organizational needs assessment helps find out the problems and gaps in knowledge in healthcare practice. This drives the organizational team into finding an evidence-based solution to address the problem and improve its performance and outcomes. Following an organizational needs assessment, the problem identified is high novice nurse practitioner (NP) turnover rates. This paper will discuss this problem including the population affected, stakeholders, and practice. Also included is the PICOT question and a concluding summary.

Problem

            The transition from an experienced expert registered nurse (RN) to an inexperienced novice NP can be stressful especially when one lacks the support needed. Without mentorship, novice NPs are prone to increased stress, low job satisfaction, and………. To purchase full solution click below.