Mental Health and Mental Disorders Healthy People 2020
You will identify a specific evidence-based practice proposal topic for this project. You work at mental health hospital. The project topic can be a clinical practice problem, an organizational issue, a quality improvement suggestion, a leadership initiative, or an educational need appropriate in a mental health hospital. Examples of the integration of community health, leadership, and an Evidenced Based Practice can be found on the “Educational and Community-Based Programs” (Mental Health and Mental Disorders) page of the Healthy People 2020 website.
Write a 500-750 word description of your proposed project topic. Make sure to include the following:
- The problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need that will be the focus of the project
- The setting or context in which the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need can be observed.
- A description providing a high level of detail regarding the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need.
- Impact of the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need on the work environment, the quality of care provided by staff, and patient outcomes.
- Significance of the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need and its implications to nursing.
- A proposed solution to the identified project topic
You are required to retrieve and assess a minimum of 8 peer-reviewed articles CINAHL AND PUBMED ONLY.
Link to PubMed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8894905
Answer preview
The issue that is the focus of this project is improving the coordination of care for the purpose of improving patient outcomes. Care coordination can be defined as the practice of organizing patient care activities between several participants engaged in caring for the patient for the purpose of facilitating the delivery of care. The issue of care coordination can be observed in a variety of healthcare settings involved in the delivery of care to the patients…
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