home health nursing initiative

Posted: December 11th, 2013

You are a nurse working in a home health agency in your community. For the last several months you have been working on an exciting new project that you are interested in. Your agency has received funding to increase the home health services provided to the community and you have developed a new program area. You are about to proceed with the implementation process.

One month ago a new manager, Anne, started in your office. Anne’s experience is primarily in the operating room but she does have an extensive management background. She has little or no exposure to home health nursing but has expressed a commitment to evidence-based care and innovative approaches to providing that care. She is excited to see how your agency is committed to client focused care.

Anne has requested that you provide information about your project in the form of a written paper. She has taken a look at your home health nursing course text and readings, which you have as a reference in your office, but would like you to provide support and consider the limitations of the current literature for your project.

Anne has requested that you answer the following questions in your paper. She has recommended that your paper be written as a scholarly, academic paper so that it can be taken forward to the administrative team for consideration for funding. She is particularly interested in the following information about your exciting project.

What is the focus of your project? For what reasons have you proposed this project?
You can choose any area of home health nursing that is of interest to you. Your topic may be an area that is an extension of your current practice or something totally different.
What services would be provided and to what group of clients?
What does the literature say about the topic for your project?
Summarize the strengths and limitations described in other similar programs that you have found in the literature.
What resources offer similar or related services? What gaps do you see in the services that are available?
In responding to these questions, Anne does not want you to actually contact home health agencies in your community but to consider trying to find the information from a client’s perspective. You may want to consider resources such as the phone book or the Internet.

Marking Guide

All papers should be double spaced, typed and not exceed 12 pages excluding the title page and references.
Introduction and description of selected focus of home health nursing project and rationale for choice (20 marks)
Evidence of review and discussion of the current literature as it pertains to the topic chosen (30 marks)
Description of the current services in your community (15 marks)
The content of the presentation is accurate and informative. (15 marks)
Writing is succinct and informative.
The strengths, as well as the project’s limitations, are discussed.
Specific examples are used to illustrate points rather than generalizations.
Format (20 marks)
Introduction (clear purpose of the paper identified)
Logical progression
Conclusion
References
Sentence/paragraph format
Grammar, spelling
APA format (6th ed)Please check the revision instructions:CONTENT: please read clear
paper detail and write introduction clear about paper. in introduction
part please write thesis clear. and give clear conclusion to end of
paper. when u use other source please write always page number, not
write only author name and year . SOURCES: use 6 source related to topic. FORMAT: use wrong format this is not APA paper.