Start this project as soon as you can. The Turnitin portal will be open for you to upload as early as Week 5 (Thursday) and the final due date is Week 6 on Monday evening at 11:55p.m. (This gives you 5 days to upload. See the calendar for a clear understanding.)
The document that is uploaded is what is graded. Please be sure to double check prior to hitting submit. There will be no resubmitting of documents.
DIRECTIONS:
OPTION #1 – Your facility’s disaster plan:
Review the disaster plans in place within your facility. This is the best option. Your purposeful review may benefit your practice should a disaster occur. Do not attempt to analyze hospital-wide plans; this is too time-consuming! However, you may have to "skim” large parts of the plan to find what you would like to write about.
-Select a segment of your facility’s plan that needs improvement or is an exemplary part of the plan.
-Discuss what needs improvement and what a possible resolution might be.
-If it is an exemplary part of the plan, what makes it exemplary? Defend your assertion with peer reviewed journal(s).
OPTION #2 – A needs assessment of your facility:
If you cannot locate your facility’s disaster plan, you can use the "Hospital Disaster Preparedness Self-Assessment Tool” in the Additional Required Readings under the Final Project banner. Do not attempt to use the entire tool; this is too time-consuming!
-Select a segment of the tool to assess your facility.
-Discuss your assessment findings.
-Offer a resolution to negative findings or commend positive findings (and what makes it positive). Defend your assertion with peer reviewed journal(s).
OPTION #3 – An example of a hospital’s disaster plan:
If you are employed in a setting other than a hospital (ie: clinic, home health, etc.), unemployed or your facility does not have a disaster plan, please review the example disaster plan on the Moodle course page. Do not attempt to analyze the hospital-wide plan; this is too time-consuming! However, you may have to "skim” large parts of the plan.
-Select a segment of the facility’s example plan that needs improvement or is an exemplary part of the plan to find what you would like to write about.
-Discuss what needs improvement and what a possible resolution might be.
-If it is an exemplary part of the plan, what makes it exemplary? Defend your assertion with peer reviewed journal(s).
APA format applies (in-text citations as indicated, double spacing, title page, and reference page). Your submission should not exceed two to three pages (2-3) pages excluding the title page and reference list. This is intended to be scholarly writing. Support your assertions with evidence-based, peer-reviewed nursing journals as indicated.
This activity is worth 20% of your total grade. You can expect individual feedback within a week of the due date and time.
Students failing to meet the deadline will receive an automatic 50% reduction on their paper prior to actual grading. If the student fails to submit within the next 24 hours, a grade of “0” will be assigned.
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