Poster

Scenario
Your hospital received $4,000,000 in revenue this past year. Medicare withholds 2.6% of this amount ($) until the value-based purchasing scores are in. If the scores are good this year, the hospital will earn back this money. If scores are below the national average, the hospital can lose this money. Twenty five percent (25%) of this score is based upon the Community Engagement patient satisfaction score (HCAHPS). Last year’s patient satisfaction scores (HCAHPS) in the following areas were below the national average, which cost your hospital $398,000 in revenue.

The hospital director of Quality Improvement has asked you to participate in developing a nursing action plan for your facility.

Instructions
Prepare a nursing action plan in poster format for improving one of the following key areas that:
• Selects one key area of focus:
• Communication with nurses
• Communication with physicians
• Responsiveness of hospital staff
• Communication about medications
• Cleanliness and quietness
• Discharge information
• Care transition

Examines nursing actions to achieve optimal scores to contribute to the hospital’s financial success.
Provides a list of recommended nursing actions to improve the selected key area.
Appraises references/resources for best practices to increase score and enhance reimbursement.
Communicates the rationale for the nursing actions listed in the action plan.
Provides stated ideas with professional language and attribution for credible sources with correct APA 7th edition format citation, spelling, and grammar in the action plan poster.

IMPORTANT!!! Carefully read the assignment directions ( be sure to include required elements) and create a POSTER. Read the FAQs posted above. If you submit a paper rather than a poster - you will see a 50% deduction in points. The assignment is focused on challenging you to communicate in a non-traditional method to present your information to your colleagues.

Remember to include a cover page for your assignment and a reference page. If you put the references on your poster you do not need to include another reference page ( I recommend creating a separate reference page to save valuable space on your poster). All assignments require a cover page.