By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

· Competency 1: Analyze the elements of a successful quality improvement initiative. 

o Explain evidence-based and best-practice solutions to improve patient safety related to a specific patient safety risk and reduce costs.

· Competency 2: Analyze factors that lead to patient safety risks. 

o Explain factors leading to a specific patient safety risk.

· Competency 4: Explain the nurse’s role in coordinating care to enhance quality and reduce costs. 

o Explain how nurses can help coordinate care to increase patient safety and reduce costs.

o Identify stakeholders with whom nurses would need to coordinate to drive quality and safety enhancements.

· Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly, evidence-based strategies to communicate in a manner that supports safe and effective patient care. 

o Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.