Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycles

Project Name: Communication between Nurse and Patient

Cycle #: 1

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PLAN
The purpose of this cycle is to: Develop Test Implement
To develop a project for the continuous quality improvement of students welfare
and RLE practice in general

What questions do you want to answer?

1. What are factors affecting communication between nurse and patient?
2. What are the effects of having good communication or miscommunication between
nurse and patient?
What are your predictions?
1. There are several factors affecting the communication between nurse and patient
2. Nurse patient relationship will be greatly affected by the communication between
those two
Plan to collect data to answer your questions:
What data will be How? Who? When? Where?
collected? (checklist, chart (name or (times, (unit,
audit) role) dates) area,
charts)
Data on nurse Literature search QI proponents 1st semester SLU-
patient sy2015-16 SON,
communication Ebscohos
t
Factors affecting Database;
communication PubMed
Central
Effects of
communication
between nurse and
patient

List tasks necessary to set-up test:

What? How? Who? When? Where?
(specific task) (checklist, chart (name or (times, (unit,
audit) role) dates) area)
1. State the problem Self-report of staff QI proponent, 1stsemester SLU-SON
or area of interest. nurses. and staff sy2016-17
nurses
2. Literature search Review of QI proponent 1stsemester SLU-SON
literature sy2016-17 Library,
internet;
Ebscohos
t and
PubMed
Central
Database
3. Analyze data Synthesizing QI proponent 1stsemester SLU-SON

Quality Improvement Project Page 2

PLAN
The purpose of this cycle is to: Develop Test Implement
To develop a project for the continuous quality improvement of students welfare
and RLE practice in general

What questions do you want to answer?

1. What are factors affecting communication between nurse and patient?
2. What are the effects of having good communication or miscommunication between
nurse and patient?
What are your predictions?
1. There are several factors affecting the communication between nurse and patient
2. Nurse patient relationship will be greatly affected by the communication between
those two
Plan to collect data to answer your questions:
What data will be How? Who? When? Where?
collected? (checklist, chart (name or (times, (unit,
audit) role) dates) area,
charts)
Data on nurse Literature search QI proponents 1st semester SLU-
patient sy2015-16 SON,
communication Ebscohos
t
Factors affecting Database;
communication PubMed
Central
Effects of
communication
between nurse and
patient

List tasks necessary to set-up test:

What? How? Who? When? Where?
(specific task) (checklist, chart (name or (times, (unit,
audit) role) dates) area)
1. State the problem Self-report of staff QI proponent, 1stsemester SLU-SON
or area of interest. nurses. and staff sy2016-17
nurses
2. Literature search Review of QI proponent 1stsemester SLU-SON
literature sy2016-17 Library,
internet;
Ebscohos
t and
PubMed
Central
Database
3. Analyze data Synthesizing QI proponent 1stsemester SLU-SON

Quality Improvement Project Page 3

PLAN
The purpose of this cycle is to: Develop Test Implement
To develop a project for the continuous quality improvement of students welfare
and RLE practice in general

What questions do you want to answer?

1. What are factors affecting communication between nurse and patient?
2. What are the effects of having good communication or miscommunication between
nurse and patient?
What are your predictions?
1. There are several factors affecting the communication between nurse and patient
2. Nurse patient relationship will be greatly affected by the communication between
those two
Plan to collect data to answer your questions:
What data will be How? Who? When? Where?
collected? (checklist, chart (name or (times, (unit,
audit) role) dates) area,
charts)
Data on nurse Literature search QI proponents 1st semester SLU-
patient sy2015-16 SON,
communication Ebscohos
t
Factors affecting Database;
communication PubMed
Central
Effects of
communication
between nurse and
patient

List tasks necessary to set-up test:

What? How? Who? When? Where?
(specific task) (checklist, chart (name or (times, (unit,
audit) role) dates) area)
1. State the problem Self-report of staff QI proponent, 1stsemester SLU-SON
or area of interest. nurses. and staff sy2016-17
nurses
2. Literature search Review of QI proponent 1stsemester SLU-SON
literature sy2016-17 Library,
internet;
Ebscohos
t and
PubMed
Central
Database
3. Analyze data Synthesizing QI proponent 1stsemester SLU-SON

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Cycle #: 2

Quality Improvement Project Page 6

PLAN
The purpose of this cycle is to: Develop Test Implement
Float the adapted questionnaire to the computed sample size of staff nurses.
What questions do you want to answer?
1. What will be the resulted scores of staff nurses after the administration of the
tool?
2. Are there any steps that are not performed (communication process) by the staff
nurses during the initial rounds?
3. What are your predictions?
1. The staff nurses will score fairly on the administered tool.
2. There are steps that are not performed by the staff nurses during the initial rounds.
Plan to collect data to answer your questions:
What data will be How? Who? When? Where?
collected? (checklist, chart (name or role) (times, (unit,
audit) dates) area,
charts)
Communication Floating of the QI proponents: 1st-2nd SLUHSH
between staff nurses adapted tool. data collectors, semester wards
and patients analysis, sy2016-17
implementation
The school and Submission to
hospital the
administrations administrative
approval of the offices for
adapted tool. approval.
List tasks necessary to set up test:
What? How? Who? When? Where?
(specific task) (checklist, chart (name or (times, (unit,
audit) role) dates) area)
nd
1. Literature Search review of literature QI proponent, 2 SLU-
in research other students Semester SON;
databases. sy2016-17 internet
database
s

2. Adapt a Review of QI proponent 2nd SLU-SON

questionnaire from literature; Semester Library,
a similar study. acknowledgement sy2016-17 internet
of the original research
study. database
s
3. Make a proposal Printed manuscript QI proponent 2nd SLU-SON
Semester
sy2016-17
4. Approval of the Letter seeking QI proponent 2nd SLU-SON
tool from the SON approval Semester SLU-HSH

Quality Improvement Project Page 7

PLAN
The purpose of this cycle is to: Develop Test Implement
Float the adapted questionnaire to the computed sample size of staff nurses.
What questions do you want to answer?
1. What will be the resulted scores of staff nurses after the administration of the
tool?
2. Are there any steps that are not performed (communication process) by the staff
nurses during the initial rounds?
3. What are your predictions?
1. The staff nurses will score fairly on the administered tool.
2. There are steps that are not performed by the staff nurses during the initial rounds.
Plan to collect data to answer your questions:
What data will be How? Who? When? Where?
collected? (checklist, chart (name or role) (times, (unit,
audit) dates) area,
charts)
Communication Floating of the QI proponents: 1st-2nd SLUHSH
between staff nurses adapted tool. data collectors, semester wards
and patients analysis, sy2016-17
implementation
The school and Submission to
hospital the
administrations administrative
approval of the offices for
adapted tool. approval.
List tasks necessary to set up test:
What? How? Who? When? Where?
(specific task) (checklist, chart (name or (times, (unit,
audit) role) dates) area)
nd
1. Literature Search review of literature QI proponent, 2 SLU-
in research other students Semester SON;
databases. sy2016-17 internet
database
s

2. Adapt a Review of QI proponent 2nd SLU-SON

questionnaire from literature; Semester Library,
a similar study. acknowledgement sy2016-17 internet
of the original research
study. database
s
3. Make a proposal Printed manuscript QI proponent 2nd SLU-SON
Semester
sy2016-17
4. Approval of the Letter seeking QI proponent 2nd SLU-SON
tool from the SON approval Semester SLU-HSH

Quality Improvement Project Page 8

PLAN
The purpose of this cycle is to: Develop Test Implement
Float the adapted questionnaire to the computed sample size of staff nurses.
What questions do you want to answer?
1. What will be the resulted scores of staff nurses after the administration of the
tool?
2. Are there any steps that are not performed (communication process) by the staff
nurses during the initial rounds?
3. What are your predictions?
1. The staff nurses will score fairly on the administered tool.
2. There are steps that are not performed by the staff nurses during the initial rounds.
Plan to collect data to answer your questions:
What data will be How? Who? When? Where?
collected? (checklist, chart (name or role) (times, (unit,
audit) dates) area,
charts)
Communication Floating of the QI proponents: 1st-2nd SLUHSH
between staff nurses adapted tool. data collectors, semester wards
and patients analysis, sy2016-17
implementation
The school and Submission to
hospital the
administrations administrative
approval of the offices for
adapted tool. approval.
List tasks necessary to set up test:
What? How? Who? When? Where?
(specific task) (checklist, chart (name or (times, (unit,
audit) role) dates) area)
nd
1. Literature Search review of literature QI proponent, 2 SLU-
in research other students Semester SON;
databases. sy2016-17 internet
database
s

2. Adapt a Review of QI proponent 2nd SLU-SON

questionnaire from literature; Semester Library,
a similar study. acknowledgement sy2016-17 internet
of the original research
study. database
s
3. Make a proposal Printed manuscript QI proponent 2nd SLU-SON
Semester
sy2016-17
4. Approval of the Letter seeking QI proponent 2nd SLU-SON
tool from the SON approval Semester SLU-HSH

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