Organizational Assessment & Population of Interest
As mentioned in the module overview, it’s important to understand whether the organizational culture supports quality improvement and evidence-based practice (EBP). You also need to know the approval process for quality and EBP initiatives in your practice setting. Lastly, you should be able to describe the population that will be affected by your DNP project.
In the Resources section below, you’ll find tools to help you gather information about your practice setting. These tools are designed to assist you in assessing how ready your setting is to implement quality and EBP initiatives and to complete this assignment.
Assignments
You will need to interview your one-up leader in your practice setting and complete the organizational assessment worksheets provided (available in the Resources section below). After gathering the necessary information, you will write a short paper (3 to 5 pages, excluding the title page and references) that includes the following:
Organizational Description
- Briefly describe your practice site, including the population served, location, size, and site name.
- What is the leadership style of your organization’s senior leadership and your one-up leader?
- Is the DNP project idea a priority for the practice site? Provide a brief explanation.
- Does the DNP project idea align with a strategic initiative, goal, benchmark, standard, or metric of the practice setting? Explain and specify which strategic initiative, goal, benchmark, standard, or metric your project aligns with.
- If the DNP project idea does not align with the priorities of the practice site, would it still be supported by leadership? Briefly explain.
- Did you receive any other ideas from the leadership interview that could be developed into a DNP project? Explain briefly. If no additional ideas were provided, clearly state that.
- What is the approval process for projects in your practice setting?
- Name of the leader interviewed and their role in the practice setting.
Population of Interest
- Describe your population in enough detail to understand the health issues they face. You may include information like age, location, socioeconomic status, disease prevalence, ethnicity, and the practice setting.
- Discuss the social determinants of health that may impact your population of interest.
| Criteria | Ratings | |
| Practice SiteBriefly describe your practice site, including population served, location, size, and site name. | 15 pts Full Marks | 0 pts No Marks |
| Leadership StyleDescribes the leadership style of the organization’s senior leadership and leader of the work unit/department. | 10 pts Full Marks | 0 pts No Marks |
| Briefly explain how the DNP project is a priority for the practice site.Describe how the DNP project aligns with a strategic initiative, goal, benchmark, standard, or metric of the practice setting. Be specific about which one it aligns with. | 25 pts Full Marks | 0 pts No Marks |
| Approval Process & Leader InterviewedDescribes the approval process for projects in practice site. Identifies leaders interviewed and their role in the organization. | 15 pts Full Marks | 0 pts No Marks |
| Population of InterestDescribed in sufficient detail to understand the health issues faced by the population of interest. Uses terms such as age, locale, socioeconomic status, disease prevalence, ethnicity, practice setting, etc., to describe the population. Discusses the social determinants of health that may impact the population of interest. | 25 pts Full Marks | 0 pts No Marks |
| APA format, writing styleUses scholarly writing style with correct grammar and punctuation. Adheres to APA format with 1″ margins, double-spaced, title page, references. Reference page with references in APA format. | 10 pts Full Marks | 0 pts No Marks |
| Late submissionMinus 5 points for each day late in submitting | 0 ptsFull Marks | 0 ptsNo Mark |
| Total Points: 100 | ||
Resources
Use this worksheet for the organizational assessment.
Use this to determine if your topic idea is a priority for your practice site.
