NRS 493 Benchmark – Capstone Change Project Objectives

NRS 493 Benchmark – Capstone Change Project Objectives

NRS 493 Benchmark – Capstone Change Project Objectives

            Change projects in healthcare are important in improving ways of healthcare delivery and in creating positive patient outcomes. EBP capstone change projects are crucial in promoting best practices in different nursing areas and in the implementation of nursing interventions to address different challenges in healthcare. Capstone change projects are intended to achieve particular objectives in addressing nursing issues. This paper aims to highlight the objectives of the current change project and to demonstrate how the project and objectives advocate for autonomy and social justice for individuals and diverse populations.

Objective 1: Advance Quality of Life

            CAUTIs are linked to various adverse implications in patients in patients’ health including sepsis and endocarditis, and long hospital stay days, which significantly compromise health (Mong et al., 2022). As such, managing CAUTIs among patients admitted to medical-surgical wards is projected to enhance their quality of life.

Objective 2: Prevent the Incidence of CAUTIs and Associated Implications

            CAUTIs account for the bigger percentage of UTIs in hospitals and affect over one million people yearly in the United States (Gomila et al., 2019). The implementation of this project is expected to help in eliminating CAUTIs and prevent them from recurring. The project will also help in preventing associated complications such as kidney damage, sepsis, and the risk of contracting other secondary bacteremias.

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Objective 3: Minimization of Costs Associated with CAUTIs

            CAUTIs are associated with various costly implications such as increasing patient length of hospital stay, additional healthcare expenses, lower productivity, and increase patient morbidity and mortality (Mong et al., 2022). This project seeks to empower nurses to avoid the overuse of urinary catheters and use EBP protocols to remove catheters. This will help in the prevention of CAUTIs and the associated severe economic consequences.

NRS 493 Benchmark - Capstone Change Project Objectives
NRS 493 Benchmark – Capstone Change Project Objectives

Objective 4: Enhance Catheter Use

            CAUTIs are linked to poor catheter removal practices and catheter overuse (Gomila et al., 2019). The implementation of this project is expected to help nurses reduce the overuse of urinary catheters and also empower them with knowledge of removing catheters based on nurse-driven EBP protocols.

How the Project and Objectives Advocate for Autonomy and Social Justice for Individuals and Diverse Populations

            The objective of this capstone change project is to enhance health outcomes among the patients admitted to the medical-surgical unit. Urinary catheters are used among vulnerable patients set for or recovering from surgical procedures. These patients encounter psychological and physical issues, which negatively impact them and their families. Therefore, it is important to consider ethical practices in their care (Dietrich & Weisswange, 2019). The ethical principle of autonomy can be upheld by involving patients in their care and encouraging them to make decisions about their healthcare. The project will ensure social justice by ensuring that the nursing intervention used is safe, quality, cost-effective, and accessible to everyone.

Conclusion

            This capstone change project focuses on the management of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) among medical-surgical patients. The objectives of the project include advancing the quality of life among patients, preventing incidences of CAUTIs and the associated implications, minimizing costs associated with CAUTIs, and enhancing catheter use. The project and objectives seek to advocate for autonomy and social justice by involving patients in their care and encouraging them to make decisions about their healthcare. Social justice will be promoted by ensuring that the nursing intervention used is safe, quality, cost-effective, and accessible to everyone.

References

Dietrich, M., & Weisswange, T. H. (2019). Distributive justice as an ethical principle for autonomous vehicle behavior beyond hazard scenarios. Ethics and Information Technology, 21(3), 227-239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-019-09504-3

Gomila, A., Carratalà, J., Eliakim-Raz, N., Shaw, E., Tebé, C., Wolkewitz, M., Wiegand I., Grier S., Vank C., Cuperus N., Heuvel, L., Vuong, C., MacGowan, A., Leibovici, L., Addy, I., & Pujol, M. (2019). Clinical outcomes of hospitalized patients with catheter-associated urinary tract infection in countries with a high rate of multidrug resistance: the COMBACTE-MAGNET RESCUING study. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 8(1), 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s13756-019-0656-6

Mong, I., Ramoo, V., Ponnampalavanar, S., Chong, M. C., & Wan Nawawi, W. N. F. (2022). Knowledge, attitude, and practice in relation to catheter‐associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention: A cross‐sectional study. Journal of clinical nursing, 31(1-2), 209-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15899