This guide is for NURS 718 Week 6 HMIS Project Part 1 Introduction, start to submission. A 5 to 7-page introduction to your HMIS project: a vision and goals for a system that fits your organization's mission, using Tan and Payton and at least 3 other scholarly sources.
NURS 718 is Informatics, Technology and Trends for Transforming Health Care, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's DNP. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS718; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 718 Informatics, Technology and Trends for Transforming Health Care |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 6 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | 5 to 7 pages, excluding title and reference pages |
| Sources | The Tan and Payton textbook and at least 3 other scholarly sources |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA paper |
What NURS 718 Week 6 HMIS Project Part 1 Introduction asks for
The HMIS project is a formal paper addressing implementation of a health management information system suitable to your workplace or practice. In Part 1 you develop a vision and goals in keeping with your organization's mission. You must use the Tan and Payton textbook and at least 3 other scholarly sources. Part 1 must be 5 to 7 pages in current APA, excluding the title and reference pages. It is due in Module/Week 6 with Tan and Payton chapters 10 and 11. Worth 100 points.
Where it fits in NURS 718
In the published schedule, HMIS Project Part 1 Introduction is one of 8 graded written assignments in NURS 718. It follows Week 5 Case Study 3 and comes before Week 7 HMIS Project Part 2 Planning.
How NURS 718 Week 6 HMIS Project Part 1 Introduction is graded
Liberty grades HMIS Project Part 1 Introduction with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% of the course's 1,010 points. The rubric rows are the real instructions. Draft against them, and you will rarely be surprised by the grade.
Course grades in NURS 718 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 718 Week 6 method, step by step
Read this part against the whole
HMIS Project Part 1 Introduction is one piece of a larger submission. Read the instructions for every part before you write this one, so the choices you make now (topic, question, population) still work when the later parts arrive.
Lock the topic and the question early
Pick a problem you can carry for the rest of the course and phrase the question so it can actually be answered. A vague question makes every later section harder to write.
Write to the headings the part names
Use the headings in the part's instructions as your section headings, in the same order. Graders check for each element, and a missing heading is the easiest way to lose points.
Support every claim with current evidence
Keep the evidence current and relevant (The Tan and Payton textbook and at least 3 other scholarly sources). Each source should support a specific statement in this part, and the set should show why the problem is worth studying.
Keep the draft consistent with earlier parts
Reuse the same terms, population and question you used before, and fix anything your instructor flagged in feedback on the previous part. Graders notice when a proposal changes its question halfway through.
Check length and APA before submitting
Confirm the length (5 to 7 pages, excluding title and reference pages), the APA format and the reference list. Then read the rubric for this part once more and match each row to a heading.
A structure for NURS 718 Week 6 HMIS Project Part 1 Introduction
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,600 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | The organization, the problem and the proposed system. | ~220 words |
| Organizational mission and context | The mission and how the system serves it. | ~290 words |
| Current state | Systems and workflows today and their gaps. | ~350 words |
| Vision | What care will look like with the system. | ~290 words |
| Goals | Three to five measurable goals. | ~320 words |
| Conclusion | Bridge to the planning part. | ~130 words |
A topic angle that works
Write measurable goals (reduce time from abnormal lab result to provider notification from 6 hours to 1 hour within six months) rather than aspirations. Part 3 asks you to evaluate the system, and you can only evaluate against goals that have numbers.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
The project has three goals tied to the mission of providing safe, compassionate care to every patient. First, reduce the median time from a critical laboratory value to provider notification from 52 minutes to under 15 within six months of go-live.1 Second, document 95% of critical value notifications automatically in the EHR, replacing the paper log.2 Third, keep alert override rates below 20%, a threshold associated in the literature with acceptable alert fatigue.3
- Ties goals to the mission.
- Each goal has a baseline, target and time frame.
- Uses research to set a threshold.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 718 Week 6
- Goals with no measures.
- Fewer than 3 sources beyond the textbook.
- A vision unconnected to the organization's mission.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: 5 to 7 pages, excluding title and reference pages
- Sources: The Tan and Payton textbook and at least 3 other scholarly sources
- Matches the topic and question used in the earlier parts
- Instructor feedback on the previous part applied
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
How long is NURS 718 HMIS Part 1?
5 to 7 pages in current APA, excluding title and reference pages, using Tan and Payton and at least 3 other scholarly sources.
How many points is NURS 718 Week 6 HMIS Project Part 1 Introduction worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 718, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 718 Week 6 the same in every section of NURS 718?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 718. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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