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Assessment 2 Instructions: Needs Analysis for Change
Complete a systematic evaluation of a unit, facility, or organization with which you are familiar, in an attempt to
identify the need to address the economic health care issue.
Introduction
Note: Each assessment in this course builds upon the work you have completed in previous assessments. Therefore,
you must complete the assessments in the order in which they are presented.
As a master’s-level health care practitioner, you may sometimes be tasked with the need to complete a systematic
evaluation as a way of improving your organization’s outcomes. In this assessment, you will have a chance to practice
these skills by completing a systematic evaluation of a unit, facility, or organization that you are familiar with in an
attempt to identify the need to address the economic health care issue that you presented in the previous
assessment. This systematic evaluation is often referred to as a needs analysis. Understanding how to do a needs
analysis will be key as you advance through your career in the health care environment.
Background and Context
As a master’s-level health care practitioner, you may sometimes be tasked with the need to complete a systematic
evaluation as a way of improving your organization’s outcomes. In this assessment, you will have a chance to practice
these skills by completing a systematic evaluation of a unit, facility, or organization that you are familiar with in an
attempt to identify the need to address the economic health care issue that you presented in the previous
assessment. This systematic evaluation is often referred to as a needs analysis. Understanding how to do a needs
analysis will be key as you advance through your career in the health care environment.
Instructions
Be sure to address each main point. Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide, including performancelevel descriptions for each criterion, to ensure you understand the work you will be asked to complete and how it
will be assessed. In addition, note the requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.
Overall, you will be assessed on the following criteria:
Summarize your chosen economic issue and its impact on your work, organization, colleagues, and
community.
Reiterate your rationale for pursuing this issue, as well as the gap contributing to it that you identified
in your previous assessment.
Identify any socioeconomic or diversity disparities that exist with how your chosen economic issue impacts
any particular groups or populations.
Use at least one piece of evidence to support this disparity (public health data, aggregated data from
an organization, or other scholarly resources).
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Explain the findings of evidence-based or scholarly sources regarding the need to address your chosen issue
and pursue potential change or implementation plans.
For example, if your implementation plan includes the need for increased staffing, you might want to
research errors or patient falls that occurred as a result of high patient and low staff ratio in the
literature.
Use at least four evidence-based or scholarly sources that are relevant to your chosen topic to support
your explanation.
Explain the predicted outcomes and opportunities for growth as the result of the proposed change or
implementation plan.
Outcomes and opportunities for growth should focus on economic considerations.
Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to
organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.
Additional Requirements
Length of Submission: 3–5 double-spaced pages.
Number of References: Cite at least four sources of evidence to support your identification of the gap. This
could be public health data, a peer-reviewed journal article, or another scholarly source.
APA formatting: Titles, headings, resources, and citations are formatted according to the current APA style.
Note: As you revise your writing, check out the resources listed on the Writing Center’s Writing Support page.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course
competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Analyze the effects of financial and economic factors (such as cost-benefit, supply and
demand, return on investment, and risks) in a health care system on patient care, services offered, and
organizational structures and operation.
Summarize the chosen economic issue and its impact on your work, organization, colleagues, and
community.
Competency 2: Develop ethical and culturally equitable solutions to economic problems within a health care
organization in an effort to improve the quality of care and services offered.
Identify any socioeconomic or diversity disparities that exist with how your chosen economic issue
impacts any particular groups or populations.
Competency 3: Justify the qualitative and quantitative information used to guide economic decision making
to stakeholders and colleagues.
Explain the findings of evidence-based or scholarly sources regarding the need to address your chosen
issue and pursue potential change or implementation plans.
Competency 4: Develop ethical and culturally equitable economic strategies to address dynamic
environmental forces and ensure the future security of an organization’s resources and its ability to provide
quality care.
Explain the predicted outcomes and opportunities for growth as the result of the proposed change or
implementation plan.
Competency 5: Produce clear, coherent, and professional written work, in accordance with Capella writing
standards.
Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to
organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.
SCORING GUIDE
Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.
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