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Organizational Needs Assessment

Essential to choosing a DNP change project is a systematic assessment to identify gaps in current care and best practices. An organizational needs assessment is a tool that is used to succinctly gather this information, and identify the population impacted, key stakeholders, the organizational structure, culture, resources, and the desired outcome (Zaccagnini & Pechacek, 2019). A SWOT analysis is a tool that can easily be adapted to a DNP project needs assessment and helps to identify internal Strengths and Weaknesses of an organization and external influences that are seen as Opportunities or Threats. This evidence-based practice (EBP) project will take place at a Joint Commission and Magnet nursing accredited organization, nationally recognized as a high-reliability organization with a national ranking in multiple service lines and known for high-quality outcomes. These internal strengths are evidence that EBP is embedded in the culture. There is an opportunity for improved community outreach, especially to the underserved and undocumented in this urban community. The DNP practice problem EBP Project will address this weakness.

Problem

In the Family Health Center while there is evidence of service integration with the main hospital campus, as an outpatient clinic there is the opportunity for improving resources to address primary and secondary prevention for the national practice problem of obesity. A significant finding in the SWOT analysis is that there is a higher than the national average population of patients with obesity and nearly 100% of these patients have at least one other comorbidity including renal disease, diabetes, or cardiovascular disease…….. Continue