Monitoring And Evaluation Plan Capstone Project

Monitoring And Evaluation Plan Capstone Project

Please draft a monitoring and evaluation plan for your Capstone Project, using the Excel template provided. It will be helpful to draw upon your new knowledge from this weekâ€™s readings and to use Table 5 in the textbook (page 9:24) as an example Monitoring And Evaluation Plan Capstone Project.

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The capstone project aims to institute emergency preparedness measures in KGH labor and delivery unit from July 2022 to January 2023. This can be achieved through ensuring improved overall patient safety and improved maternal and newborn outcomes. To improve patient safety, the project will reduce acting time from occurrence of emergency to management of emergency by installing well stocked emergency cart with appropriate checklists. For the purposes of improving newborn and maternal outcomes, the project will onboard skilled midwives and install early critical signs of emergency can be recognized by midwives.

The sixth month long project will include activities such as hiring midwives, training them, purchasing equipment and motivating employees. Training will involve subjects such as the management of eclampsia, management of hemorrhage, IPC, Vital signs, communication, and the use of an emergency checklist.

Like in any quality improvement project, documentation is important. It is through documentation that relevant data can be collected to determine the success of the project (Ba,2021)Monitoring And Evaluation Plan Capstone Project. Relevant data will include emergency protocols, time, patient’s register, emergency checklist.

	Activity/Output	Indicator	Data Source	Frequency of Data Collection	Responsible Person	Timeline/ Deadline
1	Recruitment of midwives, midwives’ mentors, obstetricians, nurses and community health workers	Number of staff hired in each category.	Employment records	Monthly	Chief nursing officer	August 2022
2	Training on common obstetric emergencies, and implementing skills and drills on EmOC	Number of staff receiving training on common obstetric emergencies in each category. Number of staff participating in EmOC drills.	Weekly reports. Weekly reports	Weekly Weekly	Staff trainers Director of nursing	September 2022
3	Purchasing of capital equipment and consumable medical and emergency supplies	Availability of supplies in adequate quantities as per emergency checklist. All staff report having requisite equipment for managing obstetric emergencies	Inventory records. Interview (Likert scale used to categorize statements)	Daily Weekly	Charge Nurse Nurse supervisor	July 2022

	Outcome	Indicator	Data Source	Frequency Of Data Collection	Responsible Person
1	Labor and delivery unit with optimal staffing ratio	Reduced time between occurrence of emergency and its management	Clinical reports	Daily	Charge nurse
2	Staff in labor and delivery unit can recognize early signs of emergency	Reduced mortality/morbidity rates ORDER A PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPER HERE	Labor and delivery unit mortality records	Weekly	Director of nursing
3	Well-stocked emergency cart with appropriate checklist. All staff can access requisite tools for emergency management	Zero searches/request for supplies and tools during emergency	Nurses report sheet	Weekly	Nurse supervisor

References

Ba, A. (2021). How to measure monitoring and evaluation system effectiveness?. African

Evaluation Journal, 9(1), 12.Monitoring And Evaluation Plan Capstone Project