Capstone Project: Evaluation
My strategic plan is to reduce the rate of newly admitted seniors with mental illness who exhibit symptoms of depression from 100% (10) to 5% (2) by October 28th, 2022. This plan will involve three thirty-minute phases of exercise 3x a week and diet to achieve the goal. The exercise and diet will be monitored and recorded by nurses, social workers, personal trainers, psychiatric physicians, dietitians, and unit managers.
The evaluation approach entails comparing and assessing the behavioral occurrences of seniors with depressive symptoms from previous years before the exercise and dietary plan was put into place, as well as data collected eight weeks after the process started. The nurses, social workers, personal trainers, psychiatrists physicians, dietitians, and unit managers. Will keep an eye on and record every workout and dietary change to make sure the elderly residents involved are adhering to the new method. It will be decided whether the depression rate decreased to 95% after examining their data. The examination will be placed on October 31st, 2022.
The evaluation records kept during admission and the assessment records kept at the conclusion of the plan will be used to gather the data. If the documentation demonstrates a significant decrease in the depressive symptoms of eight out of ten seniors with mental illness displayed at the conclusion of the implementation, the strategy has been successful. Analysis of the information gathered from the social participation record will be another tool (SPR). The documentation of the stages of exercise and nutrition regimen was done in SPR. If the SPR at the end of the plan’s implementation shows a 95% increase in social involvement from the SPR at the start, the objective has also been met.
The information is credible because the three phases of exercise are done 3x a week with dieting. The assessment log is recorded by the nurses, social workers, and psychiatric physician during the initial admission of the resident. The SPR is documented at the start of every exercise by the nurses and personal trainer. The unit manager checks all the recordings of every other team member to ensure it was filled out correctly. The only limitation in the evaluation plan is if the staff that went out with the seniors to the local swimming pool forgot to fill out the SPR. The information can be found and easily entered into the chart by using the records of the local swimming pool census sheet. At this time, I have only had one staff forget to fill in their SPR charting. I think the project has continued to run smoothly from that point and does not need further modification or clarification.