Research Methods and Critical Thinking Skills: Demonstrate competency in industry-specific knowledge and skills related to research methods, critical thinking, and problem-solving in a healthcare setting.

Assignment: Infographic

For this Assignment, you are required to create an infographic and will be performing research to support your critical thinking skills in a health care organization.

Drawing upon your experience or previous learning, you receive information that the nosocomial urinary infection rate is increasing for patients in the critical care areas. You are tasked to research the cause, identify likely causes, and use critical thinking and problem-solving to reduce or prevent infection and implement a solution.

Nosocomial

Urinary infection research for Infection Plan

Competency

Research and identify two causes of increased Nosocomial Urinary

infection rates.

Mastery

Research and identify three causes of increased Nosocomial Urinary

infection rates.

Explanation of causes of infection rates

Competency

Explain two likely causes of increased Nosocomial Urinary infection

rates.

Mastery

Explain three likely causes of increased Nosocomial Urinary infection

rates.

Infection

Prevention &

Solutions

Competency

Uses critical thinking for two elements;

problem-solving to reduce Nosocomial Urinary infection

prevent Nosocomial Urinary infection

implement a solution to reduce

Nosocomial Urinary infection

Mastery

Uses critical thinking for all three elements;

problem-solving to reduce Nosocomial Urinary infection

prevent Nosocomial Urinary infection

implement a solution to reduce

Nosocomial Urinary infection