benefits of an Advanced Practice Provider (APP)

Look at the benefits of an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Program using bedside Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Deep Vein Thrombosis.

Question 1. 
Create a cost-benefit analysis table and write a paragraph describing the cost-benefit analysis. The paragraph should identify the cost of continuing with the “current state” related to the problem compared to the cost of the desired “future state.” What is the cost of all components of the proposed intervention? This includes both financial, human and system costs. ( Use the published literature (including gray literature) to estimate financial costs – exact figures are not expected.

Delay in diagnosis could have negative outcomes such as increased length of stay, disease progression to PE, long term pain, swelling and chronic venous insufficiency, and post-thrombotic syndrome.

Question 2
Identify a published change model (e.g. Lewin, Lippitt, Kotter, etc.) and describe the detailed steps you would take, using that model. Be very clear about the role of the DNP student in the proposed implementation. If you will be using small cycles of change (plan-do-study-act) then be clear about the timing of each cycle and how you will know whether it worked.

The published change model that will be used for this project will be the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) method.