Section F: Implementation Plan

Section F: Implementation Plan
Setting and Access to Potential Subjects
The proposed solution is to incorporate evidence-based hospital practices in the form of prenatal breastfeeding educational interventions to improve the rate of breastfeeding initiation and increase breastfeeding duration. The exercise will take place at the prenatal clinic and the obstetric clinic of my organization. In order to implement the proposed solution, a multidisciplinary team will be assembled, which will include an administrative leader, obstetrics, and prenatal clinic nurses. The educational intervention targets pregnant women visiting the prenatal clinic and the obstetrics. Considering the type of intervention to be implemented, informed consent will be obtained from pregnant mothers to participate in the breastfeeding educational intervention program.
Time Needed to Complete the Project
The project will run for a period of 6 months as a trial and will follow a three-step program as outlined in section D of solution description. At the end of every training program, there will be mock assessment and patient interviews to determine whether the subjects have understood the breastfeeding interventions. During this time, expected outcomes include overall increased mother’s ability to initiate breastfeeding rate by the end of the training period.
Resources
In order to implement breastfeeding educational intervention programs, there will be a need to obtain certain resources. The human resources include nurses at the prenatal clinic and obstetricians, as well as, other staff at the obstetric clinic. The fiscal resources will be required to cover the training program for the staff who will be offering the educational interventions at the two clinics. The other resources are educational materials that will be used to train the pregnant women on breastfeeding.
Methods and Instruments
Two methods for monitoring implementation will be used. The first one is a questionnaire to measure pregnant women understanding of the benefits of breastfeeding and their willingness to initiate breastfeeding. The second method will be a scale to test the rate of breastfeeding initiation after delivery, where infant charts will be reviewed.
Delivering the Intervention
In order to deliver the educational intervention program, nurses, obstetrics, and other health care staff involved will be trained in the skills necessary to implement the policy.
Outline for Data Collection
For a period of six months, pregnant mothers who have participated in the training programs will be provided with questionnaires. Infant charts will be reviewed to measure compliance and rate of breastfeeding initiation. Data management will involve three key members – data manager, database administrator, and clinical data associate, and will be stored in a clinical database awaiting analysis. Statistical process control charts will be used to evaluate the impact of interventions for the period of six months. Additionally, a statistical questionnaire analysis will be used to evaluate the questionnaires administered to pregnant mothers.
Strategies to deal with the Management of any Barriers, Facilitators, and Challenges
Virtually, the success of any intervention depends on the consideration of various barriers and challenges and use of adequate strategies to overcome them. In order to deal with the management of barriers, facilitators, and challenges, the following strategies will be implemented. The first strategy is coordination within teams and across teams to ensure cohesion and success of the program. The second strategy is to ensure sufficient infrastructure to implement the intervention. The third strategy is to ensure sufficient leadership support from the organization and within the team.
Feasibility of the Implementation Plan
The intervention plan consists of a prenatal lecture on the benefits of breastfeeding and mock demonstrations. Nurses and obstetric staff will implement the intervention within the clinical setting. The hospital has an IT department that will be responsible for the management of computer-related costs. Other costs that will be incurred include the development of presentations and staff training program. Fiscally, the intervention is feasible.
Future of the Proposed Solution
After the six months duration has elapsed, successful implementation of the intervention will see the plan proceed to the next level, where all health care providers will be involved. The plan will be continued and become a daily routine for the organization. In case the plan is not successful, the intervention will be revised and put on trial for another six months.