Overview
For this course, the Individual Projects (IP) will build from one week to the next. At the end of the course, you will have developed a paper proposal for a possible change to practice or policy based on your evidence research. Note: You will not be collecting any data for this project. You will only be developing the idea and proposal.
The last assignment will consist of a final paper, which is the culmination of the Unit 2 and 4 Discussion Boards (DB) and all IPs.
Please be sure to incorporate instructor feedback to make your final paper stronger.
Each week, you will complete 1 part of the final paper. It is outlined as follows:
- Part I: The PICOT question and explanation of the selected population (from Unit 2 DB)
- Part II: The intervention
- What is the intervention, and why it is selected?
- Part III: The comparison
- What is currently being done or what are other possible interventions to consider?
- Part IV: The outcome(s) and time frame
- What is the anticipated outcome from the change in intervention and over what period of time? (from Unit 4 DB)
- Part V: Finalizing and submitting the proposal (IP 4)
Unit 4 IP Assignment
Review and incorporate the feedback from your DBs in Weeks 2 and 4 and all IP assignments.
Develop a complete proposal that includes all of the content from the Units 2 and 4 DBs and IPs. Please be sure to address the following points:
- Discuss the PICOT question in detail, and explain why this research is important to the nursing profession.
- Analyze the literature review, and determine how the current research supports the PICOT question, discussing all of the articles from the literature review.
- Analyze possible evaluation and measurement strategies and potential outcomes.
- Provide insight on how personal experience affects evidence-based practice.
- Discuss change strategies and how to implement them in the work environment to help promote change.
- Determine potential barriers in the workplace to consider when implementing change.
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