Overview
NUR3643 Research Project/Paper—Evidence-Based Practice Change Using Interprofessional Teams
Please see attached the APA Template for the Project and the Course Project Rubric.
Individual Assignment Instructions:
Base the Assignment on this Topic: In hospitalized adult patients, does the implementation of a standardized hand hygiene compliance program compared to standard practice reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired infections within 6 months?
Using the Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice, choose a topic of interest for a needed change in practice (e.g., nosocomial infections, hospital readmissions, skin breakdown, falls, patient satisfaction, nurse-to-patient ratios)
- Seek approval from your instructor for the problem identified.
- Formulate a PICOT questions (Problem-Intervention-Comparison-Outcomes-Time).
- Seek approval from your instructor for the PICOT question.
- Choose five research studies on the topic, which may be quantitative or qualitative or a combination of both.
- Write a paper in APA format with the four parts, as described below:
Introduction
- Describe the practice problem that you believe needs to be changed (Using the Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice).
- Explain your rationale for choosing this problem (Using the Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice).
- Write a PICOT question on the problem.
- Describe the literature search process including: inclusion and exclusion criteria, key words, and databases searched.
Body
- Write a summary of the literature review in narrative form (five articles chosen) and include the following:
- Analyze the credibility of the articles by describing their strengths and limitations.
- Summarize the findings by comparing and contrasting the conclusions.
- Identify any gaps in the literature taken from these studies indicating the need for further research.
Conclusion
- Propose a change in practice based on the evidence from the research studies.
- Propose an interprofessional team—include nurses and other health care professionals who would be included in planning, implementing, and evaluating the proposed change.
- Describe the plan, implementation, and evaluation of the proposed change.
- Describe the costs of the planning, implementation, and evaluation.
- Describe the cost savings, if appropriate.
- Explain any barriers that may prevent the implementation of the recommended changes.
- Describe how these barriers can be addressed/overcame.
- Explain your suggestions for further research.
References
- Provide a reference list in APA format including all references cited in the paper.