NRS 493 GCU The Statistical Significance & Confidence Intervals DQs

Objectives

Topic 8: Written Capstone Change Project

Students will synthesize the components developed in prior topics to formulate a written evidence-based account of the capstone project. Additionally, the student will integrate the following into the written evidence-based account: a plan for evaluating the nursing intervention, a change or nursing theory, and a discussion on how potential barriers will be overcome.

Objectives:

1. Produce a written comprehensive evidence-based capstone project change proposal using components developed in prior topics of the course.
2. Integrate a plan for evaluating the nursing intervention in the written comprehensive evidence-based capstone project change proposal.
3. Integrate a change or nursing theory into the written comprehensive evidence-based capstone project change proposal.
4. Identify potential barriers to the implementation of the change proposal.
5. Integrate how the identified potential barriers will be overcome.
6. Integrate reflective practice into the practicum reflective journal.
7. Demonstrate interprofessional collaboration during the creation of the capstone project change proposal.

Sources

Review “Searching for Ethical Leadership in Nursing,” by Marakoff et al., from Nursing Ethics (2014).

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Review “Leadership for Evidence-Based Practice: Strategic and Functional Behaviors for Institutionalizing EBP,” by Stetler, Ritchie, Rycroft-Malone, and Charns, from Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing (2014).

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Review “A Successful Approach to Implementing Evidence-Based Practice,” by Giomuso et al., from Med-Surg Matters (2014).

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Review “Back to Basics: Implementing Evidence-Based Practice,” by Spruce, from AORN Journal (2015).

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Review “The Establishment of Evidence-Based Practice Competencies for Practicing Registered Nurses and Advanced Practice Nurses in Real-World Clinical Settings: Proficiencies to Improve Healthcare Quality, Reliability, Patient Outcomes, and Costs,” by Melnyk, Gallagher-Ford, Long, and Fineout-Overholt, from Worldviews on Evidence Based Nursing (2014).

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