PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490 

PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490

PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490

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P——Young adults ages 18 and older Marijuana smoking

In nursing practice, accurate identification and application of research is essential to achieving successful outcomes. Being able to articulate the information and successfully summarize relevant peer-reviewed articles in a scholarly fashion helps to support the student\’s ability and confidence to further develop and synthesize the progressively more complex assignments that constitute the components of the course change proposal capstone project.

I ——- Smoking cessation.
C—— Marijuana replacing nicotine
O—–Counseling to reduce risk
T ——Reduce risk factors associated with smoking now

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For this PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490 assignment, the student will provide a synopsis of eight peer-reviewed articles from nursing journals using an evaluation table that determines the level and strength of evidence for each of the eight articles. The articles should be current within the last 5 years and closely relate to the PICOT statement developed earlier in this course. The articles may include quantitative research, descriptive analyses, longitudinal studies, or meta-analysis articles. A systematic review may be used to provide background information for the purpose or problem identified in the proposed capstone project. Use the \”Literature Evaluation Table\” resource to complete this assignment. PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490  assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Literature Evaluation Table

Literature Evaluation Table Rubric

Literature Evaluation Table Rubric

PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490

  1
Unsatisfactory 0-71%
0.00%
2
Less Than Satisfactory
72-75%
75.00%
3
Satisfactory
76-79%
79.00%
4
Good 80-89%
89.00%
5
Excellent 90-100%
100.00%
100.0 %Article Selection
5.0 % Author, Journal (Peer-Reviewed), and Permalink or Working Link to Access Article Author, journal (peer-reviewed), and permalink or working link to access article section is not included. Author, journal (peer-reviewed), and permalink or working link to access article section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. Author, journal (peer-reviewed), and permalink or working link to access article section is present. Author, journal (peer-reviewed), and permalink or working link to access article section is clearly provided and well developed. Author, journal (peer-reviewed), and permalink or working link to access article section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details.
5.0 % Article Title and Year Published Article title and year published section is not included. Article title and year published section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. Article title and year published section is present. Article title and year published section is clearly provided and well developed. Article title and year published section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details.
10.0 % Research Questions (Qualitative) or Hypothesis (Quantitative), and Purposes or Aim of Study Research questions (qualitative) or hypothesis (quantitative), and purposes or aim of study section is not included. Research questions (qualitative) or hypothesis (quantitative), and purposes or aim of study section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. Research questions (qualitative) or hypothesis (quantitative), and purposes or aim of study section is present. PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490 Research questions (qualitative) or hypothesis (quantitative), and purposes or aim of study section is clearly provided and well developed. Research questions (qualitative) or hypothesis (quantitative), and purposes or aim of study section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details.
5.0 % Design (Type of Quantitative, or Type of Qualitative) Design (type of quantitative, or type of qualitative) section is not included. Design (type of quantitative, or type of qualitative) section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. Design (type of quantitative, or type of qualitative) section is present. Design (type of quantitative, or type of qualitative) section is clearly provided and well developed. Design (type of quantitative, or type of qualitative) section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details.
5.0 % Setting or Sample Setting or sample section is not included. PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490 Setting or sample section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. Setting or sample section is present. PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490 Setting or sample section is clearly provided and well developed. Setting or sample section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details.
5.0 % Methods: Intervention or Instruments Methods: Intervention or instruments section is not included. Methods: Intervention or instruments section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. Methods: Intervention or instruments section is present. Methods: Intervention or instruments section is clearly provided and well developed. Methods: Intervention or instruments section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details.
10.0 % Analysis Analysis section is not included. Analysis section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. Analysis section is present. PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490 Analysis section is clearly provided and well developed. Analysis section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details.
10.0 % Key Findings Key findings section is not included. Key findings section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. Key findings section is present. Key findings section is clearly provided and well developed. Key findings section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details.
10.0 % Recommendations Recommendations section is not included. PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490 Recommendations section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. Recommendations section is present. Recommendations section is clearly provided and well developed. Recommendations section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details.
10.0 % Explanation of How the Article Supports EBP or Capstone Explanation of how the article supports EBP or capstone section is not included. Explanation of how the article supports EBP or capstone section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. Explanation of how the article supports EBP or capstone section is present. PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490 Explanation of how the article supports EBP or capstone section is clearly provided and well developed. Explanation of how the article supports EBP or capstone section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details.
10.0 % Presentation The piece is not neat or organized, and it does not include all required elements. The work is not neat and includes minor flaws or omissions of required elements. The overall appearance is general, and major elements are missing. The overall appearance is generally neat, with a few minor flaws or missing elements. The work is well presented and includes all required elements. The overall appearance is neat and professional.
10.0 % Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, and language use) Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice or sentence construction is employed. Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register) or word choice are present. Sentence structure is correct but not varied. Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but they are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct and varied sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are employed. Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. The writer uses a variety of effective sentence structures and figures of speech. The writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English. NRS 490 – Literature Evaluation Table & PICOT Question
5.0 % Documentation of Sources (citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and style) Sources are not documented. PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490 Documentation of sources is inconsistent or incorrect, as appropriate to assignment and style, with numerous formatting errors. Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, although some formatting errors may be present. Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is mostly correct. Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error.
100 % Total Weightage

Literature Evaluation Table 

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PICOT Question: In cigarette smokers older than 17 years (P), does nicotine replacement therapy (I), versus using other smoking cessation therapies (C), affect smoking cessation outcomes (O) over a period of three months (T)?

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Criteria Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Article 4
Author, Journal (Peer-Reviewed), and Permalink or Working Link to Access Article Buller, D., Halperin, A., Severson, H., Borland, R., Slater, M., Bettinghaus, E., Tinkelman, D., Cutter, G. & Woodall, G.J Public Health Manag Pract., 20(2), E7-E15

doi:  10.1097/PHH.

0b013e3182a0b8c7

(https://www.ncbi.nlm.

nih.gov/

pmc/articles/

PMC3966563/)

Metrik, J., Spillane, N., Leventhal, A. & Kahler, G.Drug Alcohol Depend., 119(3), 194-200

doi:  10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.

06.004

(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

pmc/articles/PMC3199036/)

Rath, J., Villanti, A., Abrams, D. & Vallone, D. Journal of Environmental and Public Health,

Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 679134

doi: 10.1155/2012/679134

(https://www.hindawi.com/

journals/jeph/2012/679134/

citations/)

Thurgood, S., McNeill, A.,

Clark-Carter, D. & Brose, L.

Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 18(5), 993-1001.

doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntv127 (https://academic.oup.com/

ntr/article/18/5/993/2510055)

Article Title and Year Published Effect of Nicotine Replacement Therapy on Quitting by Young Adults in a Trial Comparing Cessation Services.2014 Marijuana Use and Tobacco Smoking Cessation Among Heavy Alcohol Drinkers.2011 Patterns of Tobacco Use and Dual Use in US Young Adults: The Missing Link between Youth Prevention and Adult Cessation.2012 A Systematic Review of Smoking Cessation Interventions for Adults in Substance Abuse Treatment or Recovery2015
Research Questions (Qualitative)/ Hypothesis (Quantitative), and Purposes/Aim of Study Research question (implied): How useful and effective is nicotine patch in smoking cessation interventions?Aim of the study: Use and effectiveness of nicotine patch was explored in a randomized trial evaluating smoking cessation interventions with this population. Research question (implied): How does marijuana use affect nicotine smoking cessation efforts for alcohol drinkers?Aim of the study: To determine whether marijuana use affects smoking cessation outcomes and whether smoking cessation treatment leads to changes in marijuana smoking among alcohol drinkers. Research question (implied): What is the prevalence of cigarette, other tobacco products, and dual use in a USA nationally representative sample of young adults aged 18–34.Aim of the study: To determine nicotine use prevalence among young adults in the USA Research questions: (1) what is the effectiveness of different smoking cessation interventions for patients with substance use disorders?(2) what is the impact of smoking cessation treatment on substance use outcomes?

Aim of the study: to evaluate the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions for patients with substance use disorders.

Design (Type of Quantitative, or Type of Qualitative) Quantitative design that included a pretest and posttest trial with the participants randomized. Quantitative design that applied a randomized control trial Quantitative study using online panel data Qualitative study that relied on literature review of peer-reviewed publications
Setting/Sample Sample comprised of 3,094 smokers aged 18-30 Sample comprised 236 heavy drinkers of which 57 currently smoked marijuana Sample comprised 4,201 young adults aged between 18 and 34 Randomized controlled trails published between 1990 and 2014
Methods: Intervention/ Instruments  The intervention entails subjecting the treatment group to a two-week nicotine replacement therapy. The intervention entailed using marijuana as a substitute for tobacco smoking and alcohol use. The instrument entailed collecting information on whether the participants used nicotine products The instrument entailed reviewed databases, grey literature, reference lists, and journals
Analysis  Compared the performance of nicotine replacement therapy against other cessation strategies such as medication and counselling. Comparing tobacco smoking and alcohol use between marijuana smokers and non-marijuana smokers. Report the sample proportion that used nicotine products against the proportion that did not use nicotine to determine prevalence. Assessed emerging themes from the peer review.
Key Findings  Greater nicotine replacement therapy use among those who received training than those who did not receive training (12-weeks: 84.3% v. 41.9%, p<.001; 26-weeks: 87.6% v. 51.1%, p<.001). Marijuana smokers reduced drinking by 47% over an 8-week period, to be followed by 24% reduction in tobacco smoking over the next 18 weeks. 23% of the participants used nicotine of which 30% reported dual use Nicotine patches, nicotine gum, counselling, contingency management, relapse prevention, cognitive behavioral therapy, nicotine replacement therapy, and bupropion are effective strategies for ensuring smoking abstinence and cessation.
Recommendations  Nicotine replacement therapy should be availed to young adults who seek to cease smoking. Marijuana smoking presents a viable substitute for tobacco smoking and alcohol use. There is a need to monitor and implement smoking cessation efforts for young adults in the USA The discussed strategies should be extensively applied in smoking abstinence and cessation programs.
Explanation of How the Article Supports EBP/ Capstone Project The article supports the present project by providing tangible evidence to show that smoking cessation can be achieved by applying replacement therapy. PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490 The article supports the present project be presenting evidence to support the use of marijuana as tobacco substitute. The article supports the current project by highlighting the need to addressing smoking as a problem among young adults. The article supports the current project by indicating that nicotine replacement therapy is effective for smoking cessation programs.

 

 

Criteria Article 5 Article 6 Article 7 Article 8
Author, Journal (Peer-Reviewed), and Permalink or Working Link to Access Article Garcia-Rodriguez, O., Secades-Villa, R., Florez-Salamanca, L.m Okuda, M., Liu, S. & Blanco, C.Drug Alcohol Depend., 132(3), 479-485

doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.

2013.03.008

(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.

gov/pmc/articles/

PMC3723776/)

Chen, J., Nguyen, A., Malesker, M. & Morrow, L.Respiratory Care, 61(5), 640-645.

doi: 10.4187/respcare.04439

Hakim, S., Chowdhury, M. & Uddin, J.Preventive Medicine Reports, 8, 122-128.

doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.08.007

(https://www.sciencedirect.com/

science/article/

pii/S221133551730133X)

Diemert, L., Bondy, S., Brown, S. & Manske, S.American Journal of Public Health, 103(3), 449-453.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300878

Article Title and Year Published Effect of Nicotine Replacement Therapy on Quitting by Young Adults in a Trial Comparing Cessation Services.2014 High-Risk Smoking Behaviors and Barriers to Smoking Cessation Among Homeless Individuals.2016 Correlates of unsuccessful smoking cessation among adults in Bangladesh.2017 Young Adult Smoking Cessation: Predictors of Quit Attempts and Abstinence.2013
Research Questions (Qualitative)/ Hypothesis (Quantitative), and Purposes/Aim of Study Research question (implied): What are the estimated relapse rates and predictors to smoking? Aim of the study: to estimate rates of relapse to smoking in the community and to identify predictors of relapse. Research question (implied): What are the high-risk smoking behaviors and barriers to smoking cessation among homeless individuals? PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490Aim of the study: to present data regarding tobacco use and barriers to smoking cessation among homeless individuals. Research question (implied): What are the correlates of unsuccessful smoking cessation among adults in Bangladesh?Aim of the study: to identify the correlates of unsuccessful smoking cessation among adults in Bangladesh. Research question (implied): What are the predictors of young adults smoking cessation behavior?Aim of the study: to determine if young adults smokers require effective and appropriate cessation resources.
Design (Type of Quantitative, or Type of Qualitative) Quantitative design that relied on secondary data Quantitative design that relied on surveys Quantitative design that relied on secondary from 2009 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) for Bangladesh. Quantitative design that relied on data from Ontario Tobacco Survey.
Setting/Sample Data was collected from Waves 1 and 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions 100 smoking individuals residing at a homeless shelter 1552 smokers who are older than 14 years of age. 592 young adult smokers
Methods: Intervention/ Instruments Information on smoking relapse and predictors Presenting opinions on the research topic Information on successful and unsuccessful smoking quitters Information on smoking quit attempts
Analysis Reported relapse and predictor statistics Present recurring themes Statistics on successful and unsuccessful smoking quitters among the participants Statistics on factors that influence smoking quit attempts
Key Findings Risk of relapse exceeded 50% within 1 year but dropped to 10% over the next 30 years. PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490 90% of the participants engaged in at least one of the high-risk tobacco practices. Best smoking cessation aid was nicotine replacement therapy. Barriers to smoking cessation included excessive stress and anxiety. PICOT Question & Literature Evaluation Table – NRS 490 Of the 1552 smokers, 1058 unsuccessfully quit while 494 successfully quit 25% of young adult smokers attempt cessation, and 14% are successful for the first 30 days.
Recommendations Attention on persons who quit over the last year since they are at highest risk of relapse, although it should be noted that the risk is not eliminated over time. There is a need to address excessive stress and anxiety as barriers to cessation even as nicotine replacement therapy is applied as the best strategy among homeless individuals. Cessation programs require an integrated approach to improve successful outcomes Cessation is predicted by resources, prior attempts and intention.Abstinence is predicted by self-efficacy, resources, support, and level of addiction.

 

Explanation of How the Article Supports EBP/Capstone The article supports the project by showing that smoking cessation is a continuous process and the risk of relapse only decreases over time and is not fully eliminated. The article supports the project by showing that nicotine replacement therapy is an effective strategy for smoking cessation. The article supports the current project by showing that cessation approaches are influenced by demographic factors such that what works for one group does not necessarily work for another group. As such, it would not be right to assume that nicotine replacement therapy would work for the population of interest since it works for other age groups. The article supports the current project by presenting factors that influence smoking cessation and are likely to have a destabilizing effect on the current project unless they are controlled.

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NRS-490 Professional Capstone and Practicum Entire Course

NRS-490 Topic 1 DQ 1

Max Points: 5.0

Identify two GCU Library scholarly databases that will help you find the best research articles to support your EBP proposal. Discuss why these two databases are better than Google Scholar or a general Internet search.

Topic 1 DQ 2

Max Points: 5.0
The Institute of Medicine has stated a goal that 90% of practice be evidence-based by 2020. According to HealthyPeople.gov, the United States is currently at approximately 15%. Discuss two barriers that might hold nursing practice from achieving this goal, and suggest ways in which identified barriers may be addressed.

 

NRS-490 Topic 1 Assignment Individual Success Plan (ISP)

Details:

Planning is the key to successful completion of this course and your overall program of study. The Individual Success Plan (ISP) assignment requires early collaboration with the course faculty and your course mentor. You will need to establish a plan for successful completion of (1) deliverables associated with weekly course objectives, (2), required practice immersion hours, and (3) deliverables associated with your capstone project.

Access the “Individual Success Plan” resource in the Topic Materials. Read the information in the resource, including student expectations and instructions for completing the ISP document.

Use the “Individual Success Plan” to develop a personal plan for completing your practice hours and how topic objectives will be met. Include the number of hours you plan to set aside to meet your goals.

A combination of 100 supervised clinical hours in community health and leadership areas will be obtained through the application of the objectives listed in the Guidelines for Undergraduate Field Experiences manual.

Practicum immersion experiences are required in a community health setting. Community-based settings should encourage community integration and involvement; expand accessibility of services and supports; promote personal preference, strengths, dignity; and empower people to participate in the economic mainstream.

According to HealthyPeople.gov, educational and community-based programs and strategies are designed to reach people outside of traditional health care settings. These settings may include schools, worksites, health care facilities, and communities. Community health and leadership practice immersion can occur in the same site and in conjunction with the evidence-based project in the NRS-490 course.

If you are a registered nurse in Washington, your practicum experience must include a minimum of 50 hours in a community health setting.

Students should apply concepts from prior courses to critically examine and improve their current practice. Students should also integrate scholarly readings to develop case reports that demonstrate increasingly complex and proficient practice.

Consider the challenges you expect to encounter as you continue the practice hour and competency requirements throughout this course. How might you overcome these challenges?

You can renegotiate these deliverables with your faculty and mentor throughout this course and update your ISP accordingly.

Once your ISP has been developed and accepted by your course faculty, you will have your course mentor sign it at the beginning of, and upon completion of, each assignment that incorporates practice immersion hours. You will track all course practice immersion hours in the ISP.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

NRS-490-RS-IndividualSuccessPlan.docx

 

NRS-490 Topic 1 Assignment Professional Capstone and Practicum Documentation

 

Details:

The Professional Capstone and Practicum course requires students to select a course mentor. This mentor is not a preceptor, but an individual who will guide students as they work to complete the practice immersion hour requirements for this course. Students are not required to “shadow” their mentor.

The course mentor should be someone who can provide professional development knowledge and guidance and who possesses a genuine interest in working with students to further their academic goals.

Selection, approval, and retention of a course mentor must be completed as soon as possible at the start of this course, as this individual will be working with the student on each assignment that incorporates practice immersion hours. Working with a course mentor is mandatory.

Once a course mentor has agreed to serve in the role, you must complete and submit the following required documentation so that practice experiences can begin in a timely manner:

  1. Field Experience Site Information Form
  2. Qualified Mentor/Preceptor Summary Form
  3. Mentor’s license, certification, and resume/curriculum vitae

The student is responsible for obtaining all signatures for the paperwork submission. Course faculty will approve all sites and mentors according to student learning needs and specific course objectives.

Do not initiate new work on practice-immersion-hour-based course assignments until your course instructor has approved your course mentor.

Once a course mentor is approved, students should contact the mentor within 1 week of receiving the approval notification. Students are encouraged to make an appointment to meet with their mentor in person and arrange to review the NRS-490 course objectives and the Individual Success Plan (ISP).

For more specific information on the course mentor process and roles and responsibilities, refer to Section Three of the Guidelines for Undergraduate Field Experiences resource.

NRS-490-RS-FieldExperienceSiteInformationForm.pdf

 

NRS-490 Topic 1 Assignment Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal and Scholarly Activities

 

Details:

Throughout the course, students will engage in weekly reflection and scholarly activities. These assignments are presented in Topic 1 to allow students to plan ahead, and incorporate the deliverables into the Individual Success Plan if they so choose.

The weekly reflective journals and scholarly activities will not be submitted in LoudCloud each week; a final, culminating submission will be due in Topic 10. No submission is required until Topic 10.

Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal

Students are required to maintain weekly reflective narratives throughout the course to combine into a final, course-long reflective journal that integrates leadership and inquiry into current practice as it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum course. This course-long journal assignment will be due in Topic 10.

In each week’s entry, you should reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout the Professional Capstone and Practicum course. Your entry should address a variable combination of the following, dependent on the specific practice immersion clinical experiences you encountered that week:

  1. New practice approaches

  2. Intraprofessional collaboration

  3. Health care delivery and clinical systems

  4. Ethical considerations in health care

  5. Population health concerns

  6. The role of technology in improving health care outcomes

  7. Health policy

  8. Leadership and economic models

  9. Health disparities

In the Topic 10 submission, each of the areas should be addressed in one or more of the weekly entries.

This reflection journal also allows students to outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and finally, how they met competencies and course objectives.

Scholarly Activities

Throughout the RN-to-BSN program, students are required to participate in scholarly activities outside of clinical practice or professional practice. Examples of scholarly activities include attending conferences, seminars, journal club, grand rounds, morbidity and mortality meetings, interdisciplinary committees, quality improvement committees, and any other opportunities available at your site, within your community, or nationally.

You are required to post one scholarly activity while you are in the BSN program, which should be documented by the end of this course. In addition to this submission, you are required to be involved and contribute to interdisciplinary initiatives on a regular basis.

In Topic 10, you will submit a summary report of your scholarly activity. You may use the “Scholarly Activity Summary” resource to help guide this assignment.

NRS-490-RS-ScholarlyActivitySummary.docx

 

NRS-490 Topic 2 DQ 1

 

During your practicum, determine what clinical problem or issue the organization is facing. Discuss two implications for nursing.

 

NRS-490 Topic 2 DQ 2

 

What is the main issue for your organization in addressing a solution to evidence-based nursing practice? Discuss what might be the first step in addressing and resolving this issue.

 

NRS-490 Topic 2 Assignment Capstone Project Topic Selection and Approval

Details:

In collaboration with your approved course mentor, you will identify a specific evidence-based practice proposal topic for the capstone project. Consider the clinical environment in which you are currently working or have recently worked. The capstone project topic can be a clinical practice problem, an organizational issue, a quality improvement suggestion, a leadership initiative, or an educational need appropriate to your area of interest as well as your practice immersion (practicum) setting. Examples of the integration of community health, leadership, and an EBP can be found on the “Educational and Community-Based Programs” page of the Healthy People 2020 website.

Write a 500-750 word description of your proposed capstone project topic. Make sure to include the following:

  1. The problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need that will be the focus of the project
  2. The setting or context in which the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need can be observed.
  3. A description providing a high level of detail regarding the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need.
  4. Impact of the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need on the work environment, the quality of care provided by staff, and patient outcomes.
  5. Significance of the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need and its implications to nursing.
  6. A proposed solution to the identified project topic

You are required to retrieve and assess a minimum of 8 peer-reviewed articles. Plan your time accordingly to complete this assignment.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

 

NRS 490 Topic 2 Practice Hours Completion Statement NRS-490

 

Details:

Students will track their practice hours throughout the course via the Practice Hours Completion Statement provided in this assignment.

Complete the following statement in a Word document and submit the attachment:

Practice Hours Completion Statement NRS-490

I, (INSERT NAME), verify that I have completed (NUMBER OF) practice hours in association with the goals and objectives for this course. I also verify that all required course approvals are in place from my faculty and practice mentor.

 

 

NRS 490 Topic 3 DQ 1

 

Submit a summary of six of your articles on the discussion board. Discuss one strength and one weakness to each of these six articles on why the article may or may not provide sufficient evidence for your practice change.

 

NRS 490 Topic 3 DQ 2 – Name two different methods for evaluating evidence. Compare and contrast these two methods.

NRS 490 Topic 3 Assignment PICOT Statement Paper

Details:

Review the Topic Materials and the work completed in NRS-433V to formulate a PICOT statement for your capstone project.A PICOT starts with a designated patient population in a particular clinical area and identifies clinical problems or issues that arise from clinical care. The intervention should be an independent, specified nursing change intervention. The intervention cannot require a provider prescription. Include a comparison to a patient population not currently receiving the intervention, and specify the timeframe needed to implement the change process. Formulate a PICOT statement using the PICOT format provided in the assigned readings. The PICOT statement will provide a framework for your capstone project. In a paper of 500-750 words, clearly identify the clinical problem and how it can result in a positive patient outcome. Make sure to address the following on the PICOT statement:

  1. Evidence-Based Solution
  2. Nursing Intervention
  3. Patient Care
  4. Health Care Agency
  5. Nursing Practice

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

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NRS 490 Topic 3 Practice Hours Completion Statement NRS-490

 

Details:

Students will track their practice hours throughout the course via the Practice Hours Completion Statement provided in this assignment.

Complete the following statement in a Word document and submit the attachment:

Practice Hours Completion Statement NRS-490

I, (INSERT NAME), verify that I have completed (NUMBER OF) practice hours in association with the goals and objectives for this course. I also verify that all required course approvals are in place from my faculty and practice mentor.

 

NRS 490 Topic 4 DQ 1

 

Why is understanding the health care system at the local level important to consider when planning an EBP implementation? Conduct research and solicit anecdotal evidence from your course mentor that you will take into consideration for your own change project.

 

Topic 4 DQ 2

 

Compare and contrast two change theories, and determine which theory makes the most sense for implementing your specific EBP project. Why? Has your mentor used either theory, and to what result?

 

NRS 490 Topic 4 Assignment Literature Evaluation Table

Details:

In nursing practice, accurate identification and application of research is essential to achieving successful outcomes. Being able to articulate the information and successfully summarize relevant peer-reviewed articles in a scholarly fashion helps to support the student’s ability and confidence to further develop and synthesize the progressively more complex assignments that constitute the components of the course change proposal capstone project.

For this assignment, the student will provide a synopsis of eight peer-reviewed articles from nursing journals using an evaluation table that determines the level and strength of evidence for each of the eight articles. The articles should be current within the last 5 years and closely relate to the PICOT statement developed earlier in this course. The articles may include quantitative research, descriptive analyses, longitudinal studies, or meta-analysis articles. A systematic review may be used to provide background information for the purpose or problem identified in the proposed capstone project. Use the “Literature Evaluation Table” resource to complete this assignment.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

NRS-490-RS-LiteratureEvaluationTable.docx

 

Topic 5 DQ 1 – Stakeholder support is necessary for a successful change proposal project implementation. Consider your internal stakeholders, such as the facility, unit or health care setting where the change process is situated, and your external stakeholders, like an individual or group outside the health care setting. Why is their support necessary to the success of your project, and how you will go about securing that support?

 

Topic 5 DQ 2 – Technology is integral to successful implementation in many projects, through either support or integration or both. Name at least one technology that could improve the implementation process and the outcomes of your EBP project. Do you plan to use this technology? If not, what are the barriers that prevent its use?

NRS 490 Topic 10 Assignment Benchmark – Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal

Details:

Students are required to maintain weekly reflective narratives throughout the course to combine into one course-long reflective journal that integrates leadership and inquiry into current practice as it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum course.

In your journal, you will reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout this course. The journal should address a variable combination of the following, depending on your specific practice immersion clinical experiences:

  1. New practice approaches

  2. Intraprofessional collaboration

  3. Health care delivery and clinical systems

  4. Ethical considerations in health care

  5. Population health concerns

  6. The role of technology in improving health care outcomes

  7. Health policy

  8. Leadership and economic models

  9. Health disparities

Students will outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and finally, how the student met the competencies aligned to this course.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

 

Topic 10 Assignment 2 Practice Hours Documentation

Details:

LoudCloud will be used to document and follow the status of your practice immersion hours throughout this course. Students must be able to document a minimum of 100 practice hours in association with this course to fulfill the total required practice hours in the RN-to-BSN program. Please review the Practice Hours Portfolio Required Elements below, then review the Guidelines for Undergraduate Field Experiences resource for details on what may or may not qualify as practice hours.

Practice Hours Portfolio Required Elements

The Practice Hours Portfolio will include all of the following elements:

  1. Individual Success Plan signed off by course mentor.
  2. Comprehensive clinical log of hours applied to program learning outcomes.
  3. Student evaluations (final).
  4. Course mentor evaluations (final).
  5. Faculty approvals of the Individual Success Plan and documented practice immersion hours. (Student is responsible for obtaining approvals.)

Course mentor’s approval of the Individual Success Plan and documented practice immersion hours. (Student is responsible for obtaining approvals.)

 

NRS 490 Topic 10 Assignment 3 Practice Immersion Clinical Evaluation Tools Submission

Details:

Submit the completed “Practice Immersion Clinical Evaluation Tool” to your course faculty by the end of the course, as it is required to successfully pass the course.

NRS-490-RS-PICET_EvalToolsCombined.docx

NRS 490 Topic 10 Assignment 4 Scholarly Activities

Details:

Throughout the RN-to-BSN program, students are required to participate in scholarly activities outside of clinical practice or professional practice. Examples of scholarly activities include attending conferences, seminars, journal club, grand rounds, morbidity and mortality meetings, interdisciplinary committees, quality improvement committees, and any other opportunities available at your site, within your community, or nationally.

You are required to post one scholarly activity while you are in the BSN program, which should be documented by the end of this course. In addition to this submission, you are required to be involved and contribute to interdisciplinary initiatives on a regular basis.

Submit, as the assignment, a summary report of the scholarly activity, including who, what, where, when and any relevant take-home points. Include the appropriate program competencies associated with the scholarly activity as well as future professional goals related to this activity. You may use the “Scholarly Activity Summary” resource to help guide this assignment.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

NRS-490-RS-ScholarlyActivitySummary.docx

Topic 6 DQ 1 After discussion with your mentor, name one financial aspect, one quality aspect, and one clinical aspect that need to be taken into account for developing the evidence-based practice project. Explain how your proposal will directly and indirectly impact each of the aspects.

 

Topic 6 DQ 2 Now that you have completed a series of assignments that have led you into the active project planning and development stage for your project, briefly describe your proposed solution to address the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need and how it has changed since you first envisioned it. What led to your current perspective and direction?

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NRS 490 Topic 6 Assignment Literature Review

Details:

While the implementation plan prepares students to apply their research to the problem or issue they have identified for their capstone change proposal project, the literature review enables students to map out and move into the active planning and development stages of the project.

A literature review analyzes how current research supports the PICOT, as well as identifies what is known and what is not known in the evidence. Students will use the information from the earlier PICOT Statement Paper and Literature Evaluation Table assignments to develop a 750-1,000 word review that includes the following sections:

  1. Title page
  2. Introduction section
  3. A comparison of research questions
  4. A comparison of sample populations
  5. A comparison of the limitations of the study
  6. A conclusion section, incorporating recommendations for further research

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

 

NRS 490 Topic 7 DQ 1

Max Points: 5.0

Describe one internal and one external method for the dissemination of your EBP project results. For example, an internal method may be the hospital board, and an external method may be a professional nursing organization. Discuss why it is important to report your results to both of these groups. How will your communication strategies change for each group?

 

NRS 490 Topic 7 DQ 2

Max Points: 5.0

In order to evaluate an evidence-based practice project, it is important to be able to determine the effectiveness of your change. Discuss one way you will be able to evaluate whether your project made a difference in practice.

 

Topic 8 DQ 1 Based on how you will evaluate your EBP project, which independent and dependent variables do you need to collect? Why?

 

Topic 8 DQ 2 Not all EBP projects result in statistically significant results. Define clinical significance, and explain the difference between clinical and statistical significance. How can you use clinical significance to support positive outcomes in your project?

 

Topic 9 DQ 1

 

Discuss one personal strength and one weakness you have regarding professional presentations. Name one method for improvement for each of these, and discuss why it is important for you to work on these skills if you want to present your findings in a more formal setting.

 

Topic 9 DQ 2 Sustaining change can be difficult, as there are many variables that can affect implementation. One critical component of EBP is to ensure that practice change is part of an organization’s culture so it will continue to impact outcomes over time. Name two potential barriers that may prevent your EBP change proposal from continuing to obtain the same desired results 6 months to a year from now, and your strategies for overcoming these barriers.

 

NRS 490 Topic 9 Assignment Benchmark – Capstone Project Change Proposal

Details:

In this assignment, students will pull together the change proposal project components they have been working on throughout the course to create a proposal inclusive of sections for each content focus area in the course. At the conclusion of this project, the student will be able to apply evidence-based research steps and processes required as the foundation to address a clinically oriented problem or issue in future practice.

Students will develop a 1,250-1,500 word paper that includes the following information as it applies to the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need profiled in the capstone change proposal:

  1. Background

  2. Problem statement

  3. Purpose of the change proposal

  4. PICOT

  5. Literature search strategy employed

  6. Evaluation of the literature

  7. Applicable change or nursing theory utilized

  8. Proposed implementation plan with outcome measures

  9. Identification of potential barriers to plan implementation, and a discussion of how these could be overcome

  10. Appendix section, if tables, graphs, surveys, educational materials, etc. are created

Review the feedback from your instructor on the Topic 3 assignment, PICOT Statement Paper, and Topic 6 assignment, Literature Review. Use the feedback to make appropriate revisions to the portfolio components before submitting.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

 

Topic 10 DQ 1

Max Points: 5.0

Dissemination of EBP and research, such as presenting results at a conference or writing an article for a journal, is an important part of professional practice. Identify one professional journal and one nursing or health care conference where you might present your project. Discuss why each of your choices is the best option for you to disseminate your new knowledge.
NRS 490 Topic 10 DQ 2 Discuss why EBP is an essential component of the practice of a BSN-prepared RN. Identify two ways in which you will continue to integrate evidence into your practice and encourage it within your work environment. What obstacles could challenge this plan, and what steps will you take to minimize their impact?