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Essentials Of Evidence-Based Practice

The dissemination of EBP results serves multiple important roles. Sharing results makes the case for your decisions. It also adds to the body of knowledge, which creates opportunities for future practitioners. By presenting results, you also become an advocate for EBP, creating a culture within your organization or beyond that informs, educates, and promotes the effective use of EBP.

To Prepare:

  • Review the final PowerPoint presentation you submitted in Module 5, and make any necessary changes based on the feedback you have received and on lessons you have learned throughout the course.
  • Consider the best method of disseminating the results of your presentation to an audience.

To Complete:

Create a 5-minute, 5- to 6-slide narrated PowerPoint presentation of your Evidence-Based Project.

  • Be sure to incorporate any feedback or changes from your presentation submission in Module 5.

Milestone One

Develop a profile of the not-for-profit organization on which you will perform your strategic analysis.


Submit a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document (not including the title page or references). It should be double spaced with 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and APA formatting.


Assignment Rubric and pertain documents are attached. 

Assessment: Evidence-Based Practice And The Quadruple Aim

  

Write a brief analysis (no longer than 2 pages) of the connection between evidence-based practice and the Quadruple Aim. 


Define the Quadruple Aim and explain its application to evidence-based practice.

Your analysis should address how evidence-based practice might (or might not) help reach the Quadruple Aim, including each of the four measures of:
  

o Patient experience (23 paragraphs)

  

o Population health (23 paragraphs)

  

o Costs (23 paragraphs)

  

o Work-life of healthcare providers (23 paragraphs)


  

Provide a citation for each resource you used to write your response to this Assessment. The following citation has been provided as an example:

Nursing Care Models

The purpose of this assignment is to identify nursing care models (not Nursing Theories) utilized in today's various health care settings and enhance your knowledge of how models impact the management of care and may influence delegation. You will assess the effectiveness of models and determine how you would collaborate with a nurse leader to identify opportunities for improvement to ensure quality, safety and staff satisfaction.

Course Outcomes

Completion of this assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.

CO1: Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of high quality nursing care, healthcare team management, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings. (PO2)

CO2: Implement patient safety and quality improvement initiatives within the context of the interprofessional team through communication and relationship building. (PO3)

CO3: Particip

CAPSTONE-CHANGE PROPOSAL

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:
Background
Problem statement
Purpose of the change proposal
PICOT
Literature search strategy employed
Evaluation of the literature
Applicable change or nursing theory utilized
Proposed implementation plan with outcome measures
Identification of potential barriers to plan implementation, and a discussion of how these could be ov

Any topic (writer’s choice)

Clinical Community Assessment
Goal: Using a variety of instruments (Windshield Survey, Community Assessment Tool, Screening interviews, etc.) while at your clinical site, you will assess the community location and people whom the agency serves. This will lead to a list of identified, prioritized health needs and your recommendations for intervention.

Instructions:  To be submitted as one Word document.

Familiarize yourself with the instruments for a Windshield Survey (Website Resource 15C, p. 425) and The Community Assessment Tool applied to Phenomenological Communities (Website Resource 15A, p. 425). You may also wish to review Chapter 13, Box 13-1 (p. 343) for examples of assessments that may be appropriate for your community agencys population, since the Community Assessment Tool includes some screening data and information from clients.
Plan how you will obtain the information for the assessments.
Conduct a Windshield Survey assessment during Clinical We

Macronutrient Breakdown

 

Jackie is a healthy women. She is 45 years old and 5'7" tall. Jackie's current weight is 160 lbs. She exercises 4-5 times per week but is struggling to meet her goal weight. Jackie is seeking your clinical advice to lose 15 lbs in 3 months. Her target weight goal is 145 lbs. Write a basic meal plan for your client. Include how many calories each day she will need to consume to lose 1-2 lbs each week Calculate her complete macronutrient breakdown including; total carb consumption, total fat consumption, total protein consumption Explain the rationale for all of your choices

Urinary System

1. List and define 5 indicators for urinalysis. 

2. Explain the difference between Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes Insipidus.

3. Divide. Label and give meaning of three medical terms pertaining to the urinary system

4. In the urinary system case study for this week's module, the two patients had many signs and symptoms and were diagnosed by the same physician..

  • a. What were the symptoms experienced by each patient?
  • b. What signs were evident from the lab tests?
  • c. What was the diagnosis for each patient?
  • d. What was done to reach the final diagnosis?

Off-Label Drug Use In Pediatrics

 

To Prepare
  • Review the interactive media piece in this weeks Resources and  reflect on the types of drugs used to treat pediatric patients with mood  disorders.
  • Reflect on situations in which children should be prescribed drugs for off-label use.
  • Think about strategies to make the off-label use and dosage of drugs  safer for children from infancy to adolescence. Consider specific  off-label drugs that you think require extra care and attention when  used in pediatrics.
By Day 5 of Week 11

Write a 1-page narrative in APA format that addresses the following:

  • Explain the circumstances under which children should be prescribed drugs for off-label use. Be specific and provide examples.
  • Describe strategies to make the off-label use and dosage of drugs  safer for children from infancy to adolescence. Include descriptions and  names of off-label

Week 4 Discussion.

This week you have learned about common cardiovascular disorders in the Adult and Geriatric patient. For the purpose of this discussion select one of the following cardiovascular disorders and provide the following in your initial post:

  • Common Signs and symptoms seen
  • Screening assessment tools
  • Recommended diagnostic tests (if any)
  • Treatment plans both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic based on current clinical practice guidelines

Cardiovascular disorders:

  • CHF
  • Valve disorders
  • Angina
  • PVD

Provide references.