Discussion:Applying Nursing Practice to Research

Discussion:Applying Nursing Practice to Research

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Discussion:Applying Nursing Practice to Research

Question Description
Overview

Imagine you are on a team at your workplace and have identified a new best practice to implement. In this assignment, you will describe the steps of implementing this new practice. This will require you to do some research of your own about how change comes about in your workplace. You will need to check your policies and procedures and may need to talk with a supervisor with experience in this area. You will need to support your thoughts on why you think a change needs to occur. This should be done by using the literature.

Objectives

Differentiate among research, research utilization, and evidence-based practice
Identify the steps of evidence-based practice
References

Minimum of four (4) total references: two (2) references from required course materials and two (2) peer-reviewed references. All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information)

Criteria
Levels of Achievement
Accomplished
Needs Improvement
Not Acceptable
Introduction
7 to 7 Points
 Clearly states the purpose of the paper.
 Provides a comprehensive overview of topic or questions.
 Engages the reader.
 Organized and has easy follow.
2 to 6 Points
 Overview is provided, but key points/ideas are missing.
 Purpose statement is not clear.
 Does not engage the reader.
 Somewhat disorganized but still comprehensible
0 to 1 Points
 Does not provide an overview of the paper or is absent.
 No purpose statement.
Body
Key Requirement 1: Identifies a best new practice to implement
5 to 5 Points
 Student clearly identifies a new best practice for his or her workplace
 Provides explanation and examples as to why this practice was chosen.
3 to 4 Points
 Student identifies a new best practice for his or her workplace
 Does not provide explanation or examples as to why this practice was chosen.
0 to 2 Points
 Does not provide a new best practice for his or her workplace.
Key Requirement 2: Describes the steps to implementing the best new practice (from your workplace)
7 to 7 Points
 Clearly describes the steps to implementing this change.
 Shows that research has been done on how to implement this change in the workplace.
3 to 6 Points
 Partially describes the steps to implementing this change, but misses steps or has omissions.
0 to 2 Points
 The steps to implementing an evidence based new best practice in the workplace are not addressed.
Key Requirement 3: Supports the implementation of this best new practice through the literature
8 to 8 Points
 Student thoroughly supports the implementation of the new best practice with current research articles.
3 to 7 Points
 An overview on why implementing this new best practice is provided, but it is not thoroughly supported by the literature.
0 to 2 Points
 Student does not support the implementation of the new best practice with current research articles.
Conclusion
7 to 7 Points
 Summarizes paper and reflects on what the reader has learned from the paper.
 Demonstrates persuasive thought and is well organized.
2 to 6 Points
 Merely summarizes the introduction or contains new ideas not present in the paper contents.
 Somewhat disorganized but still comprehensible
0 to 1 Points
 Simply restates the introduction or is absent.
 Disorganized to the point of distraction

Discussion:Applying Nursing Practice to Research

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.