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NR505 Advanced Research Methods: Evidence-Based Practice

Week 1 Discussion

Identification of Area of Interest

For this discussion, the focus is on presenting the area of interest for the evidence-based practice proposal that is required for this course.

State your area of evidence-based practice (EBP) interest consistent with your specialty track.

State your MSN program specialty track and defend how your selected area of EBP interest is consistent with your selected MSN program track.

Defend how your area of interest is of importance to the MSN program specialty track you have selected—scholarly references are required.

Identify an initial PICOT question that reflects your area of interest for the evidence-based practice proposal.

NR505 Advanced Research Methods: Evidence-Based Practice

Week 2 Discussion

PICOT/PICo and Practice Questions

The focus for Week 2 is the development of a PICOT question.

Using the area of interest from Week 1, identify the following.

Create a PICOT question using the standard quantitative PICOT format.

Identify your practice question, being sure to include the following.

A questioning part such as "what is," "what are," "is there," or "are there"

Population

Intervention

Comparison

Outcome

In ________(Population) what is the effect of ___________(Intervention) in comparison to ___________ (Comparison) on _____________ (Outcome).

NR505 Advanced Research Methods: Evidence-Based Practice

Week 3 Discussion

Collaboration Café

Your instructor will be monitoring the Collaboration Café but not participating as this is your opportunity to give and receive feedback from your peers. The Collaboration Café is graded this week (50 points). There are no scholarly references required in this discussion format. Please see the guidelines and grading rubric below.

This week in your lesson, there was quite a bit of discussion about quantitative research. In thinking about your PICOT question for your MSN project, in your opinion and your experience with your area of interest, what value can quantitative research bring as you review the evidence to support your project?

NR505 Advanced Research Methods: Evidence-Based Practice

Week 4 Discussion

Collaboration Café

Your instructor will be monitoring the Collaboration Café but not participating as this is your opportunity to give and receive feedback from your peers. The Collaboration Café is graded this week (50 points). There are no scholarly references required in this discussion format. Please see the guidelines and grading rubric below.

This week in your lesson, there was quite a bit of discussion about qualitative research. In thinking about your PICOT question for your MSN project, in your opinion and your experience with your area of interest, what value can qualitative research bring as you review the evidence to support your project?

NR505 Advanced Research Methods: Evidence-Based Practice

Week 5 Discussion

Collaboration Café

Data collection in research is similar to collecting data during physical and history assessments. Share a time that you collected data on your patient and analyzed the results to develop a plan of care. How will this be similar to the data collection for your evidence-based practice project?

NR505 Advanced Research Methods: Evidence-Based Practice

Week 6 Discussion

Collaboration Café

As you have learned this week in your lesson and reading, credibility of the results of your project are extremely important. In reviewing both statistical and clinical significance, which one of these do you feel is most important to your project and why?

NR505 Advanced Research Methods: Evidence-Based Practice

Week 7 Discussion

Collaboration Café

Think of a time in which you encountered a challenging change process (personal or professional) and answer the following questions/prompts:

Was the change planned or unplanned?

List the elements that made this change difficulty.

Who were the people involved, and what were their attitudes toward the change?

What were some lessons learned by you during the change process?

NR505 Advanced Research Methods: Evidence-Based Practice

Week 8 Discussion

Collaboration Cafe

Reflect on what you have learned in this course and give an example of how you will promote evidence-based practice in the advanced practice setting.

NR505 Advanced Research Methods: Evidence-Based Practice

Week 2 Assignment

PICOT Worksheet Assignment

Purpose

This assignment provides the opportunity for the student to work on an identified area or phenomenon of interest and nursing concern/problem related to their MSN specialty track.

Click the following link for a printable version of the instructions below: NR505 Week 2 PICOT Worksheet Assignment (Links to an external site.)

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

CO#1 Integrate evidence-based practice and research to support advancement of holistic nursing care in diverse healthcare settings. PO 1

CO#2 Integrate knowledge related to evidence-based practice and person-centered care to improve healthcare outcomes. PO 2, 5

CO#4 Develop knowledge related to research and evidence-based practice as a basis for designing and critiquing research studies. PO 1, 2, 3, 5

Requirements

Description of the Assignment

This assignment will allow the student to identify a nursing practice concern or problem within their chosen MSN specialty track. For this course, the selected practice concern or problem and nursing theory then serve as a foundation to the identification of PICOT question. Identification of the literature search terms will prepare you for the Research Summary Table assignment due in week 5. The purpose of the assignments in this course is to translate evidence currently found in the literature into practice within the chosen MSN specialty track.

Criteria for Content

Answer all the questions in the first section of the PICOT worksheet (Links to an external site.)

Identify your MSN Specialty Track

Describe the practice concern/problem.

Why is this concern/problem important to nursing and healthcare?

What is the scope of the concern?

What evidence is there for the need for change?

Include a minimum of two scholarly sources.

Define each element of your PICOT question

P-Population and problem - What is the nursing practice concern or problem and whom does it affect?

I-Intervention - What evidence-based solution for the problem would you like to apply?

C-Comparison - what is another solution for the problem? Note that this is typically the current practice, no intervention at all, or an alternative solutions.

O-Outcome - Very specifically, how will you know that the intervention worked? Think about how you will measure the outcome.

T-Time frame - For the purpose of the EBP project, keep the timeframe within 6-8 weeks.

Write your PICOT question in the standard PICOT question format

Identify the key search terms and phrases for your literature search.

Identify a theoretical framework/nursing theory that will guide your EBP project.

Preparing the Assignment

Criteria for Format and Special Instructions

The PICOT worksheet will include a title page and reference page.

Title page and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the 6th edition of the manual.

A minimum of 2 (two) appropriate research-based scholarly references must be used. References must be current - within a 5-year timeframe.

Proper citation and reference are required for the Ideas and information from scholarly, peer-reviewed sources.

Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal, scientific writing.

NR505 Advanced Research Methods: Evidence-Based Practice

Week 5 Assignment

Research Summary Assignment

Purpose:

This assignment provides the opportunity for the student to continue development of a MSN EBP scholarly project that started with the identification of a nursing issue/problem and PICOT question from Week 2. The focus of this assignment is to review the pertinent literature that supports the practice change intervention.

Click the following link for a printable version of the instructions below: NR505 Week 5 Research Summary Assignment (Links to an external site.)

Course Outcome:

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcome:

CO #1. Integrate evidence-based practice and research to support advancement of holistic nursing care in diverse healthcare settings. (PO # 1)

CO #2. Integrate knowledge related to evidence-based practice and person-centered care to improve healthcare (PO #2, 5)

CO #4. Develop knowledge related to research and evidence-based practice as a basis for designing and critiquing research studies. (PO 1, 2, 3, 5)

CO #5. Analyze research findings and evidence-based practice to advance holistic nursing care initiatives that promote positive healthcare outcomes. (PO 1, 2, 5)

Requirements

Description of the Assignment: This continues the development of a MSN EBP scholarly project by identifying and reviewing a minimum of ten scholarly, peer-reviewed research articles in support of the practice change intervention identified in the PICOT question.

Criteria for Content

Review ten (10) scholarly, peer-reviewed research articles in support of the practice change intervention.

Complete the Research Summary Table Template (Links to an external site.)

State the PICOT question

For each article, complete each section of the table:

Write the reference for the article in APA format

Write the purpose of the research study

Identify the Research study method

Identify the Participants

Write the data collection methods used

Write the findings of the study

Identify the limitations of the study

Discuss the relevance the study has to your PICOT question

Preparing the Assignment

Criteria for Format and Special Instructions

Add a Title page to the Research Summary Table Template. No reference page is necessary since each article will be identified and placed in APA format within the table.

Title page and references must follow APA guidelines as found in the 6th edition of the manual.

All scholarly, peer-reviewed research articles must be current - within a 5-year time frame unless a valid rationale is provided and the instructor has approved the use of the older reference.

NR505 Advanced Research Methods: Evidence-Based Practice

Week 7 Assignment

Evidence-Based Practice Project Proposal Outline

Purpose

This assignment culminates the evidence-based practice change proposal using the provided Evidence-Based Practice Project Proposal Template. Added components to the EBP change proposal include identification of key stakeholders, data collection and analysis methods, and expected outcomes related to the chosen nursing practice change and PICOT question.

Click the following link for a printable version of the instructions: NR505 Week 7 Evidence-Based Practice Project Proposal Assignment (Links to an external site.)

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

CO #1. Integrate evidence-based practice and research to support advancement of holistic nursing care in diverse healthcare settings. (PO # 1)

CO #2. Integrate knowledge related to evidence-based practice and person-centered care to improve healthcare outcomes. (PO #2, 5)

CO #4. Develop knowledge related to research and evidence-based practice as a basis for designing and critiquing research studies. (PO 1, 2, 3, 5)

CO #5. Analyze research findings and evidence-based practice to advance holistic nursing care initiatives that promote positive healthcare outcomes. (PO 1, 2, 5)

Requirements

Description of the Assignment

For this assignment, the student will complete the Evidence-Based Practice Change Project Proposal Template (Links to an external site.). The areas within the template include identification of the nursing practice issue/problem, PICOT question, theoretical framework, literature review, key stakeholders, data collection methods, analysis and expected outcomes.

Criteria for Content

Complete the following sections within the Evidence-Based Practice Change Project Proposal Template:

Nursing Practice issue/problem - describe the area of interest and practice issue/problem within your nursing specialty area. Identify your MSN Specialty Track.

PICOT question - Restate your PICOT question.

Key stakeholders - identify the key stakeholders involved in your practice change project.

Theoretical framework - describe the theoretical framework guiding your practice change project.

Literature review - Summarize the literature review from the Research Summary Table completed in week 5.

Data collection methods - Describe the data collection methods for your practice change project

Data analysis - Describe how you will analyze the data collected.

Expected Outcomes - What are the expected outcomes from this practice change project?

Preparing the Assignment

Criteria for Format and Special Instructions

Completion of the Evidence-Based Practice Change Project Proposal Template. Title page and reference page added to the template. Scholarly literature is used - citations and references. APA guidelines as found in the 6th edition of the manual is followed.