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- Describe three concepts addressed in this course that you believe will have the greatest impact on your practice after you have earned the Doctor of Nursing practice (DNP) degree. The concepts can be narrow, for example, the role of the null hypothesis in determining statistical significance. Or the concepts can be broad, for example, the importance of interpreting the clinical significance of findings when considering whether an intervention has a strong potential for making a positive change in the quality of care given to your patients in your setting.
- Envision implementing practice projects in your setting. Have any practice projects been implemented in your setting or agency? If not, find an article that described in some detail the implementation of a practice change project. To what extent were research results used as the basis for the change? Describe the process and whether the project had a long-term positive effect. What are the facilitators in your setting that will help you implement this important aspect of the nurse with an advanced degree? What are the barriers in your setting to implementing this role?
Euthenasia Forum
Based on your assigned readings and lecture materials this week, engage with your peers and me by initiating a thread or responding to another peer’s thread or one of my threads. You should post a minimum of three times.
- Is there something you are learning this week that you are excited about?
- Can you apply any of the concepts this week to the career you are interested in pursuing?
- Do you have any questions about the concepts you are learning this week?
- There is no minimum or maximum word count. You will be graded on the relevance of your post to the topic and the application of the concepts.
- When responding to your peers, you should extend, refute/correct, or add additional nuance to their posts.
- All replies must be constructive and follow proper netiquette. Click here to go to the Academic Continuity Guide for Students and read the Course Communication Guidelines (Netiquette)Links to an external site..
nursing statistics
Purpose:
This assignment gives the student the opportunity to develop an abbreviated DNP project proposal with a priority focus on developing a plan for statistical analysis that includes methods for gathering and recording data.
Process:
Choose a topic you are interested in as a possible topic for the project you will conduct toward the end of the program. You may, and probably will, change your mind about a focus for the DNP project many times as the program goes on. The purpose of this project is not for you to create a first draft of the project you will conduct. The purpose is for you to demonstrate how to formulate a data analysis plan that will fulfill the purpose of a practice change project.
Objectives:
- Summarize previous research that justifies the importance of and an intervention related to a nursing practice issue.
- Create and analyze the components of a correctly worded project purpose statement and project question for a hypothetical nursing practice change project.
- Develop the methods section with emphasis on the details of a data analysis plan for a hypothetical nursing practice change project.
- Discuss the results of a hypothetical nursing practice change project.
- utilize professional and correct use of APA format and style.
Module 2: Topic, PICO Question, & Article
Choose a topic from the topic list on the attached instructions.
Write a PICO question that relates to your topic.
Find a quantitative nursing research article. Make sure that it is actually nursing research. You may not use any of the following:
- A retrospective study (exceptions as noted on worksheet)
- A mixed methods study
- A qualitative research article
- A systematic review
- A quality improvement article
- An evidence based practice article
You may not use the article that is being used for the RACs in this course session.
If you are repeating the class, you may not use the article or topic that you used for your last attempt at this class.
You may receive help from librarians in finding an article, but you are ultimately responsible for whether it meets requirements or not.
Upload the worksheet and your article. The article must be in pdf format.
Topics
Addiction
Adherence
Alarm safety
Comfort
Delirium
Depression
Diabetes management
Discharge teaching
Falls
Functional ability
Health and wellbeing of nurses
Hospital readmission rates
Infection control
Mobility
Pain
Prenatal teaching
Prevention of post operative complications
Prevention of pressure ulcers
Sleep disturbances
Stress
Now, we will construct your question.
First, make sure that your question is a practice question, not a research question.
A practice question is a question that answers a problem you have as a practicing nurse. A research question focuses more on basic knowledge. Sometimes there is some overlap, and there are questions that could be either practice questions or research question.
First, identify each element of your PICO on the line below, then take a look at the templates below to help you formulate a PICO(T) question.
P: Population/disease ( i.e. age, gender, ethnicity, with a certain disorder)
P: _______________________________________________________________
I: Intervention or Variable of Interest (exposure to a disease, risk behavior, prognostic factor) Note: Not every question will have an intervention (as in a meaning question – see below).
I: _______________________________________________________________
C: Comparison: (could be a placebo or “business as usual” as in no disease, absence of risk factor). Note: This is not used in a meaning question – see below.
C: ______________________________________________________________
O: Outcome: (risk of disease, accuracy of a diagnosis, rate of occurrence of adverse outcome)
O: _______________________________________________________________
T: Time: The time it takes to demonstrate an outcome (e.g. the time it takes for the intervention to achieve an outcome or how long participants are observed). This is an optional “add-on” for a PICO question.
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For PICO questions about a nursing intervention/therapy:
In _______(P), what is the effect of _______(I) on ______(O) compared with _______(C) within ________ (T)?
For PICO etiology questions:
Are ____ (P) who have _______ (I) at ___ (increased/decreased) risk for/of_______ (O) compared with ______ (P) with/without ______ (C) over _____ (T)?
For PICO questions involving prevention:
For ________ (P) does the use of ______ (I) reduce the future risk of ________ (O) compared with _________ (C)?
For PICO questions that predict:
Does __________ (I) influence ________ (O) in patients who have _______ (P) over ______ (T)?
When you have decided on the final form of your topic and your PICO(T) question, fill out the worksheet and upload it in Canvas. Be sure to upload your quantitative nursing research article as well.
Topic, PICO(T), and Article Worksheetv3.docx
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