Assessment 3 Instructions: Evaluating and Sustaining Change From EBP
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• Apply steps of EBP in a 4-6 page paper. The goal is to create a culture of evidence in the setting presented.
Introduction
The ultimate goal of EBP is to create a culture of evidence in an organization or practice setting. This assessment allows you to finalize the steps on EBP in relation to a health care challenge scenario, and to incorporate the importance of interprofessional communication and collaboration to appropriately assess and address the health care needs of patients and to promote and advance the health of populations.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
o Competency 1: Apply the steps of the evidence-based practice process to a health care challenge.
Analyze the internal and external evidence related to a health care challenge.
Develop a continuing evaluation plan in relation to the outcomes from an intervention in EBP.
o Competency 4: Acknowledge your own strengths and weaknesses in relationship to writing as a doctoral professional.
Apply selected resources to improve doctoral writing skills.
o Competency 5: Apply knowledge of your own role and those of other professions to appropriately assess and address the health care needs of patients and to promote and advance the health of populations.
Describe strategies to sustain the evidence-based practice improvements in collaboration with professionals in health care and other fields.
o Competency 6: Address assessment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.
Preparation
The following resources are required for the assessment.
o Vila Health: Creating a Culture of Evidence.
o Carlfjord, S., Öhrn, A., & Gunnarsson, A. (2018). Experiences from ten years of incident reporting in health care: A qualitative study among department managers and coordinators. BMC Health Services Research, 18, 1–9.
Instructions
Write a paper in which you complete the steps of the EBP process and work toward creating a culture of evidence. These instructions provide the scoring guide criteria along with explanatory details as needed.
Analyze the outcomes of an intervention in the EBP process.
o Restate the PICOT question and provide a transition to Step 5 of the EBP process. In this step, an evidence-based intervention has been implemented and data about the outcomes has been gathered. Review the information provided, showing results for the evidence-based practice change that was implemented in 2020 compared to baseline data from 2018 and 2019. Analyze both qualitative and quantitative outcomes.
Develop a continuing evaluation plan in relation to the outcomes from an intervention in EBP.
o Discuss additional data that needs to be collected and methods for doing so. Was the data collected enough to show whether the evidence-based intervention was successful? When should the same or other data be collected to continue evaluating the intervention? How often?
Describe strategies to sustain the evidence-based practice improvements through collaboration with professionals in health care and other fields.
o Recommend strategies to sustain this EBP. This may include how to teach providers or staff about EBP, how to facilitate changes in attitudes and behaviors, and how to lead the changes. Make recommendations about how the organization can create a culture of evidence.
Apply selected resources to improve doctoral writing skills.
o Include an appendix after your reference page in which you identify a writing improvement and/or a writing resource used based upon the feedback you have received via Smarthinking during the course. Include evidence of the implementation of a tool such as the MEAL plan, outlining, reverse outlining, and/or various resources explaining the appropriate use of evidence. Identify how you used this tool to improve your paper.
Additional Requirements
o APA Format: Citations and references in APA format 7th edition
o Paper Length: 4–6 pages, not including title and reference pages.
o Writing: Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.
o Include a running head
