Based upon your learning during this week’s lesson, consider how research and evidence-based practice shape nursing and healthcare delivery. Respond to the following:
Why are research and evidence-based practice important for professional nursing?
How do research and evidence-based practice impact quality and safety in the healthcare delivery?
What is one example where research or evidence-based practice is improving health outcomes in your area of practice or in your organization?
If you were to conduct an evidence-based practice initiative, what practice-related issue would you address, and why?
What theoretical framework, model, or nursing theory would you use to guide the evidence-based practice initiative?
The initial posting must meet the following expectations:
· Address the TD question in a thorough, substantive manner.
o Demonstrate application of scholarly resources.
§ Provide relevant evidence of two scholarly resources in the initial post, clearly stating how the evidence informed or changed professional or academic decisions.
§ One scholarly resource must be from a nursing peer-reviewed journal.
o Demonstrate application of course knowledge.
§ Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the course lesson and outside readings and relate them to real-life, professional situations.
§ Compare concepts and principles from the weekly lesson with personal experience as it applies to the practice setting.
· Include correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, and sentence and paragraph structure.
· Include a minimum of two scholarly sources, current within five years, to support information presented.
o Scholarly sources required for the TD must be sources that are separate from course-related sources and/or reading assignments.
o If course-related sources or readings are used as a source in the TD, they must be in addition to the required scholarly sources for the discussion and must be cited following the current APA guidelines.
o If used as a source in the assignment, course-related readings must meet the criteria for scholarly work: current within five years.
o Sources older than five years may not be used without the permission of the course professor.
o Correct APA format for citing and referencing sources is applied. The initial posting must meet the following expectations:
· Address the TD question in a thorough, substantive manner.
o Demonstrate application of scholarly resources.
§ Provide relevant evidence of two scholarly resources in the initial post, clearly stating how the evidence informed or changed professional or academic decisions.
§ One scholarly resource must be from a nursing peer-reviewed journal.
o Demonstrate application of course knowledge.
§ Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the course lesson and outside readings and relate them to real-life, professional situations.
§ Compare concepts and principles from the weekly lesson with personal experience as it applies to the practice setting.
· Include correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, and sentence and paragraph structure.
· Include a minimum of two scholarly sources, current within five years, to support information presented.
o Scholarly sources required for the TD must be sources that are separate from course-related sources and/or reading assignments.
o If course-related sources or readings are used as a source in the TD, they must be in addition to the required scholarly sources for the discussion and must be cited following the current APA guidelines.
o If used as a source in the assignment, course-related readings must meet the criteria for scholarly work: current within five years.
o Sources older than five years may not be used without the permission of the course professor.
o Correct APA format for citing and referencing sources is applied. The initial posting must meet the following expectations:
· Address the TD question in a thorough, substantive manner.
o Demonstrate application of scholarly resources.
§ Provide relevant evidence of two scholarly resources in the initial post, clearly stating how the evidence informed or changed professional or academic decisions.
§ One scholarly resource must be from a nursing peer-reviewed journal.
o Demonstrate application of course knowledge.
§ Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the course lesson and outside readings and relate them to real-life, professional situations.
§ Compare concepts and principles from the weekly lesson with personal experience as it applies to the practice setting.
· Include correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, and sentence and paragraph structure.
· Include a minimum of two scholarly sources, current within five years, to support information presented.
o Scholarly sources required for the TD must be sources that are separate from course-related sources and/or reading assignments.
o If course-related sources or readings are used as a source in the TD, they must be in addition to the required scholarly sources for the discussion and must be cited following the current APA guidelines.
o If used as a source in the assignment, course-related readings must meet the criteria for scholarly work: current within five years.
o Sources older than five years may not be used without the permission of the course professor.
o Correct APA format for citing and referencing sources is applied. The initial posting must meet the following expectations:
· Address the TD question in a thorough, substantive manner.
o Demonstrate application of scholarly resources.
§ Provide relevant evidence of two scholarly resources in the initial post, clearly stating how the evidence informed or changed professional or academic decisions.
§ One scholarly resource must be from a nursing peer-reviewed journal.
o Demonstrate application of course knowledge.
§ Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the course lesson and outside readings and relate them to real-life, professional situations.
§ Compare concepts and principles from the weekly lesson with personal experience as it applies to the practice setting.
· Include correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, and sentence and paragraph structure.
· Include a minimum of two scholarly sources, current within five years, to support information presented.
o Scholarly sources required for the TD must be sources that are separate from course-related sources and/or reading assignments.
o If course-related sources or readings are used as a source in the TD, they must be in addition to the required scholarly sources for the discussion and must be cited following the current APA guidelines.
o If used as a source in the assignment, course-related readings must meet the criteria for scholarly work: current within five years.
o Sources older than five years may not be used without the permission of the course professor.
o Correct APA format for citing and referencing sources is applied. The initial posting must meet the following expectations:
· Address the TD question in a thorough, substantive manner.
o Demonstrate application of scholarly resources.
§ Provide relevant evidence of two scholarly resources in the initial post, clearly stating how the evidence informed or changed professional or academic decisions.
§ One scholarly resource must be from a nursing peer-reviewed journal.
o Demonstrate application of course knowledge.
§ Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the course lesson and outside readings and relate them to real-life, professional situations.
§ Compare concepts and principles from the weekly lesson with personal experience as it applies to the practice setting.
· Include correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, and sentence and paragraph structure.
· Include a minimum of two scholarly sources, current within five years, to support information presented.
o Scholarly sources required for the TD must be sources that are separate from course-related sources and/or reading assignments.
o If course-related sources or readings are used as a source in the TD, they must be in addition to the required scholarly sources for the discussion and must be cited following the current APA guidelines.
o If used as a source in the assignment, course-related readings must meet the criteria for scholarly work: current within five years.
o Sources older than five years may not be used without the permission of the course professor.
o Correct APA format for citing and referencing sources is applied. The initial posting must meet the following expectations:
· Address the TD question in a thorough, substantive manner.
o Demonstrate application of scholarly resources.
§ Provide relevant evidence of two scholarly resources in the initial post, clearly stating how the evidence informed or changed professional or academic decisions.
§ One scholarly resource must be from a nursing peer-reviewed journal.
o Demonstrate application of course knowledge.
§ Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the course lesson and outside readings and relate them to real-life, professional situations.
§ Compare concepts and principles from the weekly lesson with personal experience as it applies to the practice setting.
· Include correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, and sentence and paragraph structure.
· Include a minimum of two scholarly sources, current within five years, to support information presented.
o Scholarly sources required for the TD must be sources that are separate from course-related sources and/or reading assignments.
o If course-related sources or readings are used as a source in the TD, they must be in addition to the required scholarly sources for the discussion and must be cited following the current APA guidelines.
o If used as a source in the assignment, course-related readings must meet the criteria for scholarly work: current within five years.
o Sources older than five years may not be used without the permission of the course professor.
o Correct APA format for citing and referencing sources is applied.
Readings:
Melnyk, B., & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2015). Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: A guide to best practice (3rd ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
Pugh, L. (2012). Evidence-based practice: Context, concerns and challenges. In S. Dearholt & D. Dang (Eds.), Johns Hopkins nursing evidence-based practice: Model and guidelines (2nd ed ., pp. 314). Sigma Thea Tau International.
Sacket, D., Straus, S., Richardson, W., Rosenberg, W., & Hayes, R. (2000). Evidenced-based medicine: How to practice and teach EBM (2nd ed.). Churchill Livingstone.
