Purpose of the Project
The student is expected to provide a Change Proposal based on the chosen PICOT (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Time) question and the information on it (Riva, Malik, Burnie, Endicott, & Busse, 2012). The students are expected to formulate the question on their own and provide a proposal to address it. The hypothetical situation is that the student is a nurse in a hospital setting and has uncovered a nursing problem that requires intervention on a hospital level. Through this proposal, the student must convince the hospital management team to change the current nursing practices towards the nursing problem of their choice.
The purpose of this project is to enable the student to apply the theories and principles of nursing in professional practice and implement medical disciplines related to community healthcare. The student is expected to propose leadership and collaboration strategies, promote health and illness prevention, as well as maintenance, restoration, and rehabilitation in the scope of a particular community (Sudheesh, Duggappa, & Nethra, 2016). This test aims to provide a PICOT-based intervention following the standards of the American Nursing Association.
Paper Organization
The proposal is to follow the guidelines laid out by the Nursing EBP Model and Guidelines (Dearholt & Dang, 2012). The paper should follow the established outline:
- Introduction
- Change Plan
- Practice Question
- Related Evidence
- Translation into Practice
- Conclusion
The proposal must be formatted according to the latest edition of the Publication Manual of APA (Angeli et al., 2010). The Reference Page is supposed to be on a separate page at the end of the proposal. Citations and references to scholarly articles are required. The estimated size of the proposal is between three and six pages.
Grading Rubric
References
Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderlund, L., & Brizee, A. (2010). General format. Web.
Dearholt, S. L., & Dang, D. (2012). Johns Hopkins nursing evidence-based practice: Model and guidelines. (2nd ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Sigma Theta Tau International.
Grading rubrics: Examples of rubric creation. (n.d.). Web.
Riva, J. J., Malik, K. M. P., Burnie, S. J., Endicott, A. R., & Busse, J. W. (2012). What is your research question? An introduction to the PICOT format for clinicians. The Journal of Canadian Chiropractic Association, 56(3), 167-171.
Sudheesh, K., Duggappa, D. R., & Nethra, S. S. (2016). How to write a research proposal? Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 60(9), 631-634.