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Week 3 Capstone Project Milestone 1

Capstone Project Milestone 1: Practice Issue and Evidence Summary Guidelines

Updated 7/2018

Purpose

Clear identification of the practice issue is the first step in evidence-based nursing. Next, the evidence is reviewed to determine the best intervention to change practice outcomes. Completion of the milestone will include identification of the practice issue using the ACE Star Model of Knowledge Transformation and a review of the evidence that will support an intervention that will change outcomes. The evidence summary will be conducted through the ‘breaking down’ of a systematic review on your topic for your change project.

Course Outcomes

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

• CO4: Develops and outlines a scientific, systematic decision-making process to integrate critical thinking with clinical judgment to assure safe and effective outcomes. (PO4)

• CO8: Selects evidence for best practice when planning professional nursing care for individuals, families, aggregates, and communities. (PO8)

Due Dates

Milestone 1 consists of the completion of ONE form with two worksheets. Complete both worksheets and submit the form by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 3.

Points

Milestone 1 is worth 175 points (75 points for the Practice Issue and 100 points for the Evidence Summary).

You are required to use the assignment specific item(s) (article/systematic review/topic/form/templates) or you will earn a “0” for the assignment. In addition, assignments that do not follow the current guidelines or use the required item, as defined above, will be evaluated for evidence of an academic integrity violation.

After the due date, there will be no opportunity for revision or resubmission of assignments that have been uploaded to the submission area. This includes blank, incomplete, incorrect file, and/or incorrect file format documents. It is your responsibility to submit the correct completed assignment in the correct format to the correct submission area. Your last submission before the due date will be graded. You may not resubmit after the due date with a different file and incur a late deduction per the Late Assignment policy.

Practice Issue Worksheet Directions

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1. Choose the ONE systematic review topic that is of most interest to you, or most relevant to your practice situation, from the required List of Approved Systematic Reviews (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

2. Follow the grading criteria below to formulate your practice issue, which must be based on the topic of the systematic review you have selected.

3. Download the required Milestone 1 Practice Issue and Evidence Summary Worksheets (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (both worksheets appear in ONE form) to document the practice issue presented and approved by your instructor in the Week 2 Discussions.

4. You are required to complete the form using the productivity tools required by Chamberlain University, which is Microsoft Office Word 2013 (or later version), or Windows and Office 2011 (or later version) for MAC. You must save the file in the “.docx” format. Do NOT save as Word Pad. A later version of the productivity tool includes Office 365, which is available to Chamberlain students for FREE by downloading from the student portal at http://my.chamberlain.edu (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Click on the envelope at the top of the page.

5. Your practice issue will be the same for all three Milestone assignments in this course.

6. Please type your answers directly into the worksheet.

Evidence Summary Worksheet Directions

1. Develop an evidence summary by following the grading criteria below.

2. Document this on the evidence summary portion of the worksheet.

3. You will use this worksheet to incorporate your evidence summary into your Week 4 Milestone 2 assignment.

4. Please type your answers directly into the worksheet.

Week 4 Capstone Project Milestone 2

Capstone Project Milestone 2: Design for Change Proposal Guidelines

Please contact your instructor if you have any questions.

Purpose

You are to create a Design for Change proposal inclusive of your Practice Issue and Evidence Summary worksheet from your Capstone Project Milestone 1. Your plan is to convince your management team of a nursing problem you have uncovered and you feel is significant enough to change the way something is currently practiced. In the event you are not currently working as a nurse, please use a hypothetical clinical situation you experienced in nursing school, or nursing education issue you identified in your nursing program.

Course Outcomes

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

• CO1: Applies the theories and principles of nursing and related disciplines to individuals, families, aggregates, and communities from entry to the healthcare system through long-term planning. (PO1)

• CO2: Proposes leadership and collaboration strategies for use with consumers and other healthcare providers in managing care and/or delegating responsibilities for health promotion, illness prevention, health restoration and maintenance, and rehabilitative activities. (PO2)

Due Date

Milestone 2 consists of the proposal for your Design for Change Capstone Project. Use the Turnitin Inbox to submit this assignment by the end of Week 4.

Points

Milestone 2 is worth 225 points.

You are required to use the assignment specific item(s) (article/systematic review/topic/form/templates) or you will earn a “0” for the assignment. In addition, assignments that do not follow the current guidelines or use the required item, as defined above, will be evaluated for evidence of an academic integrity violation.

After the due date, there will be no opportunity for revision or resubmission of assignments that have been uploaded to the submission area. This includes blank, incomplete, incorrect file, and/or incorrect file format documents. It is your responsibility to submit the correct completed assignment in the correct format to the correct submission area. Your last submission before the due date will be graded. You may not resubmit after the due date with a different file and incur a late deduction per the Late Assignment policy.

Directions

1. Below is a tutorial with tips for completing this assignment. Click to view an audio transcript (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

1. Review the feedback you received from your instructor for Milestone 1, and use it to develop this milestone.

2. Create a proposal for your Design for Change Capstone Project. Open the recommended assignment specific Milestone 2 Design Proposal Outline (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Use this to write your paper. You will include the information from Milestone 1, your practice issue and evidence summary worksheets, as you compose this proposal. Your plan is to convince your management team of a practice problem you have uncovered that is significant enough to change current practice.

3. The format for this proposal will be a paper following the Publication manual of APA 6 th edition.

4. The paper is to be four- to six-pages excluding the Title page and Reference page.

5. As you organize your information and evidence, include the following topics.

1. Introduction: Write an introduction but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association(2010, p. 63). Introduce the reader to the plan with evidence-based problem identification and solution.

2. Change Model Overview:Overview of the ACE Star model (the model we have been discussing this session); define the scope of the EBP; identify the stakeholders, and determine the responsibility of the team members.

3. Evidence:Conduct internal and external searches of evidence; integrate and summarize the evidence summary worksheet from Milestone 1; develop a recommendation for change.

4. Translation:develop a hypothetical action plan; include measurable outcomes, reporting to stakeholders; identify next steps and disseminate the findings.

5. Conclusion:Provide a clear and concise summary, inclusive of the problem issue, the five points of the ACE Star change model; and ways to maintain the change plan.

6. Citations and References must be included to support the information within each topic area. Refer to the APA manual, Chapter 7, for examples of proper reference format. In-text citations are to be noted for all information contained in your paper that is not your original idea or thought. Ask yourself, “How do I know this?” and then cite the source. Scholarly sources are expected, which means using peer-reviewed journals and credible websites.

7. Tables and Figures may be added as appropriate to the project. They should be embedded within the body of the paper (see your APA manual for how to format and cite). Creating tables and figures offers visual aids to the reader and enhances understanding of your literature review and design for change.

Week 6 Capstone Project Milestone 3

Capstone Project Milestone 3: Educating Staff: Implementing Change Guidelines

Updated 5/2018

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to create the Educating Staff: Implementing Change ProjectPowerPoint presentation. Your plan is to educate the staff that will be involved in the pilot program. You will need to educate them on the problem, show the supporting evidence, and how your pilot plan will be implemented.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following Course Outcomes.

• CO2: Proposes leadership and collaboration strategies for use with consumers and other healthcare providers in managing care and/or delegating responsibilities for health promotion, illness prevention, health restoration and maintenance, and rehabilitative activities. (PO2)

• CO3: Communicates effectively with patient populations and other healthcare providers in managing the healthcare of individuals, families, aggregates, and communities. (PO3)

• CO7: Integrates the professional role of leader, teacher, communicator, and manager of care to plan cost-effective, quality healthcare to consumers in structured and unstructured settings. (PO7)

Due Date

Milestone 3 consists of the PowerPoint presentation Educating Staff: Implementing Change Project. Submit the PowerPoint file by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT by the end of Week 6.

Points

Milestone 3 is worth 200 points.

You are required to use the assignment specific item(s) (article/systematic review/topic/form/templates) or you will earn a “0” for the assignment. In addition, assignments that do not follow the current guidelines or use the required item, as defined above, will be evaluated for evidence of an academic integrity violation.

After the due date, there will be no opportunity for revision or resubmission of assignments that have been uploaded to the submission area. This includes blank, incomplete, incorrect file, and/or incorrect file format documents. It is your responsibility to submit the correct completed assignment in the correct format to the correct submission area. Your last submission before the due date will be graded. You may not resubmit after the due date with a different file and incur a late deduction per the Late Assignment policy.

Directions

1. Below is a tutorial with tips on completing this assignment. Click to view an audio transcript (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

1. Create an educational presentation for staff before the launch of your change project. This should inform the staff of the problem, your potential solution, and their role in change project.

2. The format for this proposal will be a PowerPoint presentation.

3. Tutorial: For those not familiar with the development of a PowerPoint slideshow, the following link to the Microsoft website may be helpful. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/training-FX101782702.aspx (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. The Chamberlain Student Success Strategies (SSPRNBSN) offers a module on Computer Literacy that contains a section on PowerPoint. You can access SSPRNBSN from your Canvas course list.

4. The length of the PowerPoint presentation should be 15-20 slides; excluding the title and reference slides.

5. Below are the main topics or bullet points for your slides:

1. Title slide

2. Description of the Ace Star change model that you have used for this project.

3. Practice Issue (Using the one of the required articles)

4. Scope of the problem—use basic statistics from what you know of the problem in your work area.

5. Your team/stakeholders

6. Evidence to support your need for change—from your Evidence Summary

7. Action Plan

8. Timeline for the plan

9. The nurse’s role and responsibility in the pilot program

10. Procedure (what steps are to be taken to complete this change process, from start to finish?)

11. Forms that will be used (if applicable)

12. Resources available to the staff—including yourself

13. Summary

14. References

1. Citations and References must be included to support the information within each topic area. Refer to the APA manual, Chapter 7, for examples of proper reference format. Citations are to be noted for all information contained in your paper that is not your original idea or thought. Ask yourself, “How do I know this?” and then cite the source. Scholarly sources are expected, which means choose peer-reviewed journals and credible websites.

Guidelines

• Application: Use Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 (or later version), or Windows and Office 2011 (or later version) for MAC. You may download a FREE copy of Office 365 from the student portal at http://my.chamberlain.edu. Click on the envelope at the top of the page.

• Length: The PowerPoint slide show is expected to be between 15-20 slides in length (not including the title slide and reference list slides).

• Submission: Submit your by 11:59 p.m. Sunday by the end of Week 6.

• Late Submission: See the Policies on late submissions.

• Tutorial: For those not familiar with the development of a PowerPoint slideshow, the following link to the Microsoft website may be helpful. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/training-FX101782702.aspx (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. The Chamberlain Student Success Strategies (CCSSS) offers a module on Computer Literacy that contains a section on PowerPoint. The link to SSP CCSSS may be found under your course list in the student portal.

Best Practices in Preparing a PowerPoint Presentation

The following are best practices in preparing this presentation.

1. Be creative.

2. Incorporate graphics, clip art, or photographs to increase interest.

3. Make easy to read with short bullet points and large font.

4. Use speaker notes (found under the section View and “Notes” in the PowerPoint template you choose. These are for your personal use to use as a reference if you are giving your presentation to an audience and they help faculty identify what you will speak to your audience about.

5. Review directions thoroughly.

6. Cite all sources within the slides with (author, year) as well as on the Reference slide.

7. Proofread prior to final submission.

8. Spell check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final submission.