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The discussion for this week is focused on grant funding for scholarship work. This week, we will investigate grant opportunities that match your scholarship interests and share with us what you have found.  Below are some websites that offer grant opportunities for your review: 

•  REDCap (Small to Medium grant funding opportunities)  https://projectredcap.org/about/ Links to an external site.    

•  Oncology Nursing Society (Small grant opportunities):  https://www.ons.org/grant-opportunities Links to an external site.   

•  American Nurse Association (ANA) (small grant opportunities):   https://www.nursingworld.org/foundation/programs/nursing-research-grants/ Links to an external site.    

•  Sigma Theta Tau grants (small opportunities):  https://www.sigmanursing.org/advance-elevate/research/research-grants Links to an external site.    

•  Blue Cross Blue Shield grants:  https://www.bcbs.com/news/press-releases/blue-cross-foundation-announces-grant-awards-innovation Links to an external site.     

•  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (medium to larger grant funding opportunities):  https://www.rwjf.org/en/how-we-work/grants-explorer/funding-opportunities.html Links to an external site.    

•  National Institutes of Health grants (large grants)   https://www.nih.gov/grants-funding Links to an external site.   

Part I

Please answer the following questions and support your answers with appropriate references:

1. Have you ever applied for a grant for scholarship work?

I never applied for a grant for scholarship work, but after investigating, I found that grant opportunities…

2. Do you have a scholarship project idea that needs grant funding?

**(maybe something like for investigate about the use of telehealth to improve STD Prevention and Treatment, or whatever you found appropriate) **

Part II: For Case Study Students

·       Practice Question in PICOT Format

In overweight adult patients in a primary care clinic, what is the impact of implementing the American Heart Association Diet and Lifestyle recommendations, compared to standard care, on body weight in 8-10 weeks?

·       Discuss best practices for implementing evidence-based practice guidelines with references sufficient to support best practice.

·       Discuss strategies for overcoming barriers in implementing evidence-based practice with references sufficient to support strategies.

·       Discuss your formative evaluations.  How are you addressing challenges and providing feedback?

·       You find that the stakeholders need additional education at this point.  How would you provide this education?

·       What have you learned about your project and the implementation process during this 8-week course?  Are you learning what you expected, or is your experience different than anticipated?  Describe what you are learning.

***Implementation: Project participants will follow the American Heart Association Diet and Lifestyle recommendations guidelines, that focus on knowing how many calories an individual should be eating and drinking to maintain body weight, and aiming for at least 150 minutes of moderate physical activity or 75 minutes of vigorous physical exercise (or an equivalent combination of both) each week. As a formative evaluation, the DNP student will call participants weekly to reinforce them to follow the diet and lifestyle recommendations, audit the smartphone app to track usage, and answer any questions. The DNP student will meet with staff weekly to discuss questions and concerns with calorie and activity tracking and offer support for the program. The DNP student will collect participants' compliance data with app and tracker usage during each phone call.*****