03 Jan Register for a NCBI Account

Module 1 Assignment

Assignment:

Register for a NCBI Account – (Do not click the area that states “skip registration by using a 3rd party sign in option.” Please make a note of your log in username and password).

Complete these PubMed® activities by following these instructions:

Using PubMed®, you will create a search strategy for your selected topic. You should use MeSH® terms and Boolean operators (i.e., AND, OR, NOT). After you complete each step below, record the number of references returned by your search. Include the frequency of “ALL” and “Review” for each step. Adjust your search strategy so that you can complete all steps.

Run a basic text search using two MeSH® terms for your topic.

Refine your search by using the LIMIT feature to include only references that are within five years.

Refine further to include references in which the search terms appear in the Abstract/Title.

Refine further still to include references in which the search terms appear only in the Title.

Display your results in Abstract format. Export your results to text and print; this is to use later while you write for this short activity. Save this file using your search terms in the file name, e.g. diabetes-mellitus.doc.

Save your work as ” Firstinitial.lastname-coursenumber-modulenumber” in the .doc or .docx file format, e.g. J.Smith-N000-1.docx.

DNP810 Evidence-based Practice for Quality Improvement

Module 2 Assignment

Assignment:

Instructions:

Write a 5-7 page (the page limit does not include title and reference pages) essay addressing each of the following points/questions.

Prepare your document using the APA 6th edition format, using the 12-point Times New Roman font and formatted with one-inch margins.

Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. There should be six sections, one for each bullet below.

Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. The headings should follow APA format. This is a guide to formulating headings in APA format: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/16/

Support your ideas with at least three (3) citations other than your textbook (you may also cite your textbook = 4 citations minimum) in your essay.

Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay.

The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount.

You will need Microsoft Word or a compatible word processing application to complete this assignment.

Save your work as ” Firstinitial.lastname-coursenumber-modulenumber” in the .doc or .docx file format, e.g. J.Smith-N000-1.docx.

Assignment:

Describe the frequency and composition of Review Committees.

What are the functions of a Nursing Review Committee?

Describe the guidelines for critiquing the ethical aspects of a study.

What are your thoughts regarding these guidelines.

Are they necessary?

Why or why not?

What are the levels of reviews by the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)?

Explain the different levels.

Are you familiar with IRBs?

Do you have an IRB at your institution?

How do they function?

How often do they meet?

What is an informed consent?

What are the general requirements for an informed consent?

Review one of the website below. Describe an ethical concern and how it is or was addressed by the organization:

The International Council of Nurses’ (ICN) The ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses (2012)

American Nurses Association’s (ANA) ANA Position Statements on Ethics and Human Rights

ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses

Steneck, N. (2007). ORI introduction to the responsible conduct of research. Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office.

The Hastings Center web site

The Hastings Center’s Bioethics Forum

Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)

Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) IRB guidebook

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Human Subjects Protection

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

DNP810 Evidence-based Practice for Quality Improvement

Module 3 Assignment

Assignment:

Instructions:

Write a 3-4 page essay (the page limit does not include title and reference pages) addressing each of the following points/questions.

Prepare your document using the APA 6th edition format, using the 12-point Times New Roman font and formatted with one-inch margins.

Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. There should be nine sections, one for each bullet below.

Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. The headings should follow APA format. This is a guide to formulating headings in APA format: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/16/

Support your ideas with at least three (3) citations other than your textbook (you may also cite your textbook = 4 citations minimum) in your essay.

Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay.

The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount.

You will need Microsoft Word or a compatible word processing application to complete this assignment.

Save your work as ” Firstinitial.lastname-coursenumber-modulenumber” in the .doc or .docx file format, e.g. J.Smith-N000-1.docx.

Assignment:

This is a 2 part assignment (Part A and Part B)

Part A:

Visit the following websites:

Visit the Cochrane Collaboration website and read the introduction.

Search for “logo” in the website search box, and read the explanation of the Cochrane Collaboration logo.

Visit the website for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections

For information about Hospital Acquired infection, Target Goals, Action plans and information about steering committees use: https://health.gov/hcq/prevent-hai.asp and https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/index.html

Read about Prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections and the structured abstract.

What four infections were studied?

What was shown to be effective against prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections and to what strength of evidence?

Part B:

Locate an evidenced-based research paper (less than five years old). Describe the following about the study:

The title?

What is the study about?

Purpose of the study?

What was the framework of the study?

Protocol development?

Describe how the project began.

Did the topic have support from leaders, clinical nursing staff?

Describe the members of the project team.

How long did the team meet?

What materials, etc. were developed?

Describe the evaluation of the study.

What were the findings and conclusions?

DNP810 Evidence-based Practice for Quality Improvement

Module 4 Assignment

Assignment:

Refer to the document – Critical Appraisal of the Evidence: Part III as a guide.

Complete the Table of Evidence activity by following these instructions:

Create a Table of Evidence for your scholarly project using your Modules 1 and 3 review of literature results.

Save a blank version of your tool (as your template) in a safe place on your computer for future reference.

Enter data from ten of the most appropriate studies to support your scholarly project retrieved from your earlier searches in Module.

Do your best to make decisions about the studies at this stage of the course. This is meant to be a practice activity.

Save your essay as “Firstinitial.lastname-coursenumber-modulenumber” in the .doc or .docx file format, e.g. J.Smith-N000-1.docx.

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Module 5 Assignment

Assignment:

There are two assignments for this section.

Instructions:

Write a 3-4 page essay (the page limit does not include title and reference pages) for Assignment 1 in this Module below addressing each of the following points/questions.

Prepare your document using the APA 6th edition format, using the 12-point Times New Roman font and formatted with one-inch margins.

Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point.

Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. The headings should follow APA format. This is a guide to formulating headings in APA format: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/16/

Support your ideas with at least three (3) citations other than your textbook (you may also cite your textbook = 4 citations minimum) in your essay.

Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay.

The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount.

You will need Microsoft Word or a compatible word processing application to complete this assignment.

Save your work as ” Firstinitial.lastname-coursenumber-modulenumber” in the .doc or .docx file format, e.g. J.Smith-N000-1.docx.

1. Assignment 1:

Write a 3-4 page essay (the page limit does not include title and reference pages) outlining the steps of conducting a qualitative research.

Describe the Research Problem and Question

Describe the Review of Literature

Explain the design

Outline the sample selection

Explain data collection for Qualitative Research

Explain data analysis in Qualitative Research

Explain reporting the results of a qualitative study

2. Assignment 2:

Begin working on an abstract based on your scholarly project and your review of literature from Modules 1 and 3 by following these instructions:

Prepare an abstract that will describe your DNP project as if it was complete and you were submitting your abstract for peer review for a poster/paper presentation to a professional audience.

Complete the sample abstract submission materials for a national conference as if you were going to submit your scholarly work. Follow the Southern Nursing Research Society Abstract Submissions Guidelines as a guide for your abstract.

You will submit your abstract in Module 6 and will also use this work to create a poster presentation in Module 8.

DNP810 Evidence-based Practice for Quality Improvement

Module 6 Assignment

Submit your abstract that you started to work on in Module 5. Follow the directions below to submit your work:

Prepare an abstract that will describe your DNP project as if it was complete and you were submitting your abstract for peer review for a poster/paper presentation to a professional audience.

Complete the sample abstract submission materials for a national conference as if you were going to submit your scholarly work. Follow the APA guidelines when formulating your abstract.

Save your work as “Firstinitial.lastname-coursenumber-modulenumber” in the .doc or .docx file format, e.g. J.Smith-N000-1.docx.

DNP810 Evidence-based Practice for Quality Improvement

Module 7 Assignment

Assignment:

Evaluating a Practice Protocol

Take this opportunity to examine clinical guidelines or practice protocols from your specialty area.

Do the following assignments:

Complete the protocol evaluation activity by following these instructions:

Select a practice protocol related to your clinical setting. These may be from your agency’s policy and procedure manual used in your practice.

Determine who wrote the protocol and request an interview with one or more individuals who were involved in developing the protocol. Interview questions may include, but are not limited to the following:

Can you explain how protocols are developed in your agency?

What specific information or data was used to develop this protocol?

Are there any references you can identify that would give me a better understanding of the rationale for the practices used in the protocol?

What rating system was used to critique the protocol guidelines?

After the interview, categorize the sources of knowledge identified by the interviewee (e.g., authority, experience, research-based). Be specific.

After the interview, you may not have enough information on which to rate the protocol. If, for example, the interviewee has not provided you with sources from the literature, you will have to do a search to determine whether research exists to support the protocol you are assessing. This does not have to be an exhaustive review, yet you should be able to determine whether there is valid research there to support your rating (see next step).

Then, using the AGREE ll rating scale, assess the protocol for its validity in application to practice.

Complete a Brief Evaluation of the Protocol Outline by following these steps:

Brief description of the protocol.

Title and credentials of the individuals who developed the protocol.

Parameters of the literature search and a summary of how the protocol was developed.

Your summary conclusion about the types and quality of knowledge upon which the protocol was based with supporting rationale.

A brief description of the AGREE rating scale used to assess the protocol.

Your assessment of the validity of the selected protocol.

Upload the following in the Assignment Dropbox:

the Brief Evaluation (required elements listed below);

the completed AGREE ll scale; and

a copy of the clinical protocol in the designated Assignment Drop Box for this Module

SUBMIT a copy of the Brief Evaluation (see above) to the Discussion 2 Question Area in this Save your work as ” Firstinitial.lastname-coursenumber-modulenumber” in the .doc or .docx file format, e.g. J.Smith-N000-1.docx.

DNP810 Evidence-based Practice for Quality Improvement

Module 8 Assignment

This is a 2 part assignment (Part A and Part B)

Part A:

Complete a poster presentation activity by following these instructions:

Prepare a single poster presentation, using https://prezi.com/product/ or similar product. The poster will describe your scholarly project as if it was complete and you were submitting your poster presentation to a professional audience.

Develop your poster based on your review of literature, table of evidence, and abstract.

In your poster, provide SAMPLE results using tables and/or figures to illustrate findings you might anticipate. Clearly mark the Table or Figure as a Sample. Refer to the document – Critical Appraisal of the Evidence: Part III as a guide.

Use APA formatting for your source citations and references.

Part B:

There are many resources available for data analysis and which ones you use will depend in large part on the type of data you have and the decisions that must be made based on that data. This assignment is designed to provide you with some basic understanding of one source that may be available to you for data analysis, IBM SPSS Statistics software.

You are not being asked to purchase this software. You will only need to download a free trial of SPSS for this course. This version of SPSS is only to be used to review, demonstrate, and evaluate IBM SPSS Statistics Software for purchase considerations later. Your trial period is only for 14 days, so you must use good judgment in when to download it and then complete the assignments related to it. Execute the following functions using SPSS.

Enter the following data

Case

Age

Weight

Gender

Pretest score

Post-test score

1

24

165

Male

65

80

2

28

150

Female

65

75

3

23

125

Female

80

85

4

31

150

Male

83

90

5

24

150

Male

75

80

b) Run descriptive statistics on the data

c) Run a frequency distribution on the data

d) Create a graph of posttest scores

Complete the SPSS Assignment Table below

Item

Response

Comment

1. What was your mean?

2. What were your t-test results?

3. What was your standard deviation?

Save your work as ” Firstinitial.lastname-coursenumber-modulenumber” in the .doc or .docx file format, e.g. J.Smith-N000-1.docx.