Evidenced Based Practice Paper Student Learning Outcomes: Use clinical reasoning

Evidenced Based Practice Paper
Student Learning Outcomes:
Use clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice outcomes as the basis for decision-making and comprehensive, safe patient-centered care.
Integrate principles of quality improvement and safety into nursing practice; justify decisions based on legal-ethical parameters for professional nursing practice.
Instructions:
1. Introduction
a. Identify a critical issue pertaining to patient care. For example patient falls, infection, medication errors, pressure sore prevention and discuss the issue.
2. Literature Review
a. Research the topic on the library database and find (3) nursing journals that support implementation of a change to the unit to address the issue.
3.Propose a change that is supported with the literature found. Summarize the articles and provide clear summary that is relevant to how you plan to apply evidenced based practice.
4.Justify the importance of the change by applying ethical, legal, safety, and quality improvement principles.
5.Provide a conclusion including a summary of key points discussed in paper.
6.The paper is to be typed, using APA format, 6th edition. Appropriate references should be cited. Three current peered review nursing journal articles (less than five years old) should be used to support components of the paper.
The article must be a peer reviewed article that is written by a nurse. Professional nursing is based on current evidenced based best practice. The intent of this assignment is to enhance your knowledge about best practices that are supported by evidence as well as to encourage your desire to seek current evidence to improve your nursing practice and patient outcomes.
Journals such as American Nurse Today, Nursing 2016, RN, and Nurse Week are not quality peer reviewed nursing journals for evidenced based practice and should not be used for this assignment. If in doubt about whether your journal is appropriate, check with your faculty since articles that are not nursing directed will not be accepted for credit. .
7.All papers will be turned electronically using Canvas. Inclusion of the grading tool is required. Failure to include the grading tool will result in subtraction of points.
8. Length 2-3 pages (not including cover page and reference page). For papers that exceed the length a ten point deduction will be given.
9.No Late papers will be accepted and no redos.
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Evidenced Based Practice Paper
Evidenced Based Practice Paper
GRADING CRITERIA
Criteria
Points Worth
Points Awarded
Introduction and Background
Identify the issue and support why it is a concern to quality and safe care.
10
Literature Review
(provide a summary of 3-4 sentences for each article and explain how it relates to topic of discussion)
45
Journal #1 – The journal is a peer reviewed nursing journal and the author (s) is a nurse.
15
Journal # 2 – The journal is a peer reviewed nursing journal and the author (s) is a nurse
15
Journal # 3 – The journal is a peer reviewed nursing journal and the author (s) is a nurse
15
Identification of solution/change supported by literature
15
Supports the need for change in terms of:
Ethical
Legal
Safety
Quality Improvement
10
Conclusion
5
Overall format
a. Logical presentation
b. Minimal grammatical/spelling/typographical errors
c. APA format excluding clinical reasoning tool risk analysis form
d. References cited in body of paper including three nursing journal articles
e. Reference list includes appropriate references
f. Length 2-3 pages (not including cover page and reference page)
For papers that exceed the length a ten-point deduction will be deducted