Instructions for Quality Improvement Project

Assignment Instructions for Evidence-Based Practice Quality Improvement Project

Through this assignment, the student will address the following course learning outcomes:

1. Apply leadership and management theories, concepts, and models as a foundation for planned change within healthcare delivery settings.

2. Determine the need for planned change that improves health and organizational outcomes based on a comprehensive needs assessment

3. Create a plan to lead and evaluate an evidence-informed change initiative in order to promote practice-related outcomes

1.Describe area of interest and focus of the evidence-based practice quality improvement project

2.Describe the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence Based Practice Model

3.Describe each component of the model

4.Restate the clinical/practice question developed in NR520 (Note clinical/practice question might need to be revised)

5.Identify how the model will guide, inform, and support the evidence-based practice quality improvement project.

6.Abide by the Chamberlain College of Nursing Academic Integrity Policy.

7.Sources older than five years may not be used without the permission of the class professor.

8.Title page, pagination, subheadings, body of paper, citation of sources, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the current edition of the manual.

9.Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, punctuation, sentence and paragraph structure are followed and consistent with formal, scholarly writing as noted in the APA Manual (current edition).

Assessment Criteria	Points	%	Description
Introduction	30	20%	Introduction includes general statements on evidence-based models used as frameworks to guide practice improvement projects. Identify sections of the paper. Provides support from scholarly literature.
Description of the Model	50	33%	Introduce the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence Based Practice Model. Describe each component of the model. Scholarly literature is used.
Clinical Practice Question	20	14%	States PICO(T) and elements as well as clinical/practice question.
Practice Application	40	27%	Provide two (2) examples on how the selected model will guide, inform, and support the evidence-based practice quality improvement project. Use scholarly literature to support each example.
Graduate-level Writing Style	10	6%	· Correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, sentence and paragraph structure · Clarity, organization, and logical flow of ideas within writing · Scholarly, professional writing tone with no use of first person · Synthesis of information is present with no more than one short direct quote (15 words or less) · Correct APA format for the following: o Page numbering o Font style and size o Margins and spacing o Headings; subheadings o Citation and referencing sources o Mechanics of style (abbreviations, capitalization, italics, numbers)
Quality of Literature Support	It is an expectation that a minimum of 3 scholarly sources, current within five years, are integrated within the assignment. If the above expectation is not met, 10 points shall be deducted.
Assignment Length Criteria	It is an expectation that the paper is a minimum of 2 pages in length, and a maximum of 3 pages (not including the title or reference pages). If the above expectation is not met, 10 points shall be deducted.
Total	150	100%	A quality assignment will meet or exceed the above requirements.