A. Submit a copy of your Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) certification in either a .jpeg, .png, .bmp, .gif, or .pdf file.
B. Discuss the impact of a clinical practice problem on the patient or patients and the organization it affects.
- Identify each of the following PICO components of the clinical practice problem:
• P: patient, population, or problem
• I: intervention
• C: comparison
• O: outcome - Develop an evidence-based practice (EBP) question based on the clinical practice problem discussed in part B and the PICO components identified in part
B1.
Note: Refer to the “Appendix B: Question Development Tool” web link for information on the creation of an EBP question.
C. Select a research-based article that answers your EBP question from part B2 to conduct an evidence appraisal.
Note: The article you select should not be more than five years old. - Discuss the background or introduction (i.e., the purpose) of the research-based article.
- Describe the research methodology used in the research-based article.
- Identify the level of evidence for the research-based article using the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice (JHNEBP) model.
Note: Refer to the “Appendix E: Research Evidence Appraisal Tool” web link for information on how to level a research-based article. - Summarize how the researcher analyzed the data in the research-based article.
- Summarize the ethical considerations of the research-based article. If none are present, explain why.
- Identify the quality rating of the research-based article according to the JHNEBP model.
Note: Refer to the “Appendix E: Research Evidence Appraisal Tool” web link for information on how to establish the quality rating. - Analyze the results or conclusions of the research-based article.
a. Explain how the article helps answer your EBP question.
D. Select a non-research-based article from a peer-reviewed journal that helps to answer your EBP question from part B2 to conduct an evidence appraisal.
Note: The article you select should not be more than five years old. - Discuss the background or introduction (i.e., the purpose) of the non-research-based article.
- Describe the type of evidence (e.g., case study, quality improvement project, clinical practice guideline) used in the non-research-based article.
- Identify the level of evidence in the non-research-based article using the JHNEBP model
Note: The article you select should not be more than five years old. - Discuss the background or introduction (i.e., the purpose) of the non-research-based article.
- Describe the type of evidence (e.g., case study, quality improvement project, clinical practice guideline) used in the non-research-based article.
- Identify the level of evidence in the non-research-based article using the JHNEBP model.
Note: Refer to the “Appendix F: Non-Research Evidence Appraisal Tool” web link for information on how to level the non-research-based article. - Identify the quality rating of the non-research-based article according to the JHNEBP model.
- Discuss how the author’s recommendations in the non-research-based article help answer your EBP question.
E. Recommend a practice change that addresses your EBP question using both the research-based and non-research-based articles you selected for part C
and part D. - Explain how you would involve three key stakeholders in supporting the practice change recommendation.
- Discuss one specific barrier you may encounter when implementing the practice change recommendation.
- Identify one strategy that could be used to overcome the barrier discussed in part E2.
- Identify one outcome (the O component in PICO) from your EBP question that can be used to measure the recommended practice change.
F. Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
G. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.