Consider a clinical environment in which you are currently working or have recently worked. Identify a problem, issue, or educational deficit upon which to build a proposal for change.
THE IDENTIFIED PROBLEM OF MY CHOICE YOU WILL WRITE THE PAPER ON IS
NON-COMPLIANCE OF Hand HYGIENE IN A HEALTHCARE SETTING
In a paper of no more than 500 words, describe the nature of the problem, issue, or educational deficit. Include the following in your discussion:
1. The setting and/or context in which the problem, issue, or educational deficit can be observed.
2. Detailed description of the problem, issue, or educational deficit.
3. Impact of the problem, issue, or educational deficit on the work environment, the quality of care provided by staff, and patient outcomes.
4. Gravity of the problem, issue, or educational deficit and its significance to nursing.
5. Proposed solution to address the problem, issue, or educational deficit.
Prepare for the capstone project by listening to the audio interview, “Capstone: Planning Your Project” located at http://lc.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/nrs441v_capstone.php.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
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Module 1: Checklist
Identifying a Problem, Developing a Question, and Selecting Sources of Literature
Instructions:
This checklist is designed to help students organize the weekly exercises/assignments to be completed as preparation for the final, capstone project proposal. This checklist will also serve as a communication tool between students and faculty. Comments, feedback and grading for modules 1-4 will be documented using this checklist.
Topic
Task Completed Comments/Feedback Points
Identifying a
Problem
? Explains setting and/or context in which nursing problem is observed. _____ / 2
? Detailed description of problem, issue, or educational deficit provided. _____ / 2
? Impact of problem on work environment and patient outcomes described.
_____ / 2
? Significance to nursing profession discussed. _____ / 2
? Solution to the problem identified. _____ / 2
Developing a Question ? Identified components of PICOT:
P ? Population of Focus
I – Intervention
C – Comparison
O – Outcome
T-Time _____ / 8
? Developed PICO question/statement. _____ / 2
Selecting Sources of Literature ? Rapid Appraisal Performed (see below) on a minimum of 15 peer-reviewed articles. _____ / 20
TOTAL POINTS
_____ / 40
Rapid Appraisal
Perform a rapid appraisal of each article by answering the following questions (one to two sentences are sufficient to answer each question):
1) How does each article describe the nature of the problem, issue, or deficit you have identified?
2) Does each article provide statistical information to demonstrate the gravity of the issue, problem, or deficit?
3) Example(s): morbidity, mortality, rate of incidence or rate of occurrence in the general population.
4) Does each article support your proposed change?
