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EBP and Research: Overview of Post REQUIRED

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Discussion Overview:



This discussion will really help you dive into the course and develop some key skills while providing an overview of concepts that you will apply throughout the remainder of the assignments.



First, you will determine the difference among research, evidence based practice (EBP) and quality improvement. Then you will integrate how you use these 3 concepts in practice as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN). As you begin to apply these concepts into your APN role, you will need to know the correct process. Therefore, review the steps of research so that you can better apply those steps to your development and appraisals of quantitative and qualitative literature in remaining assignments. The steps will guide you and serve as a foundation to every other part of the appraisal and application process for implementing EBP into practice.



One of the biggest skills needed in this course is actually performing a successful library search of terms. So in this discussion you will evaluate and compare the difference in results when searching through 2 different databases. After determining how the various databases work and see how one may produce better results for certain topics than the other selected database, you can think about how you would apply that info. in an EBP model.



There are a lot of EBP models that a person or facility may choose to use. Reviewing these models will allow you to identify where you are in the process of a research problem and what steps are next. You will be using various stages of these models in this course to discover and appraise evidence to support a phenomenon of interest. If you don't use each of the steps of the research process, you may find that your ability to change practice or use the best EBP in practice fails or may not yield the results intended.



As you get started be sure to keep the following in mind:



1. Write your posts in a Microsoft Word document and save it to 2 different sources. Information is often lost and computers crash, so don't get caught without a copy of your own work.



2. Copy and paste your initial post directly into the forum.



3. Use the edit tools within the forum to help you with centering titles, headings, etc.



4. Be aware that TABS do not always work in the forum area, so if your paragraphs and references do not indent correctly, faculty are aware of this issue.



5. No title page is needed.



6. Submit your paper to turnitin and review the report. Make any necessary changes to the initial post and resubmit (as needed) to turnitin. Re-submission to turnitin is not required, but encouraged if your report shows high similarity.



7. Post your cross posts and peer posts by the due dates.





Forum Discussion: Initial Post



1. Introduction: Include an introduction and a thesis statement at the end of a brief introductory paragraph that is no longer than 1 sentence summarizing the purpose of the paper. / 1 point



2. Concepts: Differentiate among: research, Evidence Based Practice (EBP), and Quality Improvement. /2 points



3. Value: Describe how an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) implements EBP and Quality Improvement into practice? /1 points.



4. Implementation: Describe the process used once a topic is selected by identifying next steps in EBP (Polit and Beck Ch. 2; Mateo/Foreman, Ch. 1-2) /2 points



5. Topic Search: Search a topic using 2 different databases, complete and insert a table into your forum discussion (as demonstrated below) with the following information: databases used, search terms, results (how many articles you found), what MeSH or Boolean operators, filters or limits you used (table). Then, summarize what you learned using these 2 different databases (1-3 sentences or short paragraph). /3 points (see Ch. 2 in Mateo/Foreman and Library keynotes).



Example only



Database



Search terms



Hits-Results



MeSH, Boolean operators, filters and limits (specify what was used)



New Results



PubMed



Pediatric Obesity



12,742



MeSH-Complications



13



CINAHL



Pediatric Obesity AND complications



1497



Limits-full text



Year 2010-2018



English only





ADD EBP and Peer Reviewed





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6. EBP Models Compare and Contrast 2 different EBP models and describe how one might be better than the other for a particular topic. It may be helpful to use a topic as an example /2 points





7. Conclusion: Provide a brief summary of the main points of the paper in 1 concluding paragraph. / 1 points



Initial Post References: you should include a minimum of 2 peer reviewed references in addition to your textbooks in the initial post. The post should be a minimum of 750.



8. Turnitin: Submit your initial post to turnitin by the due date/time and review the report. You have the opportunity to re-submit as needed. Make any necessary changes to your initial post. You do not have to submit your cross posts to turnitin.



Initial Post References: you should include a minimum of 2 peer reviewed references in addition to your textbooks in the initial post. The post should be a minimum of 750 words.



9. Substantial cross posts to a minimum of two (2) other students. The cross posts provide new or supplemental information to the original posting or raise additional areas for discussion. New or additional peer reviewed references should be cited in each cross post. 1.5 / 1.5 points Each cross post should be a minimum of 250.



10. Peer to Peer Posts: Students demonstrate active engagement in the discussion by responding to cross posts from their peers to their initial posting. References are not required for these responses. The key to this section is to demonstrate active engagement in the discussion through your interaction with your peers- watch for posts from your classmates and acknowledge their posting. 1.5 /1.5 points



11. Deductions: A lack of scholarship point deduction (up to 20% of the total point value of the assignment) will be applied to address deficiencies such as a lack of clarity and conciseness in writing, grammatical and spelling errors, exceeding the prescribed word limit, failure to follow assignment instructions, APA errors, and poor overall writing skills. For this assignment a maximum of 3 points can be deducted. The amount of the deduction will be at the discretion of the faculty grading the assignment.



Total: /15 points



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