Think of a time in which you encountered a challenging change process (personal or professional) and answer the following questions/prompts: Was the change planned or unplanned? List the elements that made this change difficulty. Who were the people involved, and what were their attitudes toward the change? What were some lessons learned by you during the change process? Solution: One challenging change process that I encountered was having to move from living with my parents...

As you have learned this week in your lesson and reading, credibility of the results of your project are extremely important. In reviewing both statistical and clinical significance, which one of these do you feel is most important to your project and why? Solution: Both statistical significance and clinical significance are highly important in nursing research, and to be specific, to my project. Their effectiveness is only felt when they produce a significant change in the patient...

Purpose: This assignment provides the opportunity for the student to continue development of a MSN EBP scholarly project that started with the identification of a nursing issue/problem and PICOT question from Week 2.  The focus of this assignment is to review the pertinent literature that supports the practice change intervention.   Course Outcome: This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcome: CO #1. Integrate evidence-based practice and research to supp...

Data collection in research is similar to collecting data during physical and history assessments. Share a time that you collected data on your patient and analyzed the results to develop a plan of care. How will this be similar to the data collection for your evidence-based practice project? Solution: Assessment is the initial step in the nursing process and it encompasses systematic data collection, verification, organization, interpretation, and documentation by health care professional...

Your instructor will be monitoring the Collaboration Café but not participating as this is your opportunity to give and receive feedback from your peers. The Collaboration Café is graded this week (50 points). There are no scholarly references required in this discussion format. Please see the guidelines and grading rubric below. This week in your lesson, there was quite a bit of discussion about qualitative research. In thinking about your PICOT question for your MSN project, in your opini...

Your instructor will be monitoring the Collaboration Café but not participating as this is your opportunity to give and receive feedback from your peers. The Collaboration Café is graded this week (50 points). There are no scholarly references required in this discussion format. Please see the guidelines and grading rubric below. This week in your lesson, there was quite a bit of discussion about quantitative research. In thinking about your PICOT question for your MSN project, in your opinio...

Purpose This assignment provides the opportunity for the student to work on an identified area or phenomenon of interest and nursing concern/problem related to their MSN specialty track. Course Outcomes This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: CO#1 Integrate evidence-based practice and research to support advancement of holistic nursing care in diverse healthcare settings. PO 1 CO#2 Integrate knowledge related to evidence-based practice and person-cente...

The focus for Week 2 is on questions: PICOT/PICo and practice questions. Using the area of interest from Week 1, identify the following. Will you be using a quantitative or qualitative approach for your EBP project proposal? Explain why this approach is the best one to provide information for your area of interest. Create a PICOT/PICo question using the PICOT/PICo format for quantitative and PICo for qualitative approaches. Identify your practice question, being sure to includ...

State your area of research or evidence-based practice (EBP) interest from NR 500; remember that the topic must be consistent with your specialty track. State your MSN program specialty track and defend how your selected area of research or EBP interest from NR 500 is consistent with your selected MSN program track. Would you like to change your area of research or EBP interest from NR 500? Why or why not? If you changed or modified your area of research or EBP interest, please identify...

Purpose The purpose of this assignment is for learners to: Develop professional presentation/communication skills. Demonstrate an advancing understanding of the political landscape of APN practice. Demonstrate the ability to analyze the literature and be able to disseminate the information orally. Demonstrate and practice professional communication and leadership, while advancing the education of peers. Course Outcomes 1. Analyze the development of advanced practice nursing roles from a ...