DNP 810 Evidence-based Practice for Quality Improvement

DNP 810 Evidence-based Practice for Quality Improvement

Module 3 Assignment

Assignment:

Instructions:

Write a 3-4 page essay (the page limit does not include title and reference pages) addressing each of the following points/questions.

Prepare your document using the APA 6th edition format, using the 12-point Times New Roman font and formatted with one-inch margins.

Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. There should be nine sections, one for each bullet below.

Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. The headings should follow APA format. This is a guide to formulating headings in APA format: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/16/

Support your ideas with at least three (3) citations other than your textbook (you may also cite your textbook = 4 citations minimum) in your essay.

Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay.

The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount.

You will need Microsoft Word or a compatible word processing application to complete this assignment.

Save your work as ” Firstinitial.lastname-coursenumber-modulenumber” in the .doc or .docx file format, e.g. J.Smith-N000-1.docx.

Assignment:

This is a 2 part assignment (Part A and Part B)

Part A:

Visit the following websites:

Visit the Cochrane Collaboration website and read the introduction.

Search for “logo” in the website search box, and read the explanation of the Cochrane Collaboration logo.

Visit the website for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections

For information about Hospital Acquired infection, Target Goals, Action plans and information about steering committees use: https://health.gov/hcq/prevent-hai.asp and https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/index.html

Read about Prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections and the structured abstract.

What four infections were studied?

What was shown to be effective against prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections and to what strength of evidence?

Part B:

Locate an evidenced-based research paper (less than five years old). Describe the following about the study:

The title?

What is the study about?

Purpose of the study?

What was the framework of the study?

Protocol development?

Describe how the project began.

Did the topic have support from leaders, clinical nursing staff?

Describe the members of the project team.

How long did the team meet?

What materials, etc. were developed?

Describe the evaluation of the study.

What were the findings and conclusions?