Directions
Review the titles of the Sample Articles for the Unit 5 Assignment found on your Course Reading List.
Choose and read one (1) article that is of interest to you and obtain a copy from the PG Library.
Complete the EBP Innovation and Change Worksheet.
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consult the Grading Rubric to evaluate your work; and
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NU300:
Professional Leadership Transitions
Evidence-Based Practice: Innovation and Change
Worksheet
Introduction
Many innovations
in health care offer the promise of improved patient outcomes. Health care innovations
can be prompted by nursing research that provides new supporting evidence for
practice. Evidence-based practice innovations require a vision for what is
possible and a willingness to embrace change.
Directions
Complete Parts A,
B, and C on the following worksheet. All responses should be written in complete
sentences.
Part A: Current Applications of Nursing Research
1.
Review
the research studies that are designated in the course readings.
2.
Choose
one (1) study to discuss in the box below.
·
Describe
the issue/problem addressed in this study and its significance.
·
Which
research approach method was utilized to study this topic?
o
quantitative,
qualitative, or mixed-method
§
See
pp. 196 – 197 of your textbook (Blais & Hayes, 2016).
·
Explain
how the findings from this study can improve patient outcomes.
·
APA
in text citation and reference are required.
Problem and
Significance
Research
Approach Method
Improving Patient
Outcomes
Part B: Future Applications of Evidence-Based
Practice
1.
Reflect
on problems you have observed in the health care setting that have a direct influence
on patient outcomes. Think about how some of these problems could be addressed
through new and original nursing research.
2. Choose one (1) such problem
to discuss in the box below. (Do not choose the same problem discussed in
Part A.)
·
Describe
the problem and its significance.
·
Explain
how new, original nursing research might be used to address this problem and
improve patient outcomes.
·
Which
research approach method should be utilized to study this problem? (quantitative,
qualitative, or mixed-method) Why?
Problem and
Significance
Addressing the
Problem: Improving Outcomes
Research
Approach Method
Part C: Navigating Change
1. The implementation
of any innovation in evidence-based practice requires change. Reflect on your
experiences with practice changes in the healthcare setting. Think about the
people and processes that were involved in the change.
2.
Choose
two (2) common/motivating forces associated with practice changes you have
experienced in the health care setting. See p. 290 of your textbook (Blais
& Hayes, 2016).
·
Identify
and describe the motivating force.
·
Give
an example of how the motivating force manifested itself in the health care
setting.
·
How
did the motivating force facilitate or accelerate the implementation of new
practices in the health care setting?
Motivating
Force #1: Description, Example, Effect
Motivating
Force #2: Description, Example, Effect
3.
Choose
two (2) restraining forces associated with practice changes you have
experienced in the health care setting. See p. 290 of your textbook (Blais
& Hayes, 2016).
·
Identify
and describe the restraining force.
·
Give
an example of how the restraining force manifested itself in the health care
setting.
·
How
did the restraining force impede or block the implementation of practice
changes in the health care setting?
Restraining
Force #1: Description, Example, Effect
Restraining
Force #2: Description, Example, Effect
