ASSIGNMENT 1

Literature Review

A literature review analyzes how current research supports the PICOT, as well as identifies what is known and what is not known in the evidence. Students will use the information from the earlier PICOT Question Paper and Literature Evaluation Table assignments to develop a 900 words review that includes the following sections:

1. Title page

2. Introduction section

3. A comparison of research questions

4. A comparison of sample populations

5. A comparison of the limitations of the study

6. A conclusion section, incorporating recommendations for further research

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. 

ASSIGNMENT 2

Capstone Change   Project Resources 

Assess the organization for required resources needed for the strategic plan if the change proposal were to be implemented. Review your strategic plan and determine what resources would be needed if the change proposal were to be implemented. Write a list of at least FOUR resources you will need in order to implement your change proposal.

The assignment will be used to develop a written implementation plan.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide.

ASSIGNMENT 3

Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal

This reflection journal also allows students to outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses, and additional resources that could be introduced in a given situation to influence optimal outcomes. Each week students should also explain how they met a course competency or course objective(s). In 150 of each topic, students should reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout the course.  of the areas stated below.  

1. New practice approaches

2. Population health concerns

3. The role of technology in improving health care outcomes.

4. Health policy

5. Leadership and economic models

6. Health disparities

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and IN-TEXT  CITATION and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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Strategic plan summary

Grand Canyon University

NRS-OL191-Professional Capstone and Practicum

When implementing new changes to an organization such as the new practice interventions, there must be some challenges and barriers that may interfere with the process. The new practice interventions involve playing soft music in Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) to help postoperative patients relax and ease their pain such that they will not take a lot of postoperative pain medications (Grove & Gray, 2018). They will require low pain medications such as ibuprofen.

In some cases, the challenge may be getting the nursing staff to adopt the new practice procedures or even getting used to the new process since it may be different from their normal practice. Implementing something new and asking nursing staff to adopt may cause resistance especially if they do not support the new practice changes (Farokhzadian, Khajouei, & Ahmadian, 2015). Another challenge would be inadequate nursing staff. This has been a major challenge in most healthcare organizations towards implementing evidence-based change interventions. In my project, nursing staff are needed in PACU units to help patients who have undergone surgical procedures to manage their postoperative pain and recover from their conditions and wounds (Grove & Gray, 2018). Without adequate nursing, blending the relaxation offered by soft music with low pain medications such as ibuprofen and Tylenol will be difficult to achieve.

The organization would need a plan to overcome these challenges. First, it would be required to offer staff education and training on the importance of evidence-based practice (EBP) adoption to the nursing practice and patients’ outcomes. This would reduce staff resistance to the new practice implementation (Grove & Gray, 2018). Secondly, the organization would be required to hire more nursing staff to help in the adoption and implementation of EBP.

References

Farokhzadian, J., Khajouei, R., & Ahmadian, L. (2015). Evaluating factors associated with implementing evidence‐based practice in nursing. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 21(6), 1107-1113.
Grove, S. K., & Gray, J. R. (2018). Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice. Elsevier Health Sciences.

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Typing Template for APA Papers: A Sample of Proper Formatting for the APA 6th Edition

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Typing Template for APA Papers: A Sample of Proper Formatting for the APA 6th Edition

This is an electronic template for papers written in APA style (American Psychological Association, 2010). The purpose of the template is to help the student set the margins and spacing. Margins are set at 1 inch for top, bottom, left, and right. The type is left-justified only—that means the left margin is straight, but the right margin is ragged. Each paragraph is indented five spaces. It is best to use the tab key to indent. The line spacing is double throughout the paper, even on the reference page. One space is used after punctuation at the end of sentences. The font style used in this template is Times New Roman and the font size is 12.

First Heading

The heading above would be used if you want to have your paper divided into sections based on content. This is the first level of heading, and it is centered and bolded with each word of four letters or more capitalized. The heading should be a short descriptor of the section. Note that not all papers will have headings or subheadings in them.

First Subheading

The subheading above would be used if there are several sections within the topic labeled in a heading. The subheading is flush left and bolded, with each word of four letters or more capitalized.

Second Subheading

APA dictates that you should avoid having only one subsection heading and subsection within a section. In other words, use at least two subheadings under a main heading, or do not use any at all.

When you are ready to write, and after having read these instructions completely, you can delete these directions and start typing. The formatting should stay the same. However, one item that you will have to change is the page header, which is placed at the top of each page along with the page number. The words included in the page header should be reflective of the title of your paper, so that if the pages are intermixed with other papers they will be identifiable. When using Word 2003, double click on the words in the page header. This should enable you to edit the words. You should not have to edit the page numbers.

In addition to spacing, APA style includes a special way of citing resource articles. See the APA manual for specifics regarding in-text citations. The APA manual also discusses the desired tone of writing, grammar, punctuation, formatting for numbers, and a variety of other important topics. Although the APA style rules are used in this template, the purpose of the template is only to demonstrate spacing and the general parts of the paper. The student will need to refer to the APA manual for other format directions.

The reference list should appear at the end of a paper (see the next page). It provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any source you cite in the body of the paper. Each source you cite in the paper must appear in your reference list; likewise, each entry in the reference list must be cited in your text. A sample reference page is included below; this page includes examples of how to format different reference types (e.g., books, journal articles, information from a website). The examples on the following page include examples taken directly from the APA manual.

References

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Daresh, J. C. (2004). Beginning the assistant principalship: A practical guide for new school administrators. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225-229. doi:10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (2003). Managing asthma: A guide for schools (NIH Publication No. 02-2650). Retrieved from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
health/prof/asthma/asth_sch