NR 718 Week 7 Leading Evidence-Based Practice Change: Part 3 Assignment

Instructions

Review faculty feedback from the Week 3 and Week 5 assignments, update the paper, and add the budget section to finalize the grant proposal. Include the following required content:

1. Introduction:
   1. Describe the paper’s purpose and the importance of the practice change project.
   1. Describe the intended accomplishments and long-term project goals.
   1. Provide a brief and defining statement of what will be discussed in the paper.
2. Specific Aims (maximum of 1 paragraph)
   1. Describe what is hoped to be accomplished with the project such as increased access or quality of care, etc.
3. Background and Significance (maximum of 2 pages): This section lays out the reason for the proposal. It should make a clear, concise, and well supported statement of the problem. The information provided should be both factual and directly related to the problem addressed by the proposal. The following should be addressed in this section:
   1. Define the purpose for developing the grant proposal.
   1. Identify the problem and address why this is a problem.
   1. Describe the nature of the problem. Provide as much evidence as possible, including the non-research data along with the research findings. Provide a synthesis of research study evidence and non-research evidence to introduce the implications of the practice problem that include the significance, mortality, and economic ramifications of the problem.    
   1. Describe the stakeholders, who they are, and how they will benefit.
   1. Describe the specific way the problem(s) might be solved through the grant funding.
4. Translational Science Model (maximum of 1 paragraph)
   1. Identify and briefly describe an appropriate translational science model to guide the project implementation.
5. Setting (maximum of 1 paragraph)
   1. Describe the setting to include the type of organization (e.g., hospital, clinic, long-term care facility, etc.).
   1. Describe the specific population served by the organization.
   1. Describe the ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity of the community.
6. Interventions/Approach
   1. Provide a synthesis of evidence to support the evidence-based intervention for the selected problem. Include 3 current Level I, II, or III peer-reviewed primary research studies and/or systematic reviews.
   1. Synthesis of the literature (maximum of 2 paragraphs):
      1. Use a synthesis of research evidence when writing this section of the paper.
      1. Synthesize the main themes and salient points that emerge from a synthesis of research evidence.
      1. Compare and contrast the main points from a synthesis of research evidence.
      1. Presents an overarching synthesis of evidence about the intervention.
      1. Provides objective rationale for the intervention based on the literature.
7. Data Collection Instruments
   1. Describe the instruments you intend to use to measure the outcomes of the project. If collecting the data from the EHR, discuss the details of who will collect the EHR data and the specific data to be collected. Include the data about the reliability and validity testing for surveys and questionnaires if used.
8. Data Collection Method
   1. Describe the method or process including how often measurements will be taken. Describe how, when, where, and who will collect the data.
9. Outcome (Evaluation Plan)
   1. Explain the primary outcome for your evidence-based intervention.
   1. Explain how the success of the project will be evaluated when it is fully implemented.
10. Protection of Participants
    1. Examine potential risks to the participants.
11. Budget
    1. Explore areas where you may have expenses associated with your grant proposal (specific dollar amounts are not required).
    1. Justify the expenses that you will be presenting in your grant proposal.
12. Johns Hopkins Individual Evidence Summary Tool
    1. Include 3 Level I, II, or III research studies or systematic reviews.
    1. Complete all sections completely and identify the quality and the levels of evidence.
    1. Attach completed Johns Hopkins Individual Evidence Summary Tool as Appendix.

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