Project Homework: Recommending an Evidence-Based Practice Change
To Prepare:
o Reflect on the four peer-reviewed articles you critically appraised in Module 4, related to your clinical topic of interest and PICOT.
o Reflect on your current healthcare organization and think about potential opportunities for evidence-based change, using your topic of interest and PICOT as the basis for your reflection.
o Consider the best method of disseminating the results of your presentation to an audience.
Task
Create an 8 to 9 slides narrated PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:
o Briefly describe your healthcare organization, including its culture and readiness for change. (You may opt to keep various elements of this anonymous, such as your company name.)
o Describe the current problem or opportunity for change. Include in this description the circumstances surrounding the need for change, the scope of the issue, the stakeholders involved, and the risks associated with change implementation in general.
o Propose an evidence-based idea for a change in practice using an EBP approach to decision making. Note that you may find further research needs to be conducted if sufficient evidence is not discovered.
o Describe your plan for knowledge transfer of this change, including knowledge creation, dissemination, and organizational adoption and implementation.
o Explain how you would disseminate the results of your project to an audience. Provide a rationale for why you selected this dissemination strategy.
o Describe the measurable outcomes you hope to achieve with the implementation of this evidence-based change.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.