Capstone Evidence-Based Practice Paper
In this assignment, students are expected to analyze their performance on the integrated comprehensive assessments and reflect on areas of opportunity and strategies to promote NCLEX-RN success and transition into practice. You will apply the priority concept (topic) to evidence-based professional practice upon which nurses have the ability to resolve or have a positive impact. There is a focus on the healthcare disparities of the individual, as well as ethical and legal implications to professional practice. You will discuss how an interdisciplinary approach promotes quality improvement for the patient and evidence-based professional practice, driving positive outcomes.
Priority Concept (Topic)
Required criteria:
1) Identify the concept (topic) of opportunity.
2) Provide a description of how this aligns with the NCLEX-RN Test Plan as indicated by performance in the Individual Student ATI Assessment Trends Table.
3) Identify a minimum of two learning strategies that you plan to implement to address your learning need.
4.) Identify a minimum of two resources that you will integrate into your NCLEX-RN Readiness plan to assist you with improving the identified learning need.
Introduction
Required criteria:
1) Offer a detailed description of the statement of purpose for the paper.
2) Identify a priority concept (topic) from the Individual Student ATI Assessment Trends: Longitudinal Performance Table drawn from one (1) of the four (4) main categories of the NCLEX-RN examination blueprint:
a) Assurance of a safe and effective care environment
b) Health promotion and maintenance of health
c) Preservation of the patient population’s psychosocial integrity
d) Preservation of the patient population’s physiological integrity
3) Provide a detailed description of the relationship between the category from the NCLEX-RN examination blueprint and the priority concept (topic).
Importance
Required criteria:
1) Describe the importance of the priority concept (topic) to professional practice
2) Describe the health of the patient population.
3) Include the potential negative effect to professional practice if the priority concept (topic) is unresolved.
4) Include the potential negative effect to the patient population if the priority concept (topic) is unresolved.
Healthcare Disparities, Inequalities, and Interventions
Required criteria:
1) Identify patient populations that may be negatively influenced by the priority concept (topic) if unresolved.
2) Identify healthcare resources to support evidence-based practice related to the priority concept (topic).
3) Summarize potential priority concept (topic) healthcare disparities and inequalities related to diverse populations.
4) Propose an evidence-based solution for the priority concept (topic) related to healthcare disparities.
5) Identify three (3) evidence-based practice interventions.
6) Prioritize the identified evidence-based practice interventions and provide rationale.
7) Discuss two (2) patient education considerations related to the priority concept (topic).
Legal & Ethical Considerations and Intervention Challenges
Required criteria:
1) Identify at least one (1) ethical and one (1) legal implication for addressing the priority concept (topic) in professional practice.
2) Discuss at least one (1) strategy in prevention of an ethical dilemma related to the priority concept (topic) in professional practice.
3) Discuss at least one (1) strategy in prevention of legal consequences related to the priority concept (topic) in professional practice.
4) Identify one (1) anticipated challenge to the success of preventing the priority concept (topic) in professional practice.
5) Identify one (1) anticipated challenges to the success of resolving the priority concept (topic) in professional practice.
Participants and Interdisciplinary Approach
Required criteria:
1) Identify all the parties who will be involved in the implementation of the priority concept (topic) interventions.
2) Discuss the role of each member in the intervention implementation for the priority concept (topic).
3) Identify a minimum of two (2) members of a discipline outside of nursing.
4) Discuss the benefit of including the identified interdisciplinary member from disciplines outside nursing to promote evidence-based professional practice.
Outcome Quality Improvement
Required criteria:
1) Provide at least one (1) benefit in patient outcomes from addressing the priority concept (topic) within the clinical environment.
2) Provide at least one (1) benefit to the nursing profession that will result from addressing this priority concept (topic) in clinical professional practice.
3) Discuss at least one (1) resource utilized to promote improved patient outcomes in the clinical environment.
4) Discuss at least one (1) resource utilized to increase professional nurse knowledge promoting improved clinical professional practice.
Conclusion
Required criteria:
1) Provide a thorough recap of the purpose to promote increased evidence-based professional practice knowledge related to the priority concept (topic) deficiency.
2) Summarize resources identified to support improved evidence-based professional practice related to the priority concept .
3) Include a complete statement describing why addressing the priority concept (topic) matters and to whom.
