What is the alternative to the intervention (e.g. placebo, different drug, surgery)?
Professional Nursing Practice
NUR 4827
Benjamin Leon School of Nursing
Miami Dade College
BSN Program
Scholarly Paper and Presentation Guidelines and Rubric
The PICO concept will be established in the scholarly paper and presentation project to reflect a quality improvement perspective that you will present as a scholarly paper then converted to a group presentation.
PICO Format for Group Project Presentation
· Patient, Population or Problem
· What are the characteristics of the patient or population?
· What is the condition or disease you are interested in?
· Intervention or exposure
· What do you want to do with this patient (e.g. treat, diagnose, observe)?
· Comparison
· What is the alternative to the intervention (e.g. placebo, different drug, surgery)?
· Outcome
· What are the relevant outcomes (e.g. morbidity, death, complications)?
The scholarly paper and presentation will have references from the various levels of evidence as described in the pyramid of empirical evidence presented by your professor as posted in ANGEL
Scholarly Paper & Presentation Content Sequence to Follow
Scholarly Paper Sequence: Must be written in APA Format
Paper will include the following in Sub-Headings:
· Introduction (10%): The Relevance of the Problem to Healthcare Delivery System when promoting Quality and Safety
Problem Statement (15%): Why is it Personal Area of Interest for Professional Nursing Care?
Ex: Core Measures, National Patient Safety Goals, Negative Clinical Indicators, Unit Based Problems.
What type of data is being presented to reflect the problem in numbers for the past three months? Graphs, tables, fiscal report in numbers.
Goal(s) and Objectives of the Quality Improvement Project (25%): The team will produce data that reflect improvement with reasonable interventions addressing the improved clinical indicators to appropriate benchmark number acceptable to regulatory practice.
· Action Plan (25%): PICO Format Problem, Intervention, Comparison and Outcome
Level Three Evaluation: Education, Validation and Simulation
· Conclusion (15%): What was the outcome? Did the problem resolve and or did the Team’s project improve the situation? What would be the future implications for Nursing Practice and Healthcare Delivery
· References (10%): From various levels of evidence: SEE PYRAMID BELOW
THE TOPIC TO WRITE SCHOLARLY PAPER IS” Hospital acquired infections and poor patient outcomes”
Professional Nursing Practice
NUR
4827
Benjamin Leon School of Nursing
Miami Dade College
BSN Program
Scholarly Paper
and Presentation
Guidelines
and Rubric
The PICO concept will be established in the
sch
o
larly
paper and presentation
project to
reflect a quality improvement perspective that you will
present as a scholarly paper
then
converted
to a group presentation
.
PICO Format for Group Project Presentation
·
P
atient, Population or Problem
o
What are the
characteristics of the patient or population?
o
What is the condition or disease you are interested in?
·
I
ntervention or exposure
o
What do you want to do with this patient (e.g. treat, diagnose, observe)?
·
C
omparison
o
What is the alternative to the intervention
(e.g. placebo, different drug,
surgery)?
·
O
utcome
o
What are the relevant outcomes (e.g. morbidity, death, complications)?
The scholarly
paper and presentation
will have references from the various levels of
evidence as described in the pyramid of empirical evidence presented by your professor
as posted in ANGEL
Scholarly Paper
& Presentation
Content Sequence to Follow
Scholarly Paper Sequence:
Must be written in APA Format
Paper w
ill include the following
in
Sub
–
Headings
:
·
Introduction
(10%)
:
The Relevance of the Problem to Healthcare Delivery
System whe
n promoting Quality and Safety
Problem Statement
(15%)
:
Why is it Personal
Area of Interest
for
Professional Nursing Care?
Ex:
Core Measures, National Patient Safety Goals, Negative Clinical
Indicators, Unit Based Problems
.
What type of data is being
presented to reflect the problem in numbers for the
past three months? Graphs, tables, fiscal report in numbers
.