Evidence Based Practice

Evidence Based Practice Order Description NU 226 Evidence Based Practice Paper Case Study (15%) Instructions The purpose of this assignment is to in" rel="nofollow">increase awareness of how EBP is used in" rel="nofollow">in professional nursin" rel="nofollow">ing practice. Students will read the assigned Phenomenological Study Summary as well as the accompanyin" rel="nofollow">ing case study. Students will then respond to all the questions below as well as in" rel="nofollow">include two additional studies related to the case study topic. Your thoughtful and evidenced responses should be addressed in" rel="nofollow">in 2-4 page paper (not in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing title page or reference page). You must submit a copy of the articles used for the assignment. Failure to in" rel="nofollow">include the two articles with your paper submission will result in" rel="nofollow">in an automatic loss of 5 poin" rel="nofollow">ints from the paper total. 1. How does the in" rel="nofollow">information in" rel="nofollow">in the phenomenological study relate to the recommendations by the health-care team? Would havin" rel="nofollow">ing knowledge of this study prior to makin" rel="nofollow">ing a recommendation about Keith’s care have changed their recommendation? Why/why not? 2. What in" rel="nofollow">information would be key to the decisions made by the health-care team? 3. What in" rel="nofollow">information would be key to the decisions made by Keith’s parents? 4. What role should the nurse play in" rel="nofollow">in helpin" rel="nofollow">ing the parents make their decision about the care that should be provided to Keith? 5. Describe what the best care practice would be in" rel="nofollow">in this case. Search for two studies that deal with this issue. What do they in" rel="nofollow">indicate as a best practice? How to organize the paper: Page 1. Title page. Follow APA format Page 2-4. Body of paper Reference page (remember to cite the phenomenological study as well as the 2 additional studies) Format/Style: Poin" rel="nofollow">ints will be deducted for spellin" rel="nofollow">ing, grammar, typos, punctuation and APA format errors. Please use the headin" rel="nofollow">ings provided (see below) Information in" rel="nofollow">in the Study as it Relates to Recommendations Key Decisions by Health Care Team Key Decisions by Keith’s Parents Nurse’s Role Best Practices See grade rubric for paper criteria and how the paper will be evaluated. Gradin" rel="nofollow">ing Rubric Gradin" rel="nofollow">ing Rubric (description of how grades are earned) Grade A (4) B (3) C (2) D (1) Purpose • Essay’s purpose clear, shows strong plan of development and origin" rel="nofollow">inality • All material “on target” and supports purpose • Makes a poin" rel="nofollow">int and sticks to it • Responds to the purpose clearly but, could use more origin" rel="nofollow">inality and greater thought • Good sense of material but, poin" rel="nofollow">int spread a bit thin" rel="nofollow">in • May be a bit off poin" rel="nofollow">int • Need to respond to the assignment more clearly and reflect purpose more clearly • Purpose somewhat clear, but lacks origin" rel="nofollow">inality and in" rel="nofollow">independent thought • Misses target in" rel="nofollow">in support of the poin" rel="nofollow">int but does stick to the poin" rel="nofollow">int • Essay unclear • Does not respond to the assignment or reflect purpose clearly • Not sure of what poin" rel="nofollow">int student is tryin" rel="nofollow">ing to make Support: Does student back up his/her poin" rel="nofollow">ints? • Plan of development supported through specific evidence and sound reasonin" rel="nofollow">ing • Topic sentence identifies paragraphs content • Strong vivid sentences to support the topic sentence • Plan of development is supported with a good amount of evidence and sound reasonin" rel="nofollow">ing • Topic sentence reflect paragraph, but not really on target • Specific evidence present but not as strong/vivid as it could be • Plan of development is supported with some evidence and reasonin" rel="nofollow">ing • Topic sentence does not consistently reflect paragraph content • Specific evidence somewhat unclear and a bit in" rel="nofollow">ineffective • Claims and ideas are underdeveloped and unsupported • Topic sentences unclear or non-existent • Specific evidence unclear and in" rel="nofollow">ineffective Coherence: organized and connected? • Overall message is logical and purposeful with a clear method of organization • Quotes are synthesized well with text • Transitions and connectin" rel="nofollow">ing words used to tie material together; good sense of flow • Overall message of paragraphs is mostly logical, purposeful; it is organized • Quotes are synthesized fairly well with text • Transitions in" rel="nofollow">indicate relationships between paragraphs; OK sense of flow • Overall message of paragraphs is sometimes illogical with basic organization • Quotes are synthesized in" rel="nofollow">into the text but sometimes random • Transitions do not in" rel="nofollow">indicate a sense of relationship between paragraphs; no sense of flow • Overall message of paragraphs in" rel="nofollow">inadequate • No quotes or quotes not synthesized in" rel="nofollow">into the text • Transitions fail to in" rel="nofollow">indicate relationship between paragraphs Sentence Skills • Free from grammatical or mechanical errors • Word choice is specific, dynamic, and varies • Sentences are clear and active (subject, verb, object) and to the poin" rel="nofollow">int • Grammar and mechanical errors present, but not enough to distract reader • Word choice specific and somewhat varies • Sentences are mostly clear, active and to the poin" rel="nofollow">int • Grammar and mechanical errors present and distract reader • Word choice unspecific, generic, redundant and clichéd • Sentence somewhat clear and excessive use of passive voice • Paper is full of grammatical and mechanical errors • Word choice excessively redundant, clichéd and unspecific • Sentences are very unclear APA • Conforms to the APA rules perfectly • Conforms to the rules for formattin" rel="nofollow">ing and citation of sources in" rel="nofollow">in APA with min" rel="nofollow">inor exceptions • Conforms to the rules for formattin" rel="nofollow">ing and citation of sources in" rel="nofollow">in APA several somewhat major exceptions • Often fails to conforms to the rules for formattin" rel="nofollow">ing and citation of sources in" rel="nofollow">in APA