N4325 AP EBP Project - Finding The Evidence
N4325 AP EBP Project - Finding The Evidence
N4325 AP EBP Project - Finding The Evidence
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Overview
This assignment will allow you to create an evidence-based practice project that includes the
development of a PICO question and follows the initial steps of the Iowa Model. You will share
your findings using an APA formatted paper.
Open the document from your desktop and review the assignment instructions and
grading rubric.
Return to Blackboard and upload your paper and your nursing research article that was
approved by your instructor to the dropbox in Module Four. Please note: if you forget to
upload your nursing quantitative research article, a 5 point penalty will be applied to your
paper.
Grading Rubric
Use this rubric to guide your work the assignment. Points are awarded for each section based
on content and clarity of expression.
Initial PICO
question
completed /
nursing research
article selected.
Accomplished
Proficient
Needs Improvement
(Maximum points
awarded)
(Minimum points
awarded)
Research article is a
quantitative article, nursing
focused, and is 5 years or
less from current
publication date.
Research article is a
quantitative article that is
nursing focused but is
greater than 5 years old.
3 - 2 points
0 points
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Opening
Paragraph
Introduction statement(s)
present.
No introduction
statement(s).
No introduction
statement(s).
(Paragraph #1)
PICO statement is
incomplete.
Statement of importance
with two facts such as
costs, morbidity, mortality,
safety, or other related
statistics with citation.
Statement of importance
incomplete or missing.
Statement of importance
missing.
Citation is incomplete or
missing.
No citation
8 3 points
Summary
paragraph for
your nursing
quantitative
research article.
(Paragraph #2)
Reliability
paragraph for
your nursing
quantitative
research article.
(Paragraph #3)
Validity
paragraph for
your nursing
quantitative
research article.
(Paragraph #4)
10 9 points
Three facts clearly
identified from quantitative
nursing research article.
Facts clearly tied to PICO
question.
Facts connected to your
nursing practice.
10 - 9 points
Definition of reliability
offered with citation.
8 - 3 points
Vague or no definition of
reliability.
Discussion of reliability
clearly connected to data
collection or measurement
methods with examples
from the students
research article. Hint:
This information is
covered in Chapter 10.
10 - 9 points
Definition of validity
offered with citation.
8 - 3 points
Vague or no definition of
validity.
Discussion of validity
clearly connected to
research design, data
collection, or
measurement methods
with examples from the
students research article.
Hint: This information is
covered in Chapter 8 and
10.
Minimal reference to
research design, data
collection, or measurement
methods in discussion of
validity with no reference to
specific information from
the students article.
10 - 9 points
8 - 3 points
2 - 0 points
No facts clearly identified
from the article.
No attempt to connect
facts from the article back
to the PICO question.
No attempt to connect
facts from the article back
to your nursing practice.
2 - 0 points
Vague statements about
reliability made with no
discussion of data
collection or
measurement methods
offered.
2 - 0 points
Vague statements about
validity made with no
discussion of data
collection or
measurement methods
offered.
2 - 0 points
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Two additional
strengths or
weaknesses from
your nursing
quantitative
research article.
(Paragraph #5)
Clinical practice
guideline
summary.
(Paragraph #6)
Fourth
resource
summary.
(Paragraph #7)
Closing
Paragraph(s)
Strength / weaknesses
identified are not based
on these three critique
skills.
No strengths /
weaknesses identified.
10 - 9 points
Name and specific website
of the clinical practice
guideline identified.
8 - 3 points
Name or website of the
clinical practice guideline
not clearly identified.
2 - 0 points
Name or website of the
clinical practice guideline
not stated.
10 - 9 points
Three facts clearly
identified from the fourth
resource.
8 - 3 points
Less than three facts
clearly identified from the
fourth resource.
10 - 9 points
PICO question is restated.
8 - 3 points
Missing one or more of the
following elements:
PICO question.
Recommendations for
2 - 0 points
No facts clearly identified
from the fourth resource.
No attempt to connect
facts from the fourth
resource back to the
PICO question.
No attempt to connect
facts from the fourth
resource back to your
nursing practice.
2 - 0 points
No PICO question.
Poor or no attempt to
summarize information
from the resources.
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(Paragraph #8
and #9, if
needed)
learned.
Recommendations for
practice.
No / vague
recommendations for
practice are offered.
10 - 9 points
8 - 3 points
2 - 0 points
APA formatting for this paper will follow the guidelines for general formatting, in textcitations, margins, headings (if desired) alignment and line spacing, font type and
size, paragraph indentation, page headers, and the reference page as explained in
the 2nd edition of APA the Easy Way or the 6th edition of the APA Manual.
Helpful Hints:
Do not use 1st person in a formal paper.
Do not use direct quotes, instead summarize and paraphrase what you are
reading.
Please do not forget to use the approved CONHI cover page.
The first time an APA error is discovered, it will be pointed out to you and a point will
be deducted from your paper. Maximum number of points deducted for APA errors:
15 points
Your coach will provide you with a clinical practice topic during Module Two (in
advance of Module Four).
o Step one: Using this topic, identify a nursing clinical practice question
that you would like to explore.
o Step two: Complete the readings from Module four. Use the readings
from Module Four to put your nursing clinical practice question into a
PICO format.
o Step three: Search for a nursing quantitative research article (or two)
that relates to your PICO question using Academic Search Complete,
CINHAL, Pubmed, Google Scholar, or any other database that contains
nursing research articles. Please note: you may be able to use the
article that you submitted in Module Two to meet this requirement.
It must be a nursing quantitative research article.
It must be no more than 5 years old from the current publication
year.
It may not be a qualitative article, systematic review, metasynthesis, meta-analysis, meta-summary, or integrative review.
It may not be a clinical information article or how-to article.
o Step four: If you have questions about your PICO question formatting
or the nursing quantitative research article that you found, post them
to your group discussion board in Module Four for feedback from your
peers / coach.
o
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