Nursing theories are tested and systematic ways to implement nursing practice. Select a nursing theory and its conceptual model. Prepare a 10-15 slide PowerPoint in which you describe the nursing theory and its conceptual model and demonstrate its application in nursing practice. Include the following:

1. Present an overview of the nursing theory. Provide evidence that demonstrates support for the model’s efficacy in nursing practice. Explain how the theory proves the conceptual model.
2. Explain how the nursing theory incorporates the four metaparadigm concepts.
3. Provide three evidence-based examples that demonstrate how the nursing theory supports nursing practice. Provide support and rationale for each.

Refer to the resource, “Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. 

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

The document must be in complete APA Format complete with in-text citations and complete APA Format references. All the information below is needed for the paper nothing less. Please reply ASAP if you are willing to take on this task, Thank you! Select an organization type in the health care industry as the basis for this assignment. The organization may be your employer or a health care organization of particular interest to you. Types of health care organizations include, but are not limited to, the following: o Hospital, nursing facility, physician office, emergency medical services, managed care organization, home health care, community health department or provider, pharmacy, laboratory, drug manufacturer, medical device manufacturer, durable medical equipment supplier, and electronic medical records software suppliers • Research the key concepts of risk management in health care and the factors that influence risk management for your chosen type of organization. • Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word executive summary in which you complete the following: o Describe the purpose of risk management in health care organizations in general and in your chosen organization in particular. o Explain key steps this organization may take to identify and manage their risks. o Identify three typical or actual risks in your chosen organization. Describe how each risk might negatively affect your organization and its stakeholders. o Summarize the types of education, training, or policies that would help this type of organization mitigate these risks. • Include at least four sources, two from the University Library and two from either the course textbooks or this week- Electronic Reserve Readings. Prepare a reference list of all resources and websites used in your research. Format the executive summary and reference list consistent with APA guidelines

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE & APPLIED NURSING RESEARCH 

Competencies:724.8.5: Foundations of Inquiry – The graduate differentiates between quality improvement processes, evidence based practice, and research.724.8.6 Literature Review and Analysis – The graduate demonstrates knowledge of the process and outcomes of conducting a literature review.724.8.7: Ethics and Research – The graduate demonstrates understanding of the ethics of nursing research, particularly human subjects’ protections, informed consent, and alignment with patient and family values and preferences.724.8.8: Patient Outcomes – The graduate discriminates between identified standards and practices that do not provide improvements in patient outcomes utilizing relevant sources of evidence and the application of nursing theory.724.8.9: Data Collection, Analysis, and Dissemination – The graduate describes the process of data collection, analysis, and implementation of evidence that can improve clinical practice from an interprofessional perspective.

Task 2: Evidence-Based Practice 

Introduction: 

In this task, you will identify a healthcare problem and develop a PICO question that can be answered using evidence. You will identify a single intervention and then search for five research articles and two non-research articles that support that change practice. 

Requirements:

Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when you submit your task that can be used as a guide.

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

A.  Write a summary of the significance and background of a healthcare problem by doing the following:

1.  Describe a healthcare problem that can be used to develop a PICO question.

Note: You may use the same topic and the same research articles that were used in Task 1 provided they support the proposed intervention. Or you may choose a different topic and select articles focusing on one of the following topics: falls and fall prevention, pain management in children, opioid abuse, hepatitis C, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, and hand hygiene and infections in hospitals. 

2.  Explain the significance of the problem from part A1.

3.  Describe the current healthcare practices related to the problem from part A1.

4.  Discuss how the problem affects the organization and patients’ cultural background (i.e., values, health behavior, and preferences). 

B.  Complete a literature review by searching for a total of seven articles consisting of fiveresearch articles and two non-research articles related to the healthcare problem from part A1, and describe the search strategy you used to conduct the literature review by doing the following: 

1. Discuss two research evidence sources and two nonresearch evidence sources that you considered.

Note: Please do not use the same primary author for more than two articles. Articles must not be more than five years old.

C. Use your research articles to develop a PICO (patient/population, intervention/indicator, comparison/control, and outcome) question based on the topic.

D.  Complete the attached “Evidence Matrix,” using the five research evidence sources from scholarly journal sources you located during the literature review in part B. For eacharticle, address the following points: 

Note: You may submit your completed matrix as a separate attachment to the task, or you may include the matrix within your paper, aligned to APA formatting standards.

Note: Upload a copy of the full text of the articles with your submission. 

• author, journal name, and year of publication 
• research design (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, mixed design, systematic review)
• sample size (e.g., numbers of study participants, number of articles, number of control group participants)
• outcome variables measured (e.g., identify what the research is measuring)
• quality (using the following scale: A, B, C)
• results/author’s conclusions (e.g., briefly summarize the outcome) 

E.  Recommend a practice change that addresses the PICO question, using the evidence collected in the attached “Evidence Matrix.” You must use all five research articles from the “Evidence Matrix” attachment to support this recommendation via in-text citations.  

F.  Describe a process for implementing the practice change from part E in which you do the following:

1.  Explain how you would involve three key stakeholders in the decision to implement the recommendation from part E.

2.  Describe two specific barriers you may encounter when implementing the practice change from part E in the nursing practice setting.

3.  Identify two strategies that could be used to overcome the barriers described in part F2.

4.  Identify one indicator to measure the outcome (the O in PICO question) of the recommended change practice from part E. 

G.  Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

H. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission. 

Impact Report to Senior Leadership.

Write a 4–6 page impact report to senior leadership that identifies a nursing-related challenge, analyzes how it affects the organization from a nursing perspective, and details the new position.

Each organization has a unique structure that impacts the behavior of the organization. In health care organizations, this impact is on the ability of the organization to deliver quality patient care. Nursing is an essential component of any health care organization, and nursing leaders must understand the role of nursing and nursing leadership within the total organization. Understanding basic organizational structure, mission, vision, philosophy, and values will better prepare nurse leaders to improve quality and patient outcomes.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Identify nursing leadership priorities, using a systems perspective.       
  • (IMPORTANT) -Identify a nursing challenge and its impact from a nursing perspective. 
• Competency 2: Apply systems theory and systems thinking to facilitate health care delivery and patient outcomes.       
  • (IMPORTANT) -Explain how the nursing challenge creates a gap or conflict between the organization’s statements and practice.
  • (IMPORTANT) -Identify organizational factors that impact the situation using a SWOT analysis.
• Competency 4: Evaluate how power relates to health care organizational structure, behavior, and leadership.       
  • (IMPORTANT) -Assess how the new nurse leader position should apply leadership skills, knowledge, or abilities to exert power and influence and impact patient outcomes. 
• Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is consistent with the expectations of a nursing professional.       
  • (IMPORTANT) -Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and current APA style.

This is basically the same but resumed:

1. Criterion    Identify a nursing challenge and its impact from a nursing perspective.  
2. Criterion    Explain how the identified nursing challenge creates a gap or conflict between the organization’s statements and practice.   
3. Criterion    Identify organizational factors that impact the situation using a SWOT analysis. 
4. Assess how the new nurse leader position should apply leadership skills, knowledge, or abilities to exert power and influence and impact patient outcomes.
5. Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and current APA style.

Assessment Instructions 

Preparation

Use the Suggested Resources for this assessment to study systems theory, SWOT analysis, and shared governance teams, as background for an Impact Report to Senior Leadership. The report includes a SWOT analysis. The SWOT Analysis Template is linked in Required Resources.

• Study a facility in your area and examine its Web site and any available public documents to aid you in completing this assessment. You may wish to examine an organization where you work, where you have worked in the past, or where you did your clinical work.
• Do not name the organization in your report; instead, identify the type of facility and location. Example: A rehabilitation center in a midsize Midwestern city.

Use the following scenario as the basis for your report:Scenario The unit-based Shared Governance Council of the organization where you work has identified a major nursing-related challenge (patient/staff safety, confidentiality, management/staff conflict, poor patient satisfaction survey scores, or nursing staff shortages) within your health care organization. In an unusual move, your system administrator is considering creating a new nurse leadership position that would have the responsibility and authority to address this specific issue. As a member of the shared governance council’s subcommittee, you have been asked to write the committee’s final report. 

Deliverable: Impact Report to Senior Leadership

Write a 4–6 page impact report to senior leadership that identifies the challenge, analyzes how it affects the organization from a nursing perspective, and details the new position.

• Use systems thinking and leadership theory as tools to approach this problem. 

Construct the report with the following headings:

The Nursing Challenge:

• Identify the nursing challenge and its impact from a nursing perspective. Choose from:      
  • Patient/staff safety, confidentiality, management/staff conflict, poor patient-satisfaction survey scores, or nursing staff shortages.

The System/Organization:

• Explain how the nursing challenge creates a gap or conflict between the organization’s statements and practice.      
  • Identify the organization type—that is, specialty hospital, teaching hospital, major health care system, et cetera, and summarize the organizational structure, its mission, vision, and philosophy statements.
  • Use systems theory and systems thinking to explain the gap or conflict.

SWOT Analysis:

Use the SWOT Analysis Template linked in Required Resources and include the SWOT analysis table in your paper.

• Identify organizational factors that impact the situation using a SWOT analysis.      
  • For example, a budget cut may cause short staffing, which relates directly to the problem.
• What factors within the system may facilitate a solution for this problem?

The Position:

• Assess how the new nurse leader position will have power and influence and impact patient outcomes.
• How will this position affect change within the organization?
• Identify key leadership skills, knowledge, or abilities required for the position.

Additional Requirements

• Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Resources and in-text citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
• Length: The report should be 4–6 pages in content length. Include a separate title page and a separate reference page.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point, double-spaced.
• Number of resources: Use a minimum of three peer-reviewed resources.

Course Project: Part 3—Translating Evidence Into Practice

In Part 3 of the Course Project, you consider how the evidence you gathered during Part 2 can be translated into nursing practice.

Now that you have located available research on your PICOT question, you will examine what the research indicates about nursing practices. Connecting research evidence and findings to actual decisions and tasks that nurses complete in their daily practice is essentially what evidence-based practice is all about. This final component of the Course Project asks you to translate the evidence and data from your literature review into authentic practices that can be adopted to improve health care outcomes. In addition, you will also consider possible methods and strategies for disseminating evidence-based practices to your colleagues and to the broader health care field.

To prepare:

• Consider Parts 1 and 2 of your Course Project. How does the research address your PICOT question?
• With your PICOT question in mind, identify at least one nursing practice that is supported by the evidence in two or more of the articles from your literature review. Consider what the evidence indicates about how this practice contributes to better outcomes.
• Explore possible consequences of failing to adopt the evidence-based practice that you identified.
• Consider how you would disseminate information about this evidence-based practice throughout your organization or practice setting. How would you communicate the importance of the practice?

To complete:

In a 3- to 4-page paper:

• Restate your PICOT question and its significance to nursing practice.
• Summarize the findings from the articles you selected for your literature review. Describe at least one nursing practice that is supported by the evidence in the articles. Justify your response with specific references to at least 2 of the articles.
• Explain how the evidence-based practice that you identified contributes to better outcomes. In addition, identify potential negative outcomes that could result from failing to use the evidence-based practice.
• Outline the strategy for disseminating the evidence-based practice that you identified throughout your practice setting. Explain how you would communicate the importance of the practice to your colleagues. Describe how you would move from disseminating the information to implementing the evidence-based practice within your organization. How would you address concerns and opposition to the change in practice?

By Day 7 of Week 10

This part of the Course Project is due. It should be combined with the other two components of the Course Project and turned in as your Portfolio Assignment for this course.

Note: In addition, include a 1-page summary of your project.

For this final iteration, you will need to:

• Submit your paper to Grammarly and SafeAssign through the Walden Writing Center. Based on the Grammarly and SafeAssign reports, revise your paper as necessary.
• Reminder: The School of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The School of Nursing Sample Paper provided at the Walden Writing Center provides an example of those required elements (available from the Walden University website found in this week’s Learning Resources). All papers submitted must use this formatting. NOTE ASSIGNMENT IS NURSING RELATED