Reference no: EM132378012

Data Collection Plan and Discussion Board

Purpose: To assess ability to synthesize key course concepts and the ability to design and implement a data collection and analysis plan.

Throughout the course, students should be thinking about their clinical scholarly projects and how key concepts are generally or specifically related to the project. The signature assignment in this course is a draft of the methodology chapter of the clinical scholarly project which will explain the expected data collection and analysis. This Week 5 assignment is a PowerPoint presentation of your intended data collection and analysis plan.

The goal of the assignment is to assess students' readiness to do the final assignment in the course and the oral defense of the clinical scholarly project. The focus of the assignment is on developing a clear vision of (a) what should be done in a clinical scholarly project to collect, analyze and interpret data appropriately.

An example of the presentation format is provided here and in a larger format in Week 5. Students are expected to use the feedback they got from their instructor on previous assignments as they prepare for this assignment. Students are encouraged to work with classmates, instructors, and mentors/chairs when preparing the assignment. However, this assignment is not group work. Each student's final presentation file should be unique to the student and reflect his/her background, experience, expertise, integrity, and specific doctoral project.

The assignment consists of two parts:

Part I. PowerPoint Presentation

The student should prepare a PowerPoint presentation (not a narrated or video presentation, presenter notes only as needed). It should be organized in the format shown below, and follow the example carefully to include key components and formatting. Students should choose the ONE most important quantitative outcome of the clinical scholarly project as the topic of the Analysis Plan.

Students should make sure that the audience will understand what change in practice s/he will be evaluating, why it is an important problem, why s/he is predicting the results s/he is predicting, and how the results will impact nursing practice if s/he achieves them.

The project will draw heavily on the project proposal developed in DNPU 706.

Slide 1 - Title and Author

Slide 2 - Problem statement (brief explanation of the background and significance of the clinical scholarly project)

Slide 3 - Claim (predicted result of the clinical scholarly project)

Slide 4 - Evidence (statistical evidence from the literature review to support the claim)

Slide 5 - Reasoning (explanation of how the evidence supports the claim; include a clear statement of the analysis planned and the predicted result)

Slide 6 - Implications (what are the implications of your study on EBP?)

Slide 7 - Sample (describe your sample and the population it is drawn from)

Slide 8 - Variables (Identify your primary outcome and predictor variable(s))

Slide 9 - Collection Plan and Timeline (Briefly describe the data collection plan - may use up to two slides)

Slide 10 - References (alphabetical list of citations in APA format)

Part II. Draft Feedback and Discussion

You will post a DRAFT of this plan to the class discussion by Wednesday of Week 5 along with a 1-2 paragraph CER Summary of your plan (typed into the discussion).

Reading

Outcomes and Challenges in Implementing Hourly Rounds to Reduce Falls in Orthopedic Units By Sharon J. Tucker and Patti L. Bieber.

Hourly rounding and patient falls: What factors boost success? By Jennifer Goldsack and Meredith Bergey

Clinical Effectiveness and Cost of a Hospital-Based Fall Prevention Intervention : The Importance of Time Nurses Spend on the Front Line of
Implementation By Teryl K. Nuckols and Jack Needleman.