Mm week 5
Knowledge-to-Action Part 1: Intervention
Student Name
NU 700: Knowledge for Nursing Practice
Full Faculty’s Name and Credentials
Month date, year
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Knowledge-to-Action Part 1: Intervention
It is always good to start a paper with a grabbing statistic (with citation) or statement regarding the topic (the problem which was identified in your article from Week 4) to capture the attention of the reader. Provide a sentence or two discussing the professional nurses’ role in using evidence from the literature to address a practice problem. End the introduction paragraph with a purpose or thesis statement as your last sentence of the paragraph to introduce the
main points/sections of your paper. Example: The purpose of this paper is to… discuss a clinical practice problem and provide a literature summary of an evidence-based intervention to address this problem my clinical practice setting.
TIP: (be more
specific
using the problem you have identified and your clinical setting (home health, hospital, hospice, etc) when creating the purpose statement). **It is ok in APA 7th edition to say I, me, my.
Provide the name of the Unit 4 article and be sure that you are providing appropriate citations. Clearly identify and state the overarching problem within this article’s practice setting (Ex: The clinical practice problem identified within the article is…….). Provide an overview of the information contained within the selected article that supports the existence and significance of the problem. Including information such as participants/setting of the article and data or statistics adds credibility to the significance of the problem.
A problem needs to be a real problem, or it is not worth addressing-prove there is a real problem. This section is only about a problem, not a diagnosis or an intervention.
**TIP: Only provide info from the
initially selected article from Unit 4 and edits as suggested by the faculty.
Literature Review: Potential Intervention
Search current literature about the clinical practice problem and interventions that address the Unit 4 problem. Select
ONE intervention that would be the best option to address the problem in YOUR CURRENT clinical practice setting (ex: Family Practice Clinic). Provide a sentence or two to explain what the intervention is. Then develop
a literature review
of the intervention, synthesizing three (3) sources of scholarly literature. The literature review should ideally compare/contrast all 3 articles.
These are some ways you can write the literature review within the narrative to capture all significant elements of a review. Compare and contrast the following components using linking words (like similarly, alternatively, like, in contrast, in comparison): Purpose of the Study, Settings/Participants or Population, Level of Evidence, Relevant Data, Statistics, or Themes, Outcomes/Findings, and Limitations or Gaps in the Research. You are wanting to show how each study compares to the others in the review (alike and differently) but how all come to the same conclusion which is that the intervention could address the clinical problem.
This is NOT a summary of individual articles and their findings on an intervention. It is the SYNTHESIS of all the articles into one literature review.
Example Literature Review: Simulation
*Note how this begins with a description of the intervention
Due to the multifaceted nature of healthcare, new nurses must be ready upon graduation to enter the workforce with well-developed clinical judgement, self-confidence, and psychomotor skills. Simulation-based learning is a pedagogical approach that exposes students to real-world scenarios at differing levels of difficulty to provide the opportunity for knowledge and clinical skills application and reflective learning in a psychologically safe environment (National Council of State Boards of Nursing, 2019). Three evidence-based articles are represented in this literature review to support the intervention of simulation-based learning in nursing education.
Ahn and Kim (2019) found in a quasi-experimental study of 69 participants that simulation improved learning outcomes and self-confidence by 26% when perception of the simulation scenario was viewed positively. Likewise, Kaddoura (2020) found in systematic review of literature from the past 10 years, that the safe learning environment of simulation contributes to nursing students’ critical thinking and confidence. Like Kaddoura (2020), Fisher and King (2017) conducted a qualitative survey of 25 senior nursing students and found themes to support that simulation improved the transfer of theoretical knowledge to clinical, enhanced confidence levels, and expanded clinical competencies necessary as a practice-ready nurse.
Go into more depth about the settings, participants, types of studies conducted, any data/analysis, and outcomes. This discussion should be approximately 3 paragraphs that compare and contrast the literature in this way regarding a single intervention and its efficacy in addressing a clinical practice problem like the one found in Unit 4.
End this section with your thoughts and why you believe it is
the
best one for YOUR clinical practice setting
based on the literature review. It is acceptable in APA 7th edition to use I, me, my pronouns.
Simulation is the best evidence-based intervention to address the practice problem in my clinical setting of prelicensure nursing education. Simulation scenarios can bridge the theory to practice gap often seen in students early in their nursing educational experience. Clinical simulation is linked to improvement in critical thinking skills in a safe learning environment (Smith et al., 2019). Students can gain confidence while learning without negative consequences to themselves or physical risks to patient that could result from an error in judgment using this evidence-based intervention.
*TIP: Review these videos to help with developing a literature review.
Conclusion
***Bonus Tip: While there is no specific page requirement, an in-depth review of the clinical practice problem and supporting literature, along with the introduction & conclusion sections is suggested to be no less than 3 pages. With title and reference pages, a total of 5 pages minimum is suggested.
References
Make sure to include functioning doi/url links for retrieval that take the reader to the full article.
This paper should be supported by no less than
4 scholarly sources with citations/references.
