Development of a Clinical Pathway for COPD
Chapter 1: Introduction (4-6 pages)
Background
Discuss factors, issues, or phenomenon that helped create or contribute to the problem. How did this problem begin and how long has it been a problem? Are there people (individual or groups) and/or conditions that contribute to the problem? Be sure to provide substantial detail to support the background information.
Problem Statement
This section involves the nursing problem you plan to address. The Problem Statement should be clear and concise. You should describe the scope of your problem, the population affected by the problem, location where the problem exists, and other key issues specific to your problem. This section involves a nursing problem statement, not a clinical PICO or research question. This statement should align with your plan to improve the problem.
Practice Change, Quality Improvement, or Innovation
This section will provide an accurate description of the Practice Change/Quality Improvement/Innovation that you plan to develop and implement (focusing on only the implementation activity that you will be doing for this course) to address the problem you identified.
Rationale
>This section will provide an explanation of why the practice change, quality improvement, or innovation is being recommended. In short, provide a clear rationale for why your Capstone project is needed in your organization. This information is similar to the information you provided in Field Experience Task 1.
Chapter 2: Review of the Literature
Credible Sources
This section is a brief introductory paragraph where you will refer your reader to Appendix A (The Credible Sources Table).
You must complete all of the columns and rows in the Credible Sources Table (Appendix A). Your sources may include peer reviewed articles or credible websites (.org, .edu, or .gov) published within the last five years. The purpose of your review is to evaluate each source and make an appraisal of the source, based on the following criteria: 1) Database (where source was obtained or url if using a website) 2) Peer-reviewed (yes/no), 3) Applicability of recommended best practice to your project, 4) Evidence grade assigned (strength and hierarchy), 5) General appraisal (brief summary of findings and how the findings inform your project), 6) Inclusion (whether you intend to cite the source with an in-text citation) or Exclusion (source will not be cited). Each of the sources that meet criteria for inclusion must be utilized in the Evidence Summary Section (using in-text citations). All sources identified with in-text citations in the body of the paper must be included in your References section.
Best Practices
This section involves a narrative discussion. You will extract the few best practices identified in the Evidence Summary that directly support your project, so we recommend you complete it after writing the evidence summary. Identify specific behaviors here. In-text citations MUST be used to support your identified best practices.
Evidence Summary
This section is based on the sources that met your inclusion criteria/final column in Appendix A - Credible Sources Table. This section provides a summary (synthesis) of the findings, conclusions, or recommendations identified in the sources that met inclusion. The Evidence Summary should not be an Annotated Bibliography (separate critique) of the “included” sources. Instead, it should identify the areas where consensus among the various authors of the included sources exists. The findings, positions, and recommendations included in your Evidence Summary should be consistent with the recommendations you are proposing for your Capstone project. Use of subheadings in this section greatly facilitates organization of your Evidence Summary. We recommend grouping the “yes” articles by common ideas, which will be represented in the subheadings. Each source from the table meeting inclusion criteria will be incorporated into the Evidence Summary. You MUST include an APA style in-text citation for every source that met your inclusion criteria in Appendix A, and each in-text citation must be included in your References section.
Subheading (usually required). The use of subheadings will provide both you and the reader a roadmap of information. These are similar to chapter headings in a book. Remember to add them to your Table of Contents.
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Recommendation
This is a recap of the problem, evidence, and plan. In this section, you will provide a brief restatement of your problem, a recap of your evidence summary (with citations), and a summary statement about your plan, based on that evidence.
References
