Review the Capstone Paper Assignment Guide

• Download the template you will use to complete this Assignment
  • Walden University. Walden templates: General templates: APA course paper template with advice (6th ed.). Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/general#s-lg-box-2774360
  • Review the webinar on using a template.
    • Delete the abstract page in the template. This is not required for this course.
    • The template includes the correct font and formatting:  12 pt. Times New Roman font, double spacing, and 1 inch margins on all sides.
• Review the Academic Writing Expectations Checklist Capstone Level
  • Note the new expectations for Use of evidence and Credit to Source
  • Use a Scholarly Voice
    • http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/scholarlyvoice
    • http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/webinars/scholarlywriting#s-lg-box-2773859
  • Review the Walden University Writing Center webpage: Using Evidence: Synthesis
• Review the Week 3 Assignment Rubric
• Identify a quality improvement practice problem to be discussed in the Capstone paper (Contolling pain at the end of life_
  • Consider problems related to structure, process, outcomes, or patient experience.

Remember: Each section of the Capstone Paper must meet the Academic Writing Expectations for the Capstone Level.

For this Assignment, write a paragraph that addresses the following:

• Practice Problem )Controlling pain in dying pt or hospice pt
  • State the practice problem in measurable terms and that reflect quality indicators. Include data that suggests a practice problem exists. Do not use anecdotal experiences or opinions.
    • This is the same problem described in the Week 1 Practice Experience discussion.
    • Keep in mind that this section may need to be revised after you complete all of the other sections.
  • Provide the rationale for selecting the practice problem. See Chapter 3, page 69, Exhibit 3.15 in the Spath (2018) text for examples.

Due: Sunday night at 11:59pm Mountain Time

In this assignment, you will write a paper that analyzes a scenario and considers the relationships between theory, research, and practice in evidence-based research.

Step 1: Read the following scenario.

During the course of your practice as a staff nurse on a medical-surgical unit, the nurse manager and unit-based council state that discharge teaching for postoperative patients will now include information pertaining to wound assessments, care, and dressing changes (as needed). The basis for this change stemmed from the unit consensus about postoperative readmissions with wound infections. The unit-based council performed a review of the literature and has decided to implement a discharge teaching plan that will include specific information addressing wound care.

Step 2: Identify one research article pertaining to this problem.

The article must be from nursing research from the United States and be published within the last five years in a peer-reviewed journal. Suggestions for finding an article include use of the library and journal articles posted to the Internet.

Step 3: Review aspects of theories and conceptual models.

• Consider the various aspects of a theory and nursing conceptual models.
• Consider the purpose of research and how theory and research work together to support evidence-based practice.
• Think of how theory and nursing conceptual models could be used to reflect on the problem in nursing practice described in Step 1.

Step 4: Write a two-four page paper.

Write a paper that analyzes the importance of theory, research findings, and practice as it relates to evidence-based research. Then, using the scenario from Step 1 and the article you identified in Step 2, summarize how the aspects of a theory would help support evidence-based research into the problem described in the scenario. Also, describe which nursing conceptual model would be appropriate for research into this problem and why.

Construct your paper and cite any sources in APA format.

Step 5: Save and submit your assignment.

When you have completed your assignment, save a copy for yourself in an easily accessible place and submit a copy of the paper to your instructor.