In collaboration with your approved course mentor, you will identify a specific evidence-based practice proposal topic for the capstone project. Consider the clinical environment in which you are currently working or have recently worked. The capstone project topic can be a clinical practice problem, an organizational issue, a quality improvement suggestion, a leadership initiative, or an educational need appropriate to your area of interest as well as your practice immersion (practicum) setting. Examples of the integration of community health, leadership, and an EBP can be found on the “Educational and Community-Based Programs” page of the Healthy People 2020 website.

Write a 750-1000 words description of your proposed capstone project topic. Make sure to include the following:

1. The problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need that will be the focus of the project . {Problem:Childhood Obesity]
2. The setting or context in which the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need can be observed.
3. A description providing a high level of detail regarding the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need.
4. Impact of the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need on the work environment, the quality of care provided by staff, and patient outcomes.
5. Significance of the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need and its implications to nursing.
6. A proposed solution to the identified project topic

You are required to retrieve and assess a minimum of 8 peer-reviewed articles. Plan your time accordingly to complete this assignment.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

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

REQUIRED READING RESOURCES:

Required Reading

Guide to Community Prevention Services (2016). 2016 Annual Report to Congress, Federal Agencies, and Prevention Stakeholders. Retrieved from http://www.thecommunityguide.org/annualreport/2016-congress-report-full.pdf

Guide to Community Preventive Services (2013). Increasing physical activity. Accessed on July 14, 2016 from http://www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/index.html

Kahn, E. B., Ramsey, L.T., Brownson R., Heath, G.W., Howze, E.H., Powell, K.E., Stone, E.J., Rajab, M.W., Corso, P. and the Task Force on Community Preventive Services (2002). The effectiveness of interventions to increase physical activity: a systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 22(4S), 73-107. Retrieved from http://www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/pa-ajpm-evrev.pdf

Task Force on Community Preventive Services (2002). Recommendations to increase physical activity in communities. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 22(4S), 67-72. Retrieved from http://www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/pa-ajpm-recs.pdf

***HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT***

Module 4 discusses the importance of program evaluation. Drawing from the required readings, as well as your own personal and/or professional health-related experiences, what are the pros and cons for conducting program evaluation?

Drawing from your module readings, as well as your personal/professional experiences, evaluate and discuss the effectiveness of utilizing comprehensive strategies in decreasing tobacco use and increasing physical activity.

Find two articles related to two of the following psychiatric mental-health diagnoses. In an MS Word document, write an annotated bibliography on the two articles. Your individual post should be in five well-developed paragraphs (500–700 words total). Use APA formatting and integrate two evidence-based resources to include clinical practice guidelines as well as the course textbook.

Psychiatric mental health choices for annotated bibliography (find two articles):

· Depression in adolescents

· Depression post-menopausal

· PTSD

· Bipolar disorder

· Anxiety

Questions to be answered following the annotated bibliography section:

What are the actions of neurotransmitters and how do psychiatric mental-health pharmacological agents influence their actions?

What is serotonin syndrome?

Discuss the term black box warning and developmental considerations for this diagnosis.

What are the considerations for prescribing psychiatric mental-health pharmacological agents to older adults?

Based on the preceding questions, what patient education is important when prescribing psychiatric mental-health pharmacological agents?

Format: No abstract; APA format; cover page; annotated bibliography for each of two articles.

Refer to the Purdue OWL  related to formatting and writing the annotated bibliography.

Use the practice problem and a qualitative, peer-reviewed research article you identified in the Topic 1 assignment to complete this assignment.

In a 1000-1,250 word essay, summarize the study, explain the ways in which the findings might be used in nursing practice, and address ethical considerations associated with the conduct of the study.

Refer to the resource “Research Critique Guidelines” for suggested headings and content for your paper.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

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 Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Please respond based on what is written in this discussion.  

Classmate wrote: For this assignment, I interviewed an NP in charge of the clinical division of the local hospital. Based on my observations and research, the hospital allocates different roles to healthcare professionals engaged in various capacities to oversee the assigned activities and performance within their specific department or division. According to the interviewee, the primary focus in performance management is to align the generated employee outputs with the organizational goals which are developed at the beginning of every strategic period. The interviewed noted that she is continuously focused on ensuring that she creates a workforce which is compliant, dependent, and technically equipped to ensure that they meet the goals set by the hospital towards improving the quality of care and also the overall outcomes for the hospital and the patients. Correctly, the interview explained that her department has come up with sector-specific ways of evaluating and managing performance to ensure that that they meet the anticipated goals and objectives. It requires the employees to come together in developing performance management practices within the organization to maximize individual performance and enhance the quality of care delivery (Hewko and Cummings, 2016). In my view, I think that the interviewee is correct to focus on improving individual employee performance and also involving them in the course of performance management and improvement in the organization. It is because healthcare professionals as care providers represent an integral part of the healthcare process and they have to involve directly and continuously to ensure that the quality of care delivery is improved significantly (van der Geer et al., 2009). The overall outcomes will be likely to be advanced if all levels of the workforce are engaged actively to provide high quality and effective care delivery. 

PLEASE USE AT LEAST 2 REFERENCES AND IN-TEXT CITATIONS.

References

Hewko, S. J., & Cummings, G. G. (2016). Performance management in healthcare: a critical analysis. Leadership in Health Services, 29(1), 52-68.

Van der Geer, E., van Tuijl, H. F., & Rutte, C. G. (2009). Performance management in healthcare: performance indicator development, task uncertainty, and types of performance indicators. Social science & medicine, 69(10), 1523-1530.