Fitchburg State University

Department of NursingLeadership and Management Final Paper

Part II due Week XIV by midnight on day of classGuidelines/Grading Rubric

1. Identify the area in need of improvement and the proposed change (2.5 points). Begin this section with an overview of the problem, and how it impacts nursing, patients or the healthcare setting. This information is similar to Writing Assignment Part I section I, and will be 1 paragraph in length. When the paper is completed this will be a transition paragraph and will lead the reader to the review of literature.

2. Support the need for the change with the nursing literature (4 articles selected and approved) (15 points)a. Write an introductory statement that leads the reader from the problem (in #1) to the literature which provides information to improve or remedy the problem.b. Summarize the key components of each article in this section. -Summarize research articles as you learned in Evidence Based Practice: identify the purpose, method, participants, research design, finding and limitations. -For professional nursing articles identify the key concepts. c. Write a transition statement that leads the reader from the research back to the problemd. Integrate the key components from each article into a rationale for the proposed change 3. Identify how the change will occur and who will participate in this process. (2.5 points) Is there a QI team? Who is on the team? How will information be shared to other nurses? If the change has already occurred, you can “pretend” that you are the original planner and identify who should be on the Quality Improvement Team. If the change has not occurred or if there is no QI team, utilize your textbook to determine the ideal membership of the QI team.

Writing Guidelines:Begin this section of the paper with the title page and content from Part I. Transition to Part II by following above guidelines.Part II should be 4-7 pages in length, not counting title page and Reference pages.Grammar, sentence structure, and writing style are graded within APA writing style and are worth 10 points.

This Assignment: Part II is worth 30 points (of a 100 point final exam).

Late submissions lose 5 points per day (of the maximum 30 points).