NURS 8502 Week 10 Assignment 1: Journal Entry 3

Time Log Note: Add rows as needed. Total: Weeks 1-3 Total Weeks 4-7 Total: Weeks 8-11 Total Practicum Hours Completed for Course     WK   Date   Time   # of hour   Learner Objective *Bloom’s Taxonomy   Course Objective (Walden)   AACN Essential**     Projected Goal   Activities Completed   Status of completion    1-3        Establish the current knowledge on diabetic ulcers among new-graduate registered nurses.  Translate research findings to direct evidence-based nursing practice.  Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice (AACN, 2006)  Establish the baseline knowledge among new grad RNs about diabetic ulcers. Conducted a review of the scholarly literature the subject of interest. Conducted a survey using a pre-test questionnaire on the current knowledge among new graduate RNs in managing diabetic ulcers.  Completed       Completed  4-6        Identify the best evidence-based practices that will be used to train new graduate registered nurses on the management of diabetic ulcers prevention.  Translate research findings to direct evidence-based nursing practice (Walden University, n.d.).  Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice.  Establish the best evidence-based practices are procedures recommended in care of diabetic ulcers. Refined the practice problem. Explored sources of evidence that will be utilized in addressing the practice problem. Developed a search strategy to address the practice problem.  Completed  7-9        Develop a diabetic ulcers training program.  Develop organizational system changes for quality improvement in healthcare delivery in response to local and/or global community needs.  Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice.  Educate new graduate RNs on diabetic ulcers management.  None    9-11       Implement a staff training program on the management of diabetic ulcers.  Develop organizational system changes for quality improvement in healthcare delivery in response to local and/or global community needs.  Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice.  Educate new graduate RNs on diabetic ulcers management.  None    8-11       Evaluate the impact of the staff training program on the management of diabetic ulcers.  Develop organizational system changes for quality improvement in healthcare delivery in response to local and/or global community needs (Walden University, n.d.).  Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice (AACN, 2006).  Assess the impact of the training program on educating new graduate RNs on managing diabetic ulcers.  None                          Journal During week four to seven of the practicum, I refined the practice problem as low knowledge scores among new graduate nurses on the management of diabetic ulcers. I identified and refined the problem through the help of the organization’s leadership team and diabetes team, who pointed out the knowledge gaps among the new grad nurses that should be addressed in the practicum project. In addition, I identified the change practices that will address the practice problem, including conducting staff education programs on the management of diabetic ulcers. The aim of this change is to ensure new grad nurses have the required knowledge to provide high standards of care. From my research, I found that theoretical and practical training programs are crucial. Nurses should be supported to participate in the programs to increase their engagement in diabetic ulcer management (Kaya & Karaca, 2018). In week five, I identified the sources of evidence to address the practice problem. They include research reports, scientific and academic journals, books, clinical practice guidelines, scientific/nursing organizational websites, monitoring and evaluation data, and e-alerts. I selected these sources because they have a wide range of information, including clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, controlled trials, and quantitative and qualitative research (Lehane et al., 2019). Furthermore, I developed a search strategy that I will use to gather evidence for the practice problem. I developed a comprehensive search strategy to help retrieve peer-reviewed articles related to the practice problem. The search strategy will help to retrieve recent articles, which will ensure that the evidence-based practice solutions to the problem are not outdated.