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Evidence Based Practice Assignment Guidelines The purpose of this assignment is to introduce evidence-based nursing practice to the first semester nursing student. Instructions: 1) Go to the My MC library page. 2) Select one nursing research journal article that you find interesting (articles published within the last 5 years only). The article may be an individual research study or a metaanalysis. 3) Email a copy of the article to your professor for approval. If your article has already been selected by another peer, then you will be notified to select new article. 4) Write a brief report and prepare a 5-minute presentation for your class regarding the evidence and subsequent nursing recommendations presented in your article. Assignment guidelines: 1) Type your assignment using 12 point font. 2) Answer all of the questions included in the assignment. 3) Submit a hard copy of your assignment and article to your instructor by the stipulated date. 4) On the assignment due date, be prepared to share with the rest of the class the evidence and nursing recommendations identified in your research study.

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Evidence-Based Project Name: ___________________________ Date: _____________________ Complete: 1. Title of the article: 2. APA reference for the article: Answer the following questions. Responses for each question should be at least 60 words, but no more than 200 words. Please type your responses using 12 point font and double spaced. 1. 2. 3. 4.

What is the problem that the research is addressing? Why is this problem significant to nursing practice? Summarize the findings from this research article. Describe the recommendation (s) for nursing practice.

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Grading Rubric for Evidence-Based Practice Paper & Presentation Criteria Points 1. Student emails article to instructor for approval as per guidelines.

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2. Includes the full title of the article and reference using APA 6th edition formatting style. Use APA format for citation and references throughout the paper.

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3. Hard copy of article and typed assignment submitted prior to presentation. 4. Appropriate grammar, spelling, and punctuation in the paper.

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5. Content Criteria: A. 1) discusses the research problem, 2) its significance to nursing practice, 3) research findings, and 4) recommendations for nursing practice.

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 1) Each response is clearly stated, thorough, accurate, and 2) is within the required word count (60-200 words).

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  6. Presentation/Professionalism Criteria: A. 1) Presenter uses a clear, audible voice. 2) Presenter shows enthusiasm. 3) Presenter maintains eye contact with audience.

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B. 1) Presentation includes all elements of the assignment content criteria. Revised Summer 2018

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No grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors (5 pts.) Few (less than 4 errors) grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors (3 pts.) Many (4-6 errors) grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors (2 pt.) Multiple (more than 6 errors) grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors (0 pts.) The assignment is exemplary and meets all elements of the content criteria (10 pts.) The assignment is well done, addresses all content criteria areas, but one area had limitations or errors (8 pts.) The assignment responses are good, but two content criteria areas had limitations or errors (6 pts.) Although the responses are acceptable, three criteria areas had limitations or errors (4 pts.) Multiple content criteria areas had limitations or errors (2 pts.) Content is off topic or missing completely (0 pts.) Meets all presentation criteria (5 pts.) One criteria area had limitations (4 pts.) Two criteria areas had limitations (3.0 pts.) Three criteria areas had limitations (2.0 pts.) Four criteria areas had limitations (1.0 pt.) Presentation lacks multiple components of the assigned criteria (0 pts.)

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4 C. 1) Speaker is dressed professionally. Total possible points /25 *A paper that is submitted without its article will not be reviewed until the article is submitted and is subject to deductions per the course’s late policy.

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