DISCUSS GAPS IN PRACTICE

Now that you have identified your practicum site, you will identify your practice problem and consider how the problem has been addressed in your organization and beyond. After identifying this practice problem, you will begin exploring the problem in the literature.

For this Discussion, consider the problem, and explore whether this is an issue only in your organization or an issue more broadly in healthcare. Consider how the issue is addressed in the literature and examine how the issue is currently being addressed (or perhaps not addressed) by the management in your organization.

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.

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WEEKLY RESOURCES

Required Readings

• Dang, D., Dearholt, S. L., Bissett, K., Ascenzi, J., & Whalen, M. (2021). Johns Hopkins evidence-based practice for nurses and healthcare professionals: Model and guidelines (4th ed.). Sigma Theta Tau International.

o Chapter 4, “The Practice Question Phase” (pp. 73–98)

• Hickey, J. V., & Giardino, E. R. (Eds.). (2021). Evaluation of quality in health care for DNPs (3rd ed.). Springer Publishing.

o Chapter 1, “Evaluation and Advanced Nursing Practice: The Mandate for Evaluation” (pp. 3–36)

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2017). Action plan for translating research into practice: Gap analysis and tests of change: Facilitator guideLinks to an external site..

https://www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/action-plan-trip-fac-guide.html

• Chia, R., Pandey, A., & Vongpatanasin, W. (2020). Resistant hypertension—defining the scope of the problemLinks to an external site.. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 63(1), 46–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2019.12.006

• Gallagher Ford, L., & Melnyk, B. M. (2019). The underappreciated and misunderstood PICOT question: A critical step in the EBP processLinks to an external site.. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 16(6), 422–423. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12408

• Shirey, M. R. (2011). Addressing strategy execution challenges to lead sustainable changeLinks to an external site.. JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 41(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0b013e318200288a

• Stannard, D. (2021). Problem identification: The first step in evidence‐based practiceLinks to an external site.. AORN Journal, 113(4), 377–378. https://doi.org/10.1002/aorn.13359

• Walden University Oasis: Writing Center. (n.d.). Citations: OverviewLinks to an external site.. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/apa/citations

• Walden University Oasis: Writing Center. (n.d.). Common assignments: Discussion postLinks to an external site.. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/assignments/discussionpost.

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