Length of paper: 5-page excluding cover page, references, and appendices
Literature: 5 – 6 scholarly references, practice documents and grey literature, e.g., BPGs, CNO
practice standards
Literature: 5 – 6 scholarly references, practice documents and grey literature, e.g., BPGs, CNO
practice standards
In follow up to the Clinical Leadership Proposal, The Clinical Leadership Implementation Plan will
extend the ideas presented in the proposal to detail a clinical leadership process that identifies key
recommendations, an action/implementation plan, and an evaluation method to fully address the issue and ensure sustainability of practice change. A Quality Improvement (QI) /Change model framework
extend the ideas presented in the proposal to detail a clinical leadership process that identifies key
recommendations, an action/implementation plan, and an evaluation method to fully address the issue and ensure sustainability of practice change. A Quality Improvement (QI) /Change model framework
must be used to guide the project.
Components of Clinical Leadership Implementation Plan: (See rubric posted in D2L Course Shell)
Components of Clinical Leadership Implementation Plan: (See rubric posted in D2L Course Shell)
a. QI/Change Model/framework: Outline the QI/Change model/framework that will be the foundation
for the analysis. Content including the significance of this issue to the nursing profession within your
clinical practice setting will be explored. Address why this issue is important. Support your
description of the issue’s significance with references from the literature (may include references from
descriptive, theoretical or research peer-reviewed papers). Maintain your focus on leadership in clinical practice.
for the analysis. Content including the significance of this issue to the nursing profession within your
clinical practice setting will be explored. Address why this issue is important. Support your
description of the issue’s significance with references from the literature (may include references from
descriptive, theoretical or research peer-reviewed papers). Maintain your focus on leadership in clinical practice.
b. Key Recommendations with Focused Literature Review/Synthesis: A focused literature synthesis
analyzing and critiquing relevant peer-reviewed papers from the literature that support your
recommendations as identified in the proposal. Literature must be within the past 5 to 10 years;
papers must be primary research studies) that address each recommendation. Synthesize a minimum of two articles to support each recommendation being proposed. Ensure that you briefly describe study design, methods, sample, setting, and relevant study findings. As part of the synthesis, consider whether the papers are complementary to one another and/or they present differing perspectives or findings. Summarize what you discovered regarding the state of current knowledge about your selected issue.
analyzing and critiquing relevant peer-reviewed papers from the literature that support your
recommendations as identified in the proposal. Literature must be within the past 5 to 10 years;
papers must be primary research studies) that address each recommendation. Synthesize a minimum of two articles to support each recommendation being proposed. Ensure that you briefly describe study design, methods, sample, setting, and relevant study findings. As part of the synthesis, consider whether the papers are complementary to one another and/or they present differing perspectives or findings. Summarize what you discovered regarding the state of current knowledge about your selected issue.
c. Implementation Plan: – Based on your evidence-i
nformed recommendation and using your identified leadership/ QI model/framework, describe an implementation plan to address the identified issue (e.g.,proposal). Focus on implementation of ONE of the recommendations in one of following areas (based on your analysis/synthesis of the literature):
1) Discuss relevant implications for nursing education,
2) Discuss relevant implications for nursing practice, and/or
2) Discuss relevant implications for nursing practice, and/or
3) Discuss relevant implications for
policy and/or programming.
policy and/or programming.
d. Evaluation: Outline an evaluation method to assess whether the implementation plan is having an
effect on nursing practice as intended. Summarize main points of your paper and include references
effect on nursing practice as intended. Summarize main points of your paper and include references
from descriptive, theoretical or research peer-reviewed papers other than (and including) those used in
the synthesis above.
the synthesis above.
Important reminders:
● Closely follow the above four components and organize the paper using the above section
headings.
● Proper APA (7th ed.) format
● Closely follow the above four components and organize the paper using the above section
headings.
● Proper APA (7th ed.) format