For hospitalized patients being discharged, what is the effect of a rehospitalization prevention bundle on reducing the rate and frequency of hospital readmissions compared to patients who do not use the bundle within 30 days after hospital discharge?

• Welcome to Week 7

This week we will be putting it all
together to produce a final capstone draft. This will involve steps in
designing a quantitative study, abstract, scholarly poster, and the formal
research paper with title page.

Instructions/Steps in designing a
Quantitative Clinical Study:

1.   
Formulate
the study question

2.   
Establish
the significance of the problem

3.   
Search
for and critically appraise available evidence

4.   
Develop
the theoretical/conceptual framework

5.   
Generate
hypotheses when appropriate

6.   
Select
the appropriate research design

7.   
Identify
the population sampling plan

8.   
Determine
the measures that will be used

9.   
Outline
the data collection plan

10.                     
Apply
for human subjects approval

11.                     
Implement
the study

12.                     
Prepare
and analyze the data

13.                     
Interpret
the results

14.                     
Disseminate
findings-poster, manuscript

15.                     
Incorporate
the findings in EBP and evaluate outcomes

Formal Research Paper:

P.   
Graduate
Level Rigor

Q.  Publishing
Requirements

R.   
Writing
an Abstract

4.   
 

1.   
Background

2.   
Aim

3.   
Methods

4.   
Expected
Results

5.   
Anticipated
Conclusion

6.   
Potential
Implications to Practice

A.  
Poster
– template

A.  
Copyright

A.  
Manuscript

Title page

1. Background & Significance

2. Literature Review

3. Supporting Evidence

4. Purpose or Aims of the Study

5. Theoretical Model or Framework

6. Methods/Design/Sampling

7. Interventions

8. Expected Results/Outcomes

9. Anticipated Conclusion

10. Possible Limitations

11. Potential Implications to Practice

12. References

13. Poster

14. Appendices   

• Week 7: Resource – Writing Scientific Abstracts (Purdue Owl)

Link

• Week 7: Resource – Poster Template Example

Link

• Week 7: Resource – Scientific Poster Design (Cornell U)

Link

• Week 7: Resource – How to create an effect Poster
  Presentation (O. Sherman)

Link

• Week 7: Resource – Creating Scholarly Posters in PowerPoint
  (U.C. San Diego)

Link

• Week 7: Resource – Poster Template (USU College of Nursing
  and Health Sciences)

Web
Page

An additional
poster template for viewing is available in the USU Online Library under
College of Nursing Research Guides “Poster Template.”

 Week 7: Assignment 1 – Creating a Scholarly Poster

Web
Page

Assignment Prompt

Resource: Poster Template Example

Resource: Scientific Poster Design (Cornell U)

Resource: How to create an effect Poster
Presentation (O. Sherman)

The purpose of this assignment is to
create a poster that will present the visual and graphic presentation of the
capstone project. Poster presentation should clearly articulate what you did,
how you did it, why you did it, and what it contributes to your field and the
larger field of human knowledge. This assignment is due in week seven and must
be presented by the student.

Create your poster per guidance and
approval from your capstone course faculty (template provided above). Follow
the poster template as outlined and review the recommended resources in
creating your poster.

What goals should you keep in mind to
construct a poster?

• Clarity of content. Decide on a small number of
  key points that you want your viewers to take away from your
  presentation, and articulate those ideas clearly and concisely.
• Visual interest and accessibility. The viewers
  should notice and take interest in your poster so that they will pause to
  learn more about your project, and you will need the poster’s design to
  present your research in a way that is easy for those viewers to make
  easy sense of it.

From the capstone project, students
will create an effective poster with the following information:

Title: Project Title

Authors: Your name, faculty advisor’s
name

Background/Significance

Purpose or Aims of the Study

Methods/Design

Expected Results/Outcomes

Anticipated Conclusions

Potential Implications to Practice

Acknowledgements

Contact person: include email address

• Week 7: Upload 1 – Creating a Scholarly Poster

Assignment

 Top of Form

 Available on Jul 16, 2024 1:00 AM. Submission restricted
before availability starts.

Bottom of
Form

When you are
ready to submit your work, do the following:

• If you don’t see “Submissions” below,
  find the Dropbox submission for this week in the Assignments link at the
  top of the course.
• Submit your assignment by dragging the file into
  the Dropbox on top of the “Drop files here” or click on the
  Upload button, navigate to the file, and upload it.
• TurnItIn is a web-based tool that primarily
  checks for plagiarism in the written work you submit to your class. It
  compares submitted papers to a database of academic work, websites, and
  other sources. It then generates a similarity report that highlights any
  matching text. TurnItIn will count any instances of directly copying
  someone or something else, regardless of whether plagiarism has occurred.
  Your goal is to limit your quote and reference usage and to ensure that
  you are completing your work utilizing your own interpretation for the
  majority of your assignment.

• Week 7: Assignment 2 – Writing an Abstract

Web
Page

Points: 100 | Due
Date: Week 7, Day 7 | CLO: 1 & 5 | Grade Category: Assignments

Assignment Prompt

Resource: Writing Scientific Abstracts (Purdue
Owl)

The purpose of this assignment is to
write an abstract for your capstone project. The function of an Abstract is to
provide a brief, descriptive summary of the essay/report. The function of an
Abstract is to inform the reader of the contents of the report /essay so that
the reader can see in advance the key areas covered and the main points of the
argument. An Abstract clearly states the purpose and direction, the main
arguments and the conclusions reached. It is a mini version of the paper. If
writing an investigative report which includes research findings, then it is
usual to include in the Abstract the aims or objectives, methods, findings or
results, conclusions and implications.

Your capstone abstract must be
approved by the Capstone Advisor and or Faculty Chair before the final draft.

Keep these guidelines for abstracts in
mind:

• Provides a professional, scholarly synopsis of
  the capstone project
• States the purpose of the capstone clearly and
  succinctly
• Provides a brief rationale for the capstone
  project.
• Describes the design and methodology of the main
  activities of the project
• Describes the expected results or the outcomes of
  the capstone.
• Provides a summary statement that shows the
  possible implication of the capstone project to student’s clinical
  practice setting or profession.
• Utilizes 250-300 words maximum, using 12 point
  font, either, Arial, Times New Roman, or Courier

Expectations

• Due: Monday, 11:59 pm PT
• Length: Maximum of 250-300 words
• Format: APA 7th ed.
• Research: At least one peer reviewed reference
  within the last 5 years

See USU NUR Writing Assignment Rubric
for additional details and point weighting.

• Week 7: Upload 2 – Writing an Abstract

Assignment

Top of Form

 Available on Jul 16, 2024 1:00 AM. Submission restricted
before availability starts.

Bottom of
Form

When you are
ready to submit your work, do the following:

• If you don’t see “Submissions” below,
  find the Dropbox submission for this week in the Assignments link at the
  top of the course.
• Submit your assignment by dragging the file into
  the Dropbox on top of the “Drop files here” or click on the
  Upload button, navigate to the file, and upload it.
• TurnItIn is a web-based tool that primarily
  checks for plagiarism in the written work you submit to your class. It
  compares submitted papers to a database of academic work, websites, and
  other sources. It then generates a similarity report that highlights any
  matching text. TurnItIn will count any instances of directly copying
  someone or something else, regardless of whether plagiarism has occurred.
  Your goal is to limit your quote and reference usage and to ensure that
  you are completing your work utilizing your own interpretation for the
  majority of your assignment.