1. Introduction and 1 concisely written thesis statement.
2. Describe your chosen role as an APN in your setting.
3. Differentiate among: research, Evidence Based Practice (EBP) and quality improvement.
4. Explain how and why EBP, research and Quality Improvement (QI) are important to your APN role and specifically how these terms are integrated/applied into your practice setting.
5. Provide a specific example of how you know EBP or QI is applied (or not applied) in your setting. This is where you should be discussing your specific focus area or POI. (4 points). Include how the information is disseminated to your specific area of practice (i.e. nurses, multidisciplinary team members, doctors, etc.). Be sure to consider committees in charge of reviewing policies to make the changes and distribute the new information, the role of administration, educators, CNSs, etc. in the dissemination process. For example: if I am looking at CAUTIs as a POI, then how do I know that my facility uses EBP to make decision on how to treat, minimize CAUTIs? I would introduce my topic here and provide an example of how I know this to be true/untrue.
6. Summarize findings of the discussion.
7. References: you should include a minimum of 2 references in the initial post. The post should be no more than 750 words.