Assignment
You will identify an issue or opportunity for change within your healthcare organization and propose an idea for a change in practice supported by an EBP approach.
To Prepare:
Reflect on the four peer-reviewed articles you critically appraised see below
Reflect on your current healthcare organization and think about potential opportunities for evidence-based change
Create an 8- to 9-slide PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:
• Briefly describe your healthcare organization, including its culture and readiness for change. (You may opt to keep various elements of this anonymous, such as your company name.)
• Describe the current problem or opportunity for change. Include in this description the circumstances surrounding the need for change, the scope of the issue, the stakeholders involved, and the risks associated with change implementation in general.
• Propose an evidence-based idea for a change in practice using an EBP approach to decision making. Note that you may find further research needs to be conducted if sufficient evidence is not discovered.
• Describe your plan for knowledge transfer of this change, including knowledge creation, dissemination, and organizational adoption and implementation.
• Describe the measurable outcomes you hope to achieve with the implementation of this evidence-based change.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Reference
Di Somma, S., Paladino, L., Vaughan, L., Lalle, I., Magrini, L., &Magnanti, M. (2015).
Overcrowding in the emergency department: an international issue. Internal and emergency medicine, 10(2), 171-175.
Morley, C., Unwin, M., Peterson, G. M., Stankovich, J., & Kinsman, L. (2018). Emergency department crowding: A systematic review of causes, consequences, and solutions. PloS one, 13(8), e0203316.
Saghafian, S., Austin, G., & Traub, S. J. (2015). Operations research/management contributions to emergency department patient flow optimization: Review and research prospects. IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 5(2), 101-123.
Yarmohammadian, M. H., Rezaei, F., Haghshenas, A., &Tavakoli, N. (2017). Overcrowding in emergency departments: a review of strategies to decrease future challenges. Journal of research in medical sciences: the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.