Overview

Imagine you are on a team at
your workplace and have identified a new best practice to implement. In
this assignment, you will describe the steps of implementing this new
practice. This will require you to do some research of your own about
how change comes about in your workplace. You will need to check your
policies and procedures and may need to talk with a supervisor with
experience in this area. You will need to support your thoughts on why
you think a change needs to occur. This should be done by using the
literature.

Objectives

• Differentiate among research, research utilization, and evidence-based practice
• Identify the steps of evidence-based practice

References

Minimum
of four (4) total references: two (2) references from required course
materials and two (2) peer-reviewed references. All references must be
no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal
piece of information)

Criteria
Levels of Achievement
Accomplished
Needs Improvement
Not Acceptable
Introduction
7 to 7 Points
 Clearly states the purpose of the paper.
 Provides a comprehensive overview of topic or questions.
 Engages the reader.
 Organized and has easy follow.
2 to 6 Points
 Overview is provided, but key points/ideas are missing.
 Purpose statement is not clear.
 Does not engage the reader.
 Somewhat disorganized but still comprehensible
0 to 1 Points
 Does not provide an overview of the paper or is absent.
 No purpose statement.
Body
Key Requirement 1: Identifies a best new practice to implement
5 to 5 Points
 Student clearly identifies a new best practice for his or her workplace
 Provides explanation and examples as to why this practice was chosen.
3 to 4 Points
 Student identifies a new best practice for his or her workplace
 Does not provide explanation or examples as to why this practice was chosen.
0 to 2 Points
 Does not provide a new best practice for his or her workplace.
Key Requirement 2: Describes the steps to implementing the best new practice (from your workplace)
7 to 7 Points
 Clearly describes the steps to implementing this change.
 Shows that research has been done on how to implement this change in the workplace.
3 to 6 Points
 Partially describes the steps to implementing this change, but misses steps or has omissions.
0 to 2 Points
 The steps to implementing an evidence based new best practice in the workplace are not addressed.
Key Requirement 3: Supports the implementation of this best new practice through the literature
8 to 8 Points
 Student thoroughly supports the implementation of the new best practice with current research articles.
3 to 7 Points
 An overview on why implementing this new best practice is provided, but it is not thoroughly supported by the literature.
0 to 2 Points
 Student does not support the implementation of the new best practice with current research articles.
Conclusion
7 to 7 Points
 Summarizes paper and reflects on what the reader has learned from the paper.
 Demonstrates persuasive thought and is well organized.
2 to 6 Points
 Merely summarizes the introduction or contains new ideas not present in the paper contents.
 Somewhat disorganized but still comprehensible
0 to 1 Points
 Simply restates the introduction or is absent.
 Disorganized to the point of distraction