BookWanda Bonnel, Katharine V. Smith.
Summary: "This book provides students with tools to implement in their own scholarly practice. Three chapters, new to this edition, focus on implementing quality-improvement projects, writing the final project report, and ongoing clinical scholarship opportunities. Chapters, consistent with previous editions, feature boxes offering advice from doctor of nursing practice (DNP) students who have completed project proposals. Each chapter has been thoroughly updated and edited to enhance clarity. In response to reviewers' requests, new proposal and project tips have been added to many chapters. Key features to engage readers continue from the earlier editions; these include reflective questions, tips for making proposals complete and concise, exemplars, and reader activities. This text helps develop reflective clinical scholars who can write about clinical challenges, propose solutions, and use the methods of quality improvement and research to develop scholarly proposals and projects"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
Introduction : why a scholarly proposal for the clinical project proposal?
Using the writing plan as a developmental tool for the advanced clinical project
Writing a good clinical problem statement and placing the clinical problem in context
Clinical projects and quality improvement : thinking big picture / Brigid Weyhofen
Into the literature : gaining best evidence and relevant literature
Synthesizing best evidence and literature review / Linda Kroeger
Framing the advanced clinical project with relevant clinical frameworks
Addressing outcomes evaluation in the advanced clinical project proposal
Guiding the advanced clinical project : the purpose of a purpose statement
Mapping it out, from problem to advanced clinical project plan
Writing the methods section : organizing the advanced clinical project proposal
Gaining credible clinical project data : being systematic and objective
Writing the data-analysis plans for advanced clinical projects
Keeping clinical projects ethical and dependable
Finalizing the proposal as a professional document : reviewing, editing, and revising
Moving your project proposal to completed project
Moving your project to written final report
Moving your completed project to dissemination and further scholarship.