CAPSTONE PART 1

Capstone Paper, Part I

· Introduction (Completed in Week 1) 

o State the practice problem in measurable terms and that reflect quality indicators.

This is the same problem described in the Week 1 Practice Experience discussion.

Provide the rationale for selecting the practice problem

o Include a purpose statement.

· Analysis of Evidence (Completed in Week 2) 

o Synthesize a minimum of 5 evidence-based practice resources that support your practice problem. Include a minimum of two to three research studies obtained from the Walden Library.

· Quality Improvement Process (Completed in Week 3)

o Describe the quality improvement process and a brief overview the quality model that will be used to improve your practice problem. Include a description of a quality tool that will be used in the quality improvement plan.

o This process will be used to support the detailed proposed quality improvement plan in Week 4

o Explain why the specific quality model was selected and document your explanation with references.

o Summary

§ Summarize the key points discussed in the paper.