Have you ever applied for a grant for scholarship work?

WEEK 7 POST 1

PICOT: In a case study for adults in a long-term care facility (P), does the implementation of the AHRQ Fall Prevention Program (I), compared to current practice (C), affect fall rates in 8 week?

Part I: All Students

Please answer the following questions:

1.    Have you ever applied for a grant for scholarship work?

2.    Do you have a scholarship project idea which needs grant funding?

Below are some websites that offer grant opportunities: 

•  REDCap (Small to Medium grant funding opportunities) https://projectredcap.org/about/

•  Oncology Nursing Society (Small grant opportunities): https://www.ons.org/grant-opportunities 

•  American Nurse Association (ANA) (small grant opportunities):  https://www.nursingworld.org/foundation/programs/nursing-research-grants/ 

•  Sigma Theta Tau grants (small opportunities): https://www.sigmanursing.org/advance-elevate/research/research-grants  

•  Blue Cross Blue Shield grants: https://www.bcbs.com/news/press-releases/blue-cross-foundation-announces-grant-awards-innovation   

•  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (medium to larger grant funding opportunities): https://www.rwjf.org/en/how-we-work/grants-explorer/funding-opportunities.html   

•  National Institutes of Health grants (large grants)  https://www.nih.gov/grants-funding 

Part II: For Case Study Students

·         Practice Question in PICOT Format. Please use the bullet points as headings.  Please answer each bulleted point.

·         Discuss best practices for implementing evidence-based practice guidelines with references sufficient to support best practice.

·         Discuss strategies for overcoming barriers in implementing evidence-based practice with references sufficient to support strategies.

·         Discuss your formative evaluations.  How are you addressing challenges and providing feedback?

·         You find that the stakeholders need additional education at this point.  How would you provide this education?

·         What have you learned about your project and the implementation process during this 8-week course?  Are you learning what you expected or is your experience different than anticipated?  Describe what you are learning.

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Class, each week, when you share your implementation progress, successes, challenges, and barriers, your classmates may be feeling the same way, or have experienced a similar situation and can share their experiences as well.   Thank you in advance for your thoughtful discussions. 

The course outcomes that guide your learning this week include: 

CO 1: Demonstrate effective project management strategies (POs 2, 3, 6). 

CO 3: Demonstrate knowledge and skills in support for and dissemination of scholarship (POs 2, 3). 

CO 4: Use project management processes to implement the DNP project (POs 4, 8).