Direct Practice Improvement Research Project
This is NOT a Research Project but a Quality Improvement Project
Please do not refer to this project as a study but refer to it as a DPI project
TOPIC: Impact of Medication Administration Errors on 3-4-Year-old Leukemia Patients
Chapter 2 of the Direct Practice Improvement (DPI) Project Proposal is titled “Literature Review” and expands upon work you completed in DNP-820 in the Develop a Literature Review assignment. Synthesis of the literature in the Literature Review (Chapter 2) defines the key aspects of the learner’s scholarly project, such as the problem statement, population and location, clinical questions, variables or phenomena (if relevant to the project), methodology and design, purpose statement, data collection, and data analysis approaches. The literature selected must illustrate strong support for the learner’s practice change proposal.
General Requirements:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:
- Locate the “DPI Proposal Template” in the PI Workspace of the DC Network.
- Locate the Develop a Literature Review assignment you completed in DNP-820.
- Locate the “Research Article Chart” resource in the DC network Course Materials.
- Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
- This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
- You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articlesfor assistance.
Directions:
Use the “DPI Proposal Template” and the “Develop a Literature Review” assignment from DNP-820 to develop a draft of a literature review (Chapter 2) for your DPI Project Proposal. The literature review (Chapter 2) is required to be a minimum of 20-25 pages including a minimum of 50 scholarly citations. You have already completed some of this review in previous courses. No less than 85% of the articles must have been published in the past 5 years. Articles selected must provide strong, reliable support for the proposal.