Your Experiential Learning Project (ELP) required you to become a change agent.

Your Experiential Learning Project (ELP) required you to become a change agent. You selected a problem (Attached-risk of immobility) that was professionally or personally important to you, researched the problem, and developed a plan of action (increased ambulation- attached data) that included strategies for success, stakeholders and resources by linking a QSEN competency (evidence based practice).
For this assignment you will write a minimum of a 5 page paper (no more than 5 pages, not including the title page, abstract, or reference page) connecting all of your links. Your paper should be in strict APA format including citations and references, and an abstract is required for this paper. You may use first person, but limited use.
Your paper should include:
1. An abstract.
2. An introduction.
3. The frame of your problem. Remember to include your framing information! (project ran on my unit for 4 weeks to collect data-attached)
4. Supportive organization. (AACN)
5. A second solution to your problem (see explanation below).
6. An implementation and evaluation plan for your second solution including a discussion related to your stakeholders and resources.
7. An overall evaluation of your ELP includes a discussion of your proposed solution; what you developed, what worked, what did not, any stumbling blocks, what you learned.
8. Preceptor (mentor) experience.
9. A conclusion.
The Second Solution:
The paper includes a discussion of a hypothetical second solution, implementation, and evaluation. (numbers 5 and 6 above). A good nurse always has a back-up plan – or what are your next steps now that you implemented your ELP. This is where your second solution comes into play. Also, are there stakeholders or resources that might be available if there were a different solution? Is there a short term solution and a long term solution? Do you need to adjust your plan due to time or money constraints?
Objectives
This assessment is aligned with the the course objectives.
• Extend academic experience into areas of nursing practice interest, working with new ideas, issues, organizations, and individuals.
• Demonstrate the ability to think and act critically and creatively about nursing practice issues.
• Develop analytical and ethical leadership skills necessary to address and help solve these issues.
• Utilize evidence based research and demonstrate proficiency in written and communication skills.
References
Minimum of eight (8) total references: one (1) reference from required course materials and seven (7) peer-reviewed references – you may use the ones from your templates in weeks 1-3. All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information)
Peer-reviewed references include references from professional data bases such as PubMed or CINHAL applicable to population and practice area, along with evidence based clinical practice guidelines. Examples of unacceptable references are Wikipedia, UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations, insurance recommendations, & secondary clinical databases.
Style
APA 7th edition formatting, citations and references. Make sure you cross-reference the APA 7th edition book as well before submitting the assignment.
ELP• Expectations
Your Experiential Learning Project will require you to become a change agent at your clinical practicum site as listed on your preceptor agreement. Your practicum site may be your place of work or anywhere nurses are employed. You will select a problem, issue or concern that is professionally or personally important to you and you will implement this project during your 7- week class. This problem could be a problem in your current place of work or community. Some ideas that come to mind are issues related to patient-centered care, mandatory immunizations, human trafficking, patient education, prevention of patient falls, prevention of pressure ulcers, the list is endless. Keep in mind to focus on a project which is doable in your 7-week timeline, there are many projects which are needed but for this course you have a limited time frame to implement your project. Projects that require more time to implement such as improving staffing ratios or implementing an electronic health record are really outside of the timeline for this course and would not satisfy the direct clinical requirement of at least 1-2 hours working directly with the patients. After you have selected your problem (risk for immobility in hospitalized patient), it must be linked to one of the QSEN competencies: (evidence-based practice). You will use the QSEN competency to develop a plan of action to change the problem.
If you need anything let me know. I already implemented this project on an ICU and IMCU. I created decals every 25 feet on the walls to accurately measure distance ambulated, ambulation tracking board on the wall in the hall of the units, pre and post survey for nurses (results attached).