Identify a quality improvement opportunity in your organization or practice. In a 1,250-1,500 word paper, describe the problem or issue and propose a quality improvement initiative based on evidence-based practice. Apply “The Road to Evidence-Based Practice” process, illustrated in Chapter 4 of your textbook (It’s in the attached file), to create your proposal.

Introduce yourself in the Introduction section. Describe the background and context of the organisation or practice that you propose to improve quality. Explain why the issue or problem needs to be addressed.

This section should include a description of your problem or concern. You can use data to back up your arguments and describe how the problem or issue impacts patient care.

The Road to Evidence-Based Practice process: In this section, apply the “The Road to Evidence-Based Practice” process, illustrated in Chapter 4 of your textbook, to create your proposal. These are the steps that make up the process:

1. You can ask a question to a clinician: Choose a question related to your problem.
2. Find the most relevant evidence. Conduct an exhaustive search to find the best evidence available related to your clinical question.
3. You should critically appraise your findings: Assess their quality and relevancy.
4. Integrate evidence. Include the evidence that you’ve found in your proposal.
5. Evaluation of practice decisions or changes: evaluate the efficacy of the quality improvement project.

This section is for a proposal of a Quality Improvement Initiative based upon evidence-based practice. It should address any problem you may have identified. Use the information you have gathered from “The Road to Evidence-Based Practice” process to inform your proposal. Define the intervention, including its goals, purposes, and method of implementation. You should use evidence to back up your proposal, and describe how this will help improve patient care.

The conclusion should summarize the proposal, its possible impact and the potential benefits to the practice or organization. Evidence-based medicine is important in improving patient outcomes and quality of care.