Evidence-Based Practice Proposal – Section E: Implementation Plan
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Evidence-Based Practice Proposal – Section E: Implementation Plan
Setting and Access to Potential Subjects
The project takes place in a hospital setting. Individuals may receive high-quality, culturally knowledgeable, and inclusive healthcare in this setting. As a result, nurses in these contexts feel at ease washing their hands with soap and water to prevent hospital-acquired infections. Their compliance with washing their hands is because hospital-acquired infections have been a critical problem causing increased hospital stays. Handwashing with soap and water is a safe procedure that has no complications, compared to hand sanitizers (CDC, 2020). As such, potential subjects only need a minimal amount of training on the issue, and no approval or consent form is required. It would not be challenging to find potential subjects. Their participation in the project, however, will be entirely voluntary.
Amount of Time Needed to Complete the Project
It will take three months to finish this project. During the three months, researchers will select study participants and obtain information on their perceptions of handwashing to prevent hospital-acquired infections. Based on their input, a training curriculum would be developed to improve their understanding of properly washing their hands and the importance of doing so in the hospital setting. The project will be finished once the prospective subjects are confident of their abilities to wash their hands properly to avoid hospital-acquired infections.
Resources Needed
A wide variety of resources, like money, time, and human resources, will be needed to execute the project effectively. For example, to teach the target population, healthcare practitioners with sufficient expertise practicing handwashing would be required. Furthermore, adequate funding would be necessary to initiate the project by guaranteeing that the requisite tools, like training materials, are accessible to aid the organization’s adoption of the new intervention (Harris et al., 2017). Time is also crucial in guaranteeing that the project is effectively executed.
Methods and Instruments for Monitoring
In monitoring the implementation of the proposed intervention, structured interviews and questionnaires will be established. Nurses, for example, would be questioned whether they are familiar with hand washing and believe it is the most effective way of preventing hospital-acquired infections. As a result, the nurses can use the interviews and questionnaires to see how they can demonstrate the benefits of handwashing with soap and water over hand sanitizers. It would be simpler to determine if the project is practical or not based on their response.
Process of Intervention Delivery
Since hand washing is a simple procedure, it will be conducted by staff. Nevertheless, the number of staff would be determined by the number of resources available. The purpose of these staff would be to teach nurses in hospital settings how to wash their hands with soap and water and the advantages of doing so in improving patient outcomes.
Data Collection Plan
Data would be collected by interviews and questionnaires. The project participants would be required to respond to a series of questions about handwashing using soap and water instead of hand sanitizers. The questions would focus on how often the nurses washed their hands with soap and water, their understanding of the risks and problems involved with hand sanitizers, and their reasons for using one of the two options. Participants in the project will be asked questions about the content provided in their education programs regarding handwashing with soap and water and their demographic information.
Data Analysis and Interpretation Process
For analysis purposes, the data gathered will be grouped into different themes. Tables could be used to decipher the research’s findings. The administration’s top official will be in charge of keeping track of the information gathered, and anybody who has access will need to get his permission first.
Strategies to Deal with the Management of any Barriers, Facilitators, and Challenges
Change is essential, and staff is prone to resisting change in the workplace. Another impediment to the project’s implementation is that the organization is not yet willing to follow evidence-based practice while its goal is to serve the public’s most marginalized and vulnerable individuals. Furthermore, the organization’s leaders are not prepared to adopt the new intervention. In particular, the institution’s top-down structure forces the leaders