Quality Improvement Proposal Identify a quality improvement opportunity in your organization or practice. In a LESS-1,5043— word paper, describe the problem or issue and propose a quality improvement initiative based on evidence-based practice. Apply 11The Road to Evidence-Based Practice" process, illustrated in |Chapter 4 of your textbook, to create your proposal. Include the following: Provide an overview of the problem and the setting in which the problem or issue occurs. Explain why a quality improvement initiative is needed in this area and the expected outcome.

Discuss how the results of previous research demonstrate support for the quality improvement initiative and its projected outcomes.

Include a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources published within the last 5 years, not included in the course materials or textbook, that establish evidence in support of the quality improvement proposed.

Discuss the steps necessary to implement the quality improvement initiative. Provide evidence and rationale to support your answer.

Explain how the quality improvement initiative will be evaluated to determine whether there was improvement. Support your explanation by identifying the variables, hypothesis test, and statistical test that you would need to prove that the quality improvement initiative succeeded.

While EPA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APP; formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APP; Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

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