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DNP Scholarly Project Plan

School of Nursing, Northern Kentucky University

DNP 806: Program Development, Implementation, & Evaluation

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DNP SCHOLARLY PROJECT PLAN

DNP Scholarly Project Plan

The research component of a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree is a clinical investigation designed to improve patient outcomes. This document describes the project strategy for using the "Ask Suicide Screening Question (ASQ)" toolbox for evaluating self-harming behavior, depression and suicidal thoughts in patients confined to their homes. The Plan for the project is outlined as follows: evidence-based practice (EBP) incorporation, observable results, important players, a SWOT analysis, cost benefit analysis, tools and techniques, and cultural and educational factors.

Program Overview and Incorporation of Evidence Based Practice

The project plan purpose is to create a program that will utilize the ASQ toolkit to assess home-based patients' symptoms of depression, thoughts of self-harm and suicide. Niculescun et al. (2021) found that patients who are unable to leave their homes due to their illness or disability may experience feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, loss of confidence, other depression symptoms including suicidal ideation due to their circumstances. Adults who are confined to their homes have a higher symptom load than their community-dwelling counterparts, with more severe pain, more frequent episodes of dyspnea, and considerable impairments in their ability to do daily activities (Ankuda et al., 2022; Men et al., 2021). These patients have been found to be disproportionately affected by depression, particularly the elderly. Niculescun et al. (2021) reports depression is highly prevalent in this population, with nine to thirty percent of all homecare recipients reporting some symptom of depression. Ultimately, one in two homecare recipients may be at risk of clinical depression, highlighting the importance of depression screening in this context (Xiang et al., 2018)

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Men, V. Y., Emery, C. R., & Yip, P. S. F. (2021). Characteristics of cancer patients who died by suicide: A quantitative study of 15-year coronial records. Psycho-oncology, 30(7), 1051–1058.

Xiang, X., Leggett, A., Himle, J. A., & Kales, H. C. (2018). Major depression and subthreshold depression among older adults receiving home care. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 26(9), 939–949. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2018.05.001

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