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1. Introduction and Summary In NU 740, you developed your proposal
Introduction and Summary In NU 740, you developed your proposal to include the
introduction and background, incorporate that information in this section. It is ok to copy
and paste from your own paper to this section, but make sure you are limiting your Lit
Review to one to two pages as suggested. State the problem and hypothesis. Provide the
scientific or scholarly literature for this study and background on the topic. Specific aims/
study objectives In NU 740 you developed your proposal to include the objective of your
study, incorporate that information in this section. List the purpose(s) of the study (What
you are hoping to learn or discover as a result of the study?) Materials, methods and
analysis In NU 726 and NU 727 you developed your proposal to include the data collection,
the tool, and the timeline of your study. Incorporate that information in this section. What is
the timetable for completing your study/project? Include time for testing your instrument if
you have developed one. This may be put into a table format. Make sure you are detailing all
answers to the items below. Describe data collection methods (procedures) – Be specific.
Describe the specific materials or tools that will be used to collect the data – Be specific.
Describe timeline of the procedures and how long each procedure will last. Describe how
you will analyze your data; describe the analysis type and procedures including statistics
and scientific or scholarly justification for the use of these analyses – be specific. Research
population and recruitment goals In chapter 3 of the guidelines for Scholarly DNP Project I-
IV, the research and methods criteria were outlined which are to be incorporated in this
section. Do not include your entire chapters. Use the chapters to guide you in answering the
questions below. It is ok to copy portions of your chapter into this section. 1. Inclusion and
exclusion criteria (What participant traits are needed to be included? What traits exclude
participants?) 2. What is the scientific or scholarly justification for the number, gender, age,
or race of the population you intend to recruit? 3. How did you choose the source of
participants or data? (Census records, Regis students, Mass General Hospital records, etc.)
4. Recruitment procedure (if applicable) including who will recruit participants 5. Tools
that will be used to recruit (payment, advertisements and flyers—Attach copies to this
application.) Informed consent procedure Please describe your plans to obtain informed
consent and answer all the questions below. Please include the informed consent document
that you developed in week 4 of this course and reference it in this section. Please include
this document in the appendix. Who will perform the informed consent procedure? How
will that person be trained? (previous coursework, previous experience, one-on-one
training with PI or faculty, etc.) How will the prospective participant’s competence or

2. understanding of the procedures be assessed? Will participants be asked questions about
the procedures or encouraged to ask questions? Confidentiality Please describe your plans
to protect confidentiality of participants. Please make sure to include how the researcher is
bound by HIPAA by the organization where the project is implemented. Remember to
address all questions below. 1. Where will the data be stored, and who will have access to
the data and the area? 2. How and in what format (hard or electronic copy, identifiable or
de-identified) will the data be stored? 3. Will the participants’ identities be coded? Will the
codes to identify participants be stored with the data? (Note: If you are working with a
hospital or clinic, please see information on HIPAA and research at
http://privacyruleandresearch.nih.gov/ ) Potential risks or discomforts to participants All
studies have associated risks. Think carefully about any risks associated with your project
and then detail what you have done to minimize these risks. Answer all of the questions
below. 1. Indicate the type of risk that may result from participation. Consider psychological
or emotional risks, social stigma, change in status or employment, physical risks or harms,
information risks including breach of confidentiality and any effect loss of confidentiality
may have on status, employment, or insurability. If the protocol involves treatment, what
are the risks compared to other treatments in terms of “standard of care”? 2. Consider the
likelihood and magnitude of the risks or discomforts occurring? Are they unlikely or likely
to occur, and what effect would the discomforts or risks have on the individual should they
occur? 3. How will you minimize risks? Some examples include informed consent, adequate
staff training and experience, debriefing, and monitoring adverse effects on participants.
Potential research benefits This section specifically wants you to think of how participation
may benefit your participant. This does not mean what tools you are using to get them to
participate (i.e. gift cards etc.), but rather any gain that comes from their participation such
as knowledge or learning benefits. Keep this brief and concise and make sure to address the
questions below. 1. Indicate the type of benefit that may result from participation. Consider
psychological or emotional benefits, learning benefits, physical benefits and discuss if
participant will benefit directly or if the benefit is largely to gather generalizable knowledge
or provide scientific or social information on a topic that may benefit society. DO NOT
OVERSTATE the benefit. 2. Consider the likelihood of the benefits. Will all or some
participants benefit? Investigator experience Please Complete and Attach a Copy of Your
Biographical Sketch