06056

06056 Topic: EBP Practice, Problem, and PICOT Question

Number of Pages: 1 (Double Spaced)

Number of sources: 1

Writing Style: APA

Type of document: Essay

Academic Level:High School

Category: Nursing

Language Style: English (U.S.)

Order Instructions:

Directions: Look at the suggested websites in the Readings and Resources section of Module 1 and search the internet for a professional organization or nursing journal related to medical-surgical practice and read about what nursing problems or EBP initiatives they are currently posting on their websites or publishing in their journals.

Suggested Resources for your evidence-based practice subjects:

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: www.aacn.org

Look under Clinical Resources (for Practice Alerts in your area) or Nursing Excellence (Healthy Work Environment Standards)

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: www.cdc.gov

Their menu contains links to statistics, educational material, guidelines, and protocols, for many conditions such as stroke, hypertension, arthritis, injury prevention, obesity, health disparities, handwashing, prevention of infection.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: www.cochrane.org

Collection of databases that provides reliable systematic reviews of clinical trials and the efficacy of treatments.

Joanna Briggs Institute: www.joannabriggs.edu.au

Australian-based consumer-focused site with links to other countries. Provides access to evidence-based information, publications, online services, education, and training programs

Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals: www.jointcommission.org/standards_information/npsgs.aspx

Choose one of the NPSG Program Links to ambulatory health care, behavioral health care, critical access hospital, home care, hospital, or nursing care center.

Healthy People 2020: www.healthypeople.gov

National Guideline Clearinghouse,: www.guideline.gov

National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC), a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): www.ahrq.gov U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Scan the index of guidelines or enter search words. For example, select disease like Congestive Heart Failure…or use a general search term "hospital acquired" to see what comes up.

Select a topic you are interested in researching to determine the best practices, with the expectation that you will use this topic in your literature review. Capstone Part I, includes your literature review, as a teaching project. In C-7 you will start the quality improvement proposal. Then start an original* thread that answers the prompts below. For most of you, the topic in this discussion forum will be the same topic that you use for Capstone Part I Literature Review.

Describe a health care problem that you have seen, heard, or read about in an area of nursing that interests you. It can be related to patient care, clinical problems, health promotion issues, education or training (of staff, nursing students, patients), or administrative concerns (such as staff retention, length of stay, health care costs, readmission rates...). Cite at least one statistic and source that supports the problem.

What is a new approach, bundle of interventions, evidence-based initiatives, or possible solutions that may help to improve or resolve the problem? Cite at least one source that supports the suggested interventions.

Prepare a PICOT question in this format (including the letters and parentheses) In ___________ (P), how does ____________ (I) compared to __________(C) affect ___________ (O) within ______________ (T)?

Cite at least 2 sources in APA format (Authors, Year) in the paragraphs and reference list.

Remember that in the body of the paper, do NOT use authors' first names or initials and do NOT list the title of article or journal. Just cite the correct number of authors' last names and year, with appropriate parentheses, commas, periods for et al., "and" in the sentence or "&" in parentheses. Refer to your APA Manual, page 177, for review of how many authors to cite in the paragraph and reference list.