Application of Evidence: Portfolio 4

In patients from the home nursing service (P), postoperative care and attention at home to patients with laminectomy (I) compared to patients who do not receive nursing care at home (C) reduces the risk of related complications. best home care (O) within the first five weeks of care. (T)

Explain why you decided on this area of ​​focus for your course quality improvement project.

I decided to take this issue as my PICOT question because, as I explained in my previous assignment, this situation was problematic for a time the service provided through the agency to which I belong. When these patients with laminectomy began to be received, there was no work plan or protocol to deliver good work and caused patients with complications and commitments after the surgery to appear.

Share a reference, in APA format, to a research study that you can use to address your PICOT question.

Kanaan, S. F., Waitman, R. L., Burton, D. C., Arnold, P. M., & amp; Sharma, N. K. (2015). Predicting Discharge Placement and Health Care Needs After Lumbar Spine Laminectomy, 88–97.