NSG7020 - Week 3 project

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Search Tracker Exemplar PICOT Question Organizer This format may help you learn to write PICOT questions in the appropriate format. Similar tables can be created for the other formats.

PICOT

P Population In patients recently discharged from the hospital following care for heart failure

I Intervention or Issue of interest

Do hand-off calls by the nurse to the primary care provider using the SBAR (situation, background, assessment, and recommendation) format

C Comparison Compared to no calls

O Outcome Decrease readmission rates

T Time frame Over a one-year period.

Search Tracker Search # - If you number your initial search, as you add terms, you will not need to retype them. Do try changing the Boolean operators with important search terms in the title to limit your search.

Search # Initial Search Terms Database AND/OR? Added Search Terms Title (Ti) Anywhere, etc.

Number of Articles Found

(Useful)

1a Heart failure Hand offs Discharge calls Decrease Readmission

OR AND

Anywhere “ “ “ “

10 (4)

1a + Transitional care Anywhere 1

1b Heart failure Hand offs Discharge calls Decrease Readmission

OR AND

Ti Anywhere

“ “ “

1a, + Nursing intervention AND 0