WEEK 3 RN EBP PPE WORKSHEET

Problem/PICOT/Evidence Search (PPE) Worksheet (graded)

Assignment

Purpose

Collaborative identification and interpretation of practice problems is a requirement of professional practice (AACN, 2008).  Locating and summarizing findings using credible online databases is necessary for evidence-based nursing (AACN, 2008; QSEN, 2020).  This assignment provides a learning activity for students to experience a practice-based scenario and apply a process worksheet designed to assist in the identification of an independent nursing problem or concern, develop a PICOT clinical question, and search for evidence using credible online databases/sources.

Preparing the Assignment

Please use the completed Week 2 Check-In PICOT (revised with instructor-recommended changes) using the Assignment Practice Scenario below when completing the PPE Worksheet.

1. Download and use the  required  PPE WorksheetLinks to an external site. .

2. Review the information provided in our library on  how to search for journal articles hereLinks to an external site. .

3. Review the information provided in our library on  how to locate and copy a journal permalinkLinks to an external site. .

4. You are required to complete the worksheet using the productivity tools required by Chamberlain University, which is Microsoft Office Word 2013 (or later version), or Windows and Office 2011 (or later version) for MAC. You must save the file in the ".docx" format. Do NOT save as Word Pad. A later version of the productivity tool includes Office 365, which is available to Chamberlain students for FREE by downloading from the student portal at  http://my.chamberlain.eduLinks to an external site. . Click on the envelope at the top of the page.

5. Complete each section of the Problem/PICOT/Evidence (PPE) Worksheet. For the  Clinical PICOT Question, use the  NR439 Guide for writing PICOT Questions and Examples.Links to an external site.  Use one of the templates/guides to write your Clinical PICOT Question using all of the PICOT elements. Be sure to include the PICOT letters in your question.

6. Be sure to use the  PPE Worksheet rubricLinks to an external site.  to make certain you are meeting all grading criteria of the PPE Worksheet.

7. Submit the completed PPE Worksheet on the Week 3 Assignment page.

8. Students, A short tutorial with tips for completing the Week 3 Problem/PICOT/Evidence Search (PPE) worksheet assignment may be viewed here.

Assignment Practice Scenario

Your Chief Nurse Executive (CNE) recognizes you are pursuing your BSN and has asked you to be a member of the nursing evidence-based practice (NEBP) committee. She has advised the members that the purpose is to conduct nursing research studies involving clinical practice problems. Increasing nurses' awareness of quality and safety concerns will help develop an attitude of inquiry and asking questions (Sherwood & Barnsteiner, 2017). Baccalaureate nurses "collaborate in problem identification, participate in the process of search, retrieval, and documentation of evidence, and integrate evidence using credible databases and internet resources" (AACN, 2008, pp. 16-17).

The CNE has advised all members of the following areas of  quality and  safety clinical practice that each committee member needs to consider and choose  only one  as a priority area for conducting a research study. Sources of research problems come from nursing clinical practice (Houser, 2018):

Quality	Safety
· Patient satisfaction · Patient education	· Falls
· Non-pharmacological pain management	Errors. Examples include: · Medication · Patient identification · Communication
· Readmissions · Length of stay · Costs	Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs).  Examples include: · Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) · Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) · Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) · Surgical Site Infections (SSI) · Sepsis (Screening or Prevention)
· Discharge Teaching/Coaching · Transitions of Care/Level of Care	· Pressure Ulcers · Skin Integrity

Your CNE has requested that you select  ONLY  one topic area  and complete the PPE Worksheet using only  one  topic area. The committee will collaborate and decide as a team which nursing clinical problem area will be the priority focus of their next research study. Thank you for your valuable contributions to this important NEBP committee.