Reference no: EM132304859

Topic: EBP Practice, Problem, and PICOT Question

Number of Pages: 1 (Double Spaced)

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

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

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

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

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

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.