NR439 Week 3 Assignment: Problem/PICOT/Evidence Search (PPE) Worksheet

NR439 Week 3 Assignment: Problem/PICOT/Evidence Search (PPE) Worksheet

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DescriptionN439 Week 3 Assignment: Problem/PICOT/Evidence Search (PPEWorksheet

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, 2018).  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.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following Course Outcomes.

CO1: Examine the sources of evidence that contribute to professional nursing practice. (PO 7)

CO2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (POs 4 & 8)

CO4: Evaluate published nursing research for credibility and significance related to evidence-based practice. (POs 4 & 8)

CO5: Recognize the role of research findings in evidence-based practice. (POs 7 & 8)

NR439 Week 3 Assignment: Problem/PICOT/Evidence Search (PPE) Worksheet

Due Date

Submit the completed PPE Worksheet by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 3.

Points

This assignment is worth 175 points.

Directions

  1. Read over each of the following directions.
  2. You must read the Assignment Practice Scenario below before completing the PPE Worksheet.
  3. Download and use the required PPE Worksheet (Links to an external site.).
  4. Review the information provided in our library of how to search for journal articles here (Links to an external site.).
  5. Review the information provided in our library of how to locate and copy a journal permalink (Links to an external site.).
  6. 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.edu (Links to an external site.). Click on the envelope at the top of the page.
  7. 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.N439_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.
  8. Be sure to use the rubric to make certain you are meeting all grading criteria of the PPE Worksheet.
  9. Submit the completed PPE Worksheet on the Week 3 Assignment page.
  10. Students, A short tutorial with tips for completing the Week 3 Problem/PICOT/Evidence Search (PPE) worksheet assignment may be viewed here.

Transcript (Links to an external site.)

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):

QualitySafety
Patient satisfaction Patient educationFalls
Non-pharmacological pain managementErrors. Examples include: Medication Patient identification Communication
Readmissions Length of stay CostsHealthcare 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 CarePressure Ulcers Skin Integrity

Your CNE has requested that you select ONLY one topic areaand 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.

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Solution

Problem/PICOT/Evidence Search (PPE) Worksheet Name: Date: 
CriteriaThe safety clinical priority area I would like to investigate is healthcare associated infections (HAI), to be more precise surgical site infection (SSI). SSI is very important to investigate because I believe HAI’s can be prevented. Nurses should be well educated on the possible causes or symptoms of HAI’s and develop proactive treatment plans. The risk for Surgical site infections can be avoided or reduced by making sure nurses give patients their antibiotics in the right time, practice the sterile technique, changing the bandages at the surgical site when soiled, doing terminal cleaning and maintaining adequate ventilation with in the patient’s room on a consistent basis.
Clinical Nursing Practice Problem   Select and identify ONLY one quality or safety clinical priority area from the assignment guidelines practice scenario. Summarize why you believe the nursing practice problem/issue is the most important.  Summarize your rationale (why) for choosing the problem.  
Clinical Nursing PICOT Question   Using the NR439 Guide for Writing PICOT Questions and Examples located in the assignment guidelines, write out your PICOT question. Include the PICOT letters in your question.

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