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Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 439 PICOT Worksheet PICOT Worksheet – Week 3 PART 1: PICOT QUESTION Name: Date: Your Instructor’s Name: Purpose: To identify a problem or concern that nursing can change and develo ...

Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 439 PICOT Worksheet PICOT Worksheet – Week 3 PART 1: PICOT QUESTION Name: Date: Your Instructor’s Name: Purpose: To identify a problem or concern that nursing can change and develop a PICOT question to guide the change project. Directions: Use the form below to complete the Week 3 Assignment PICOT Evidence Worksheet. This includes filling in the table with information about your research question and your PICOT elements and the second part is filling in the Evidence Worksheet. Step 1: Select the key PICO terms for searching the evidence. Clearly define your PICOT question. List each element P (problem, population, or problem), I (intervention), C (Comparison with other treatment/current practice), and O (Desired outcome), T (Time Frame). Is the potential solution something for which you (as nurse or student) can find a solution through evidence research? Look in your book for guidelines to developing your PICOT question and also read the required articles. Step 2: Identify the problem. What have you noticed in your work or school environment that isn’t achieving the desired patient or learning outcomes? What needs to change in nursing, what can you change with the support of evidence in the literature? Describe the problem or practice issue that you want to research. What is your practice area; clinical, education, or administration? (This is NOT where you will list your PICOT question) Step 3: How was the practice issues identified? How did you come to know this was a problem in your clinical practice? Review the listed concerns and check all that apply. Step 4: What evidence must be gathered? What sources of reliable information will be helpful for your particular question? Step 5: What terms will you use in order to make sure that your search is wide enough to obtain required information but narrow enough to keep it focused? How will you narrow your search if needed? NR439 PICOT Worksheet 4/19/17 jw 1 This study source was downloaded by 100000831988016 from CourseHero.com on 04-18-2022 15:41:50 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/29840229/Week-3-PICOT-Evidence-Appraisal-Assignment/ Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 439 PICOT Worksheet PICOT Question What is the PICOT question? If for the three months, there is implementation of Fall Prevention Programs then is there reduction in the hospital falls of elderly patients? Define each element of the question below: P - ( Population, patient or problem): Patients in the hospital who are elderly I - (Intervention): To reduce falls in hospitals by making use of Fall Prevention Program. For this it is essential that elderly patients are provided with alarms and rounds are taken by the nurses in each hour. C- (Comparison with other treatment/current practice): There is no implementation of fall prevention programs. O - ( Desired outcome): The desired outcome is to reduce the number of falls in hospitals T - (Time for which Fall Prevention Program is implemented): 3 months What is the practice issue/problem? What is the scope of the issue? What is the need for change? Practice Issue The practice issue is the fall that is experienced by the elderly patients. In the healthcare facilities, there is more concern related to the health care provided to the patients as the falls in NR439 PICOT Worksheet 4/19/17 jw 2 This study source was downloaded by 100000831988016 from CourseHero.com on 04-18-2022 15:41:50 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/29840229/Week-3-PICOT-Evidence-Appraisal-Assignment/ Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 439 PICOT Worksheet patients have increased. There are some factors which cause falls in patients and these are age and conditions of healthcare provide to the patients. The risk of fall is high in elderly patients and it is less in young patients. The scope of the issue The fall of elderly patients is causing much concern in the healthcare providers and these cases have to be reduced and thus there is need to develop some measures. In this respect there can be use of alarm system by which risks associated with the patient can be known. Due to this the falls can be detected and prevented as well. The falls in patients are mainly due to aging and so alarms should be provided in the wards of the old patients. When the eyesight is poor and hearing is defective then also risk of falls increases. The activities of the patients can be known to the nurses by the alarm system and so when there is any kind of movement by the patient then nurses can know it. This helps in prevention of falls. The need for change There are some interventions that lead to fall in the elderly patients as these impacts the lives of the patients and so these have to be known. There is increase in the hospital stay by the elderly patients if there is fall of elderly patients. Also due to falls, the patient suffer from some injuries due to which there is need to use more resources of the healthcare facility by the patients and so the hospital bills increase. Thus, there is need for change in order to reduce all these. What is the practice area? _X__ Clinical _X__ Education ___ Administration ___ Other NR439 PICOT Worksheet 4/19/17 jw 3 This study source was downloaded by 100000831988016 from CourseHero.com on 04-18-2022 15:41:50 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/29840229/Week-3-PICOT-Evidence-Appraisal-Assignment/ Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 439 PICOT Worksheet How was the practice issue identified? (check all that apply) __X_ Safety/risk management concerns __X_ Unsatisfactory patient outcomes ___ Wide variations in practice ___ Significant financial concerns ___ Difference between hospital and community practice __X_ Clinical practice issue is a concern ___ Procedure or process is a time waster ___ Clinical practice issue has no scientific base ___ Other: What evidence must be gathered? (check all that apply) __X_ Literature search __X_ Guidelines ___ Expert Opinion ___ Patient Preferences _X__ Clinical Expertise ___ Financial Analysis ___ Standards (Regulatory, professional, community) ___ Other Search terms/How to narrow the search? The search terms that are used for the search are; Reduction of the patient fall in the healthcare facility by using alarm system Minimizing fall of elderly patients by making use of measures Fall prevention in elderly patient