Evidence Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research
Task 2
Healthcare problem (Avoid Hand washing, hand Hygiene, vaccinations and CAUTI as topics)
- What is the healthcare problem??
- 1-2 sentences here
Significance of the problem
- Why is this healthcare problem significant?
- This problem is significant because……
- 1-2 sentences
Current practice related to the problem
- What are we currently doing related to this problem?
- (not your intervention in your PICO)
- The current practice related to the problem is ……
- 1-2 sentences
Impact of the problem and/or patient’s cultural background
- How does the problem impact the organization?
- How does the problem impact the patient?
- 2 sentences per topic
- The organization is impacted by this problem by______________.
The patient is impacted by this problem by __________________.
Research and Non-Research Evidence
- Discuss two research evidence sources and two non-research evidence sources that you considered.
Note: Please do not use the same primary author for more than two articles. Articles must not be more than five years old.
- Identify 2 research articles from your matrix, summarize in one paragraph each using an in-text citation that matches your article on the sources page.
- Identify your 2 non-research articles, summarize in one paragraph each using an in-text citation that matches your articles on the sources page.
In this section, you should have 4 paragraphs, one for each article discussed
The first research article …(Summarize)…(use an intext citation). The second research article ______…(Summarize)…(use an intext citation)
The first non-research article——…(Summarize)…(use an intext citation ——-The second non-research article….…(Summarize)…(use an intext citation)
PICO Question
P: patient/population
I: intervention/indicator
C: comparison/control
O: outcome
- Question must cover all 4 portions listed.
- Ex- In patients at risk for infection, will the use of chlorhexidine as compared to not using chlorhexidine reduce hospital acquired infections?
Evidence Matrix – See attachment
Intervention for Recommended Practice Change
- Start with your recommended practice change. Restate your PICO.
- My recommended practice change is__________________
- >>>All 5 articles from the matrix must be used in this section to support your PICO<<<
You can use one sentence each to accomplish this section.
* Ex. – Johnson, 2015 noted that hourly rounding does reduce patient falls.
Must use an in-text citation where article can be matched to matrix and your sources page.
Key Stakeholders
- How are your each of your three key stakeholders involved in the practice change?
- Ex- The first key stakeholder is the ___________ and they are involved in the practice change because they ___________________. The second key stakeholder is__________
and they are involved in the practice change by ___________________. The third key stakeholder is ______________ and they are involved in the practice change by _________.
Barriers
- The two barriers I think I would come up against would be _________and ________.
Strategies for Barriers
- I would overcome the barrier of ________ by __________________. To overcome the other barrier of __________________ the strategy I would use is ___________________.
Indicator to Measure Outcome
* One thing that would prove that my recommended practice change is effective would be to show a (reduction, increase, decrease) in _____________. (the Outcome in your PICO).
References
