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Problem/PICOT/Evidence Search (PPE) Worksheet: Chamberlain College of Nursing

This document outlines a PICOT worksheet for identifying a nursing practice problem related to readmissions, length of stay, and costs. The nursing student identified older adults undergoing hip replacement surgery who are at increased risk of hospital-acquired infections compared to younger patients. Relevant evidence was located showing that minimizing hospital length of stay and readmissions through strict infection control protocols can improve patient outcomes and reduce costs. The nursing evidence-based practice committee should focus on implementing best practices to reduce barriers and standardize precautions to prevent hospital-acquired infections in surgical patients.

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Problem/PICOT/Evidence Search (PPE) Worksheet: Chamberlain College of Nursing

This document outlines a PICOT worksheet for identifying a nursing practice problem related to readmissions, length of stay, and costs. The nursing student identified older adults undergoing hip replacement surgery who are at increased risk of hospital-acquired infections compared to younger patients. Relevant evidence was located showing that minimizing hospital length of stay and readmissions through strict infection control protocols can improve patient outcomes and reduce costs. The nursing evidence-based practice committee should focus on implementing best practices to reduce barriers and standardize precautions to prevent hospital-acquired infections in surgical patients.

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Chamberlain College of Nursing NR439 PPE Worksheet

Problem/PICOT/Evidence Search (PPE) Worksheet


Name:
Date:
Criteria
Clinical Nursing
Quality or safety clinical priority area:
Practice Problem Readmission, Length of stay, Costs
Select and identify Rationale:
ONLY one quality or
safety clinical priority The Increase in number of readmission and length of stay due to hospital-
area from the
assignment guidelines acquired condition that upsurge the costs this is because of inadequate
practice scenario.
Summarize why you
nursing facilities and beds, Unpreparedness of care, less treatment
believe the nursing opportunity, underprivileged advanced directives, and unavailable
practice problem/issue is
the most important. resources.
Summarize your
rationale (why) for
choosing the problem.
Clinical Nursing PICOT format:
PICOT Question
P- Population.
Using the NR439 Guide
for Writing PICOT I- intervention,
Questions and
Examples located in the
assignment guidelines, C- comparison,
write out your PICOT
question. Include the O-outcome,
PICOT letters in your
question.
T-time
PICOT questions

How do hospitalized older adults (P)with a surgery of hip replacement(I)


compared with younger population (C) increased risk of hospital acquired
infection (O) during   their hospital stay(T)?

Define PICOT P- (patient population/patients of interest):


Elements
I- (Intervention):
Define each of the
PICOT elements from
your question above. C- (Comparison):

O- (Measurable outcome):

T- (Time frame in months):


Evidence Retrieval EBP (Evidence based nursing practice) is a nursing design for solving
Process and Summary

NR439 PICOT Worksheet 5/2019 ST 1


Chamberlain College of Nursing NR439 PPE Worksheet

approach for each clinical practice.


Using only the
Chamberlain College of Reducing length of stay is the best practice for quality care. Focusing on
Nursing library:
(1) Locate evidence that these barriers and reduce the duration of hospitalization, readmission and
is relevant to your
chosen nursing practice
financial charges. Minimizing the duration of hospitalization and
problem. Explain how readmission mostly associated with patient outcomes. At the local level is
you believe the evidence
is relevant to your important to monitor the effects of cost containment and increase the
chosen nursing practice
problem. health care facilities which is needed for follow-up visit and strict
(2) Explain why you
chose the evidence standard precautions for medical and surgical patient to avoid infections.
(3) Provides a complete
APA reference to the
evidence (must include
authors, year, title of
the evidence, title of
the resource)
(4) Evidence must be
published within the last
10 years
(5) Provides the
permalink
Implications of the Focusing on several barriers the health facility should follow the strict
Evidence
Summarize what you standard rules for surgical and medical patients to minimize infections
learned from the
evidence. Summarize
why you believe the
nursing evidence-based
practice committee
should focus their next
research project on the
nursing practice
problem.

Evidence Search
Terms
Identify 4 (or more)
relevant searchable
terms you used for your
search for evidence.

Evidence Search
Strategies ____ Full text ____ Academic or scholarly (Peer
____ Boolean Operators/Phrase Reviewed) journals
Select 4 (or more) ____ Selected publication dates ____ Quotation marks for key words
relevant search within last 10 years ____ Selected key terms from
strategies you used to ____ Subject, title, or author search box PICOT question
narrow/limit your search ____ Truncation (used an asterisk * at ____ Others: (list below)
for the beginning or end of a word) _______________________________
evidence. _______________________________

NR439 PICOT Worksheet 5/2019 ST 2


Chamberlain College of Nursing NR439 PPE Worksheet

NR439 PICOT Worksheet 5/2019 ST 3

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