Assignment task:
Project Overview:
This project will take you through the steps of evidence-based practice (EBP). According to QSEN, EBP is to "integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care". As a future nurse, you must embrace the spirit of inquiry mentioned previously. After completing this five-part project you will have a better understanding of how this process works and how it improves patient care.
Module Assignments:
- Research and select topic
- Formulate Clinical question
- Reference page due
- Paper Submission
- Staff Development PowerPoint due
Requirements:
Clinical Question - Formulate a clinical question using the PICOT format.
Resources - Search and evaluate literature on your chosen topic. Turn in a reference page in APA format. You must use three (3) or more relevant sources; to ensure the readings are relevant and current, the selected peer reviewed article must have been written within the past three (3) years.
Paper Submission - Your written assignment for the course project should be a 2-3 page APA paper (not including title page and the reference page) that describes the clinical problem and the following:
o Reason for choosing this topic
o The PICOT question
o Possible integration of the evidence that you found in clinical practice
o Methods to evaluate the effectiveness of implementation
Staff Development PowerPoint - Your staff development PPT presentation will include the information from your written paper in 10-12 slides (including a title and reference slide in APA format). Make sure to include speaker notes at the bottom of your slide to explain the content of your slide.
Clinical Question - Formulate a clinical question using the PICOT format. And Research and select topic
P: Patient Population
I: Intervention or area on Interest
C: Comparison intervention or group
O: Outcome
T: Time
Ex: "In acute care hospitals (patient population), how does having a rapid response team (intervention) compared with not having a response team (comparison) affect the number of cardiac arrests (outcome) during a three-month period (time)?"