NHS8065 Unit 2 Discussion (dq1+dq2) Latest 2021 March

NHS8065 Foundations of Evidence-Based Practice in Health Care

Unit 2 Discussion

DQ1 Finding the Best Evidence to Answer Different PICO(T) Questions

Note: Remember to adhere to the requirements for initial discussion postings and responses addressed in the Discussions section of the Course Policies and Expectations presentation.

Choose one of the three PICO(T) questions below.

In patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (P), will the implementation of a pulmonary hygiene protocol (I) compared with standard positioning care (C) improve weaning parameter metrics (O) during the next three months (T)?

For Long Island Hospital (P), will the integration of patient preferences into a pain management program (I) compared with the current program (C) affect the average level of pain scores reported to CMS (O) within a six-month reporting period (T)?

For greater metro peer review organization (P), will the addition of an online automatic metrics rate calculator (I) compared to a metrics submission page without an automatic rate calculator (C) reduce metrics rates-related customer service calls (O) in 12 weeks (T)?

For your initial post, create a four-column table with the following headings:

PICO(T) component.

Best evidence design/method.

Search terms.

Sources of external evidence (databases).

Use the four columns to list the following:

Include each component of the PICO(T) question you chose.

Identify, using EBP evidence levels, the study design/method that would provide the best evidence to support the intervention.

Define three different search terms you would use to begin your search for the best evidence, based on the PICO(T) question you chose.

Determine the most appropriate databases to perform your search.

After the table, describe your search strategy and its relation to the PICO(T) question, as shown in the table.    

DQ2 Note: Remember to adhere to the requirements for initial discussion postings and responses addressed in the Discussions section of the Course Policies and Expectations presentation.

Personal Writing Intentions

Describe your results from the Personal Writing Assessment. Then, select three areas for improvement in your writing and explain why these areas are important for doctoral-level writing.