Problem/PICOT/Evidence Search (PPE) Worksheet Health, Medicine Paper

Problem/PICOT/Evidence Search (PPE) Worksheet

Name:

Date: 

Criteria

Clinical Nursing Practice Problem

Select and identify ONLY one quality or safety clinical priority area from the assignment guidelines practice scenario. Summarize why you believe the nursing practice problem/issue is the most important.  Summarize your rationale (why) for choosing the problem.    

Clinical Nursing

PICOT Question

Using the NR439 Guide for Writing PICOT Questions and Examples located in the assignment guidelines, write out your PICOT question. Include the PICOT letters in your question.

Define PICOT Elements

Define each of the      PICOT elements from your question above.

P- (patient population/patients of interest):                                  

I- (Intervention):

C- (Comparison): 

O- (Measurable outcome):

T- (Time frame in months): 

Evidence Retrieval Process and Summary

Using only the Chamberlain College of Nursing library: 

(1) Locate evidence that is relevant to your chosen nursing practice problem.  Explain how you believe the evidence is relevant to your chosen nursing practice problem.   

(2) Explain why you chose the evidence

(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 Evidence

Summarize what you 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

Select 4 (or more) relevant search strategies you used to narrow/limit your search for

evidence. 

• Patient satisfaction
• Patient education
• Falls
• Non-pharmacological pain management

Errors. Examples include:

• Medication
• Patient identification
• Communication
• Readmissions
• Length of stay
• Costs

Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs).  
Examples include:

• Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI)
• Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)
• Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)
• Surgical Site Infections (SSI)
• Sepsis (Screening or Prevention)
• Discharge Teaching/Coaching
• Transitions of Care/Level of Care
• Pressure Ulcers
• Skin Integrity