PRESSURE ULCER IN ELDERLY

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IS TURNING AND RE-POSITIONING EFFECTIVE AS INCONTINENT CARE TO PREVENT PRESSURE ULCER IN ELDERLY IN A LONG TERM FACILITY ?

Purpose: To identify a problem or concern that nursing can change and develop a PICT question to guide the change project.
Directions: Use the form below to complete the Week 3 Assignment PICOT Evidence Worksheet. This includes filling in the table with information about your research question and your PICOT elements and the second part is filling in the Evidence Worksheet.
Step 1: Select the key PICO terms for searching the evidence. Clearly define your PICOT question. List each element P (problem, population, or problem), I (intervention), C (Comparison with other treatment/current practice), and O (Desired outcome), T (Time Frame). Is the potential solution something for which you (as nurse or student) can find a solution through evidence research? Look in your book for guidelines to developing your PICOT question and also read the required articles.
Step 2: Identify the problem. What have you noticed in your work or school environment that isn’t achieving the desired patient or learning outcomes? What needs to change in nursing, what can you change with the support of evidence in the literature? Describe the problem or practice issue that you want to research. What is your practice area; clinical, education, or administration? (This is NOT where you will list your PICOT question)
Step 3: How was the practice issues identified? How did you come to know this was a problem in your clinical practice? Review the listed concerns and check all that apply.
Step 4: What evidence must be gathered? What sources of reliable information will be helpful for your particular question?
Step 5: What terms will you use in order to make sure that your search is wide enough to obtain required information but narrow enough to keep it focused? How will you narrow your search if needed?

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PICOT Question
What is the PICOT question?

Define each element of the question below:
P- (Patient, population, or problem):
I- (Intervention):
C- (Comparison with other treatment/current practice):
O- (Desired outcome):
T- (Time Frame):

What is the practice issue/problem? What is the scope of the issue? What is the need for change?

What is the practice area?
___ Clinical
___ Education
___ Administration
___ Other
How was the practice issue identified? (check all that apply)
___ Safety/risk management concerns
___ Unsatisfactory patient outcomes
___ Wide variations in practice
___ Significant financial concerns
___ Difference between hospital and community practice
___ Clinical practice issue is a concern
___ Procedure or process is a time waster
___ Clinical practice issue has no scientific base
___ Other:
What evidence must be gathered? (check all that apply)
___ Literature search
___ Guidelines
___ Expert Opinion
___ Patient Preferences ___ Clinical Expertise
___ Financial Analysis
___ Standards (Regulatory, professional, community)
___ Other
Search terms/How to narrow the search?

2:Human Communications:

Process of Human Communications: Applying communication models is more straightforward the fewer the number of individuals involved in a communication. Analyzing an interaction you have had yourself is the foundation upon which your understanding and insight into the communication approaches within all sizes of organizations begins. By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria: • #1: Analyze a business communication situation. o Describe the communication context of this situation. • #2: Analyze the interrelationships of communication within organizational systems. o Identify the source and the receiver. o Compare the intended and actual effects of the message. o Assess whether a shared meaning or shared reality was constructed. • #3: Communicate effectively. o Describe the message and its function. o Explain how the message was encoded and decoded. o Explain how a channel or channels are used to transmit a message. o Describe the type(s) of noise experienced. o Consistently apply appropriate APA style and formatting.

Communications