PICOT APPROVAL FOR MDNP FOR EUPHEMIA

CONHCP: Doctor Of Nursing Practice Final PICOT-D Approval

The department has conducted a review of your PICOT-D question in an effort to support the development of your project. Please note that this review is a FINAL APPROVAL of the PICOT-D and will require permission by the DNP Program Lead for any changes to this statement beyond the date of this approved review. We highly discourage changes as they may prevent you from progressing.

PICOT-D Question: Among older adults with type 2 diabetes in a primary care clinic does the translation of Güner & Coşansu’s research on the utilization of short text messaging impact the pre-prandial blood glucose levels when compared to the current practice in urban Texas in four weeks?

Are you an APRN? (mandatory question):

All projects must have a minimum of 3 original research studies to support the intervention. (One of the three original research articles to support your intervention need to come from the US or Canada). The other research studies can come from the UK, Denmark, India, New Zealand, or Australia (preferred) or from any of the 131 countries listed in the International Compilation of Human Research Standards 2020.

*** In DNP-955A You will be required to have a total of 15 research articles to support the intervention (3 from PICOT, plus other original research)

Original Research Articles (Use permalinks and attach a pdf copy of each of the quantitative original research articles):

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IMPORTANT PLEASE STOP AND READ:

This is your Final Approved PICOT-D statement. Please maintain this copy and please include it in each course ISP going forward, in addition, this is the FINAL approved statement to be shared with all DNP course instructors going forward.

If you need to make a change to this PICOT-D statement, you must work with your current course instructor to review and approve any possible changes and your instructor must notify the DNP Program Lead. Making a change to your PICOT-D statement past this date may lead to your delay and success in this program, there must be a valid significant reason to change this PICOT-D statement going forward. It will require you to stop and re-gain permission prior to progressing. This final approval is tracked in CRM.

You may not begin your intervention or collect any data related to your project until you have GCU IRB approval, which typically occurs in 960A. Prior to your project courses, you will be working on designing a project in preparation for the submission of your proposal in 955A. Ensure you are accessing the resources in the DC network and in the classroom. You do not need to resubmit your PICOT to the department.

Congratulations on your work so far! We are so glad you have chosen Grand Canyon University.

THIS FINAL PICOT-D STATEMENT IS APPROVED.

_______________________________________________________Date: _____________________________

DNP PICOT-D REVIEWER Name/Credentials

References

Andrich, D., & Foronda, C. (2020). Improving glycemic control and quality of life with

diabetes self-management education: A pilot project. The Journal of Continuing

Education in Nursing, 51(3), 11-123. https://doi.org/10.3928/00220124-

20200216-06

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2018). Some Mobile Phone Apps Help

Diabetes Patients Improve Health but Hundreds Remain Unstudied, AHRQ

Report Finds. Content last reviewed May 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research

and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/pressreleases/

mobile-phone-apps-diabetes-patients.html

Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists & Kolb, L. (2021). An effective

model of diabetes care and education: The ADCES7 Self-Care Behaviors™. The

Science of Diabetes Self-Management and Care, 47(1), 30-53.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0145721720978154

Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists. (2021). Tools and resources:

Using the ADCES7 Self-Care Behaviors to manage your condition.