This week you will be working on an evaluation plan that will be attached to your EBP in Week 9. Remember, you are working through this process–you have a question, you found evidence for support in putting this into practice–you implemented a plan to put this into practice now you are evaluating how it worked […]

This week you will be creating an Implementation Plan that will be attached to your final Evidence Based Project. In the article read last week, “EBP Step by Step Following the evidence: Planning for sustainable change” an Implementation Plan is provided for an example.  In your text (4th ed) the ‘ARCC Model Timeline for an […]

Using the following table—search the 5 databases based on your PICOT Question—under findings note the number of relevant articles found—you may not find something in every database. Under features discuss what you liked about that database. ON the discussion board summarize your search—attach your chart for those that would like to see your search. You […]

Indicate in parentheses after each segment, what part of PICOT the preceding words represent.   For example: In patients recently discharged from the hospital following care for heart failure (P), do hand-off calls by the nurse to the primary care provider using the SBAR format (situation, background, assessment, recommendation) (I) compared to no calls (C) […]

Post your background question and your strategy for getting a comprehensive understanding of the clinical issue. Your background question will lead you to your foreground or PICOT question–so it is an important piece of the project!   Your background question should answer the who, what, when, where, how and why.  With a clinical question you […]

To complete this week, after reading chapter one in Melnyk and reviewing the lectures you need to consider the topic of interest to you. List a ONE to two-word topic that you want to explore further and why you are interested in this topic. This topic should encompasses the question that you have been generating […]

Peter is in the twelfth grade. He scored a 6 on the CRAFFT. During the interview, you learn that he drinks five or more beers on Fridays and Saturdays and smokes marijuana several times a day. You also learn that he stopped drinking after being arrested for drinking in a parked car. However, he does […]

Select one of the topics for this week and outline the demographics, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, morbidity, mortality, evaluation, and management of the disorder.    Responses to peers:  Provide a clinical example from your RN or Student NP experience on the posted topic.  Discuss how the presentation and or management of your clinical example matched or […]

Review one of the sensory systems, elder abuse, or substance abuse in the elderly that we explored this week and present a diagnosis from these systems.  For example, from vision you might select glaucoma or from hearing, you might select prespycussis.   Identify the incidence, demographics, etiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of the diagnosis that […]

Select one of the topics for this week and outline the demographics, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, morbidity, mortality, evaluation, and management of the disorder.   Responses to peers:  Provide a clinical example from your RN or Student NP experience on the posted topic.  Discuss how the presentation and or management of your clinical example matched or […]