NURS 4100 Quality and Safety Through Evidence-Based Practice
Assignment 1
Evidence-Based Problem and Question Template
To begin your EBP project for the course you will develop your PICO statement and practice question using
the Evidence-Based Problem and Question template in this week’s resources. The template covers all
three parts of this assignment:
(1) Identify one nurse sensitive indicator that you think is a problem in your workplace. (For the purposes of
this class it is not recommended students attempt to select the topics of staff ratios/mix or turnover, job satisfaction,
nursing care hours provided per patient day, or insurance issues. Focus on everyday nursing practice issues such as, falls,
pressure ulcers, unsafe work environment, pain assessment, peripheral intravenous, physical restraints, healthcare
associated infections, or education.)
(2) Use the four PICO categories to describe this clinical problem.
(3) Develop an answerable EBP question.
(4) Save your Assignment using the following naming convention: WK1Assgn+last name+first initial
and submit.
Nurse Sensitive Indicator See
example in the course text. Patient falls and injury prevention in the confused geriatric
population
PICO Question P: Can falls and injury be prevented without the use of
sedatives or antianxiety medications in the confused geriatric
Population population in acute care facilities?
Intervention I: The use of big boards containing date, time, location,
nurse, and physician to reorient the confused geriatric
patient in acute care settings.
Comparison C: Compared to sedatives and antianxiety medications.
Outcome O: Affect the number of falls in the confused geriatric
population in acute care settings and decrease the
incidence of falls.
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Assignment 1
Evidence-Based Problem and Question Template
To begin your EBP project for the course you will develop your PICO statement and practice question using
the Evidence-Based Problem and Question template in this week’s resources. The template covers all
three parts of this assignment:
(1) Identify one nurse sensitive indicator that you think is a problem in your workplace. (For the purposes of
this class it is not recommended students attempt to select the topics of staff ratios/mix or turnover, job satisfaction,
nursing care hours provided per patient day, or insurance issues. Focus on everyday nursing practice issues such as, falls,
pressure ulcers, unsafe work environment, pain assessment, peripheral intravenous, physical restraints, healthcare
associated infections, or education.)
(2) Use the four PICO categories to describe this clinical problem.
(3) Develop an answerable EBP question.
(4) Save your Assignment using the following naming convention: WK1Assgn+last name+first initial
and submit.
Nurse Sensitive Indicator See
example in the course text. Patient falls and injury prevention in the confused geriatric
population
PICO Question P: Can falls and injury be prevented without the use of
sedatives or antianxiety medications in the confused geriatric
Population population in acute care facilities?
Intervention I: The use of big boards containing date, time, location,
nurse, and physician to reorient the confused geriatric
patient in acute care settings.
Comparison C: Compared to sedatives and antianxiety medications.
Outcome O: Affect the number of falls in the confused geriatric
population in acute care settings and decrease the
incidence of falls.
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