Description
Imagine that you are a staff nurse that has identified a problem in your unit. You have created a PICO and taken the draft to your supervisor. Your supervisor asks you to complete a brief report using your PICO and two articles (one qualitative and one quantitative) to support your practice change suggestion.
Use one of the following databases to find one qualitative and one quantitative article to appraise and support the proposed intervention in the PICO:
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CINAHLPlus
- Medline (PubMed or Ovid)
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
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Appraisal Report
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
Instructor’s Name
Course Name
Date
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Problem Identification and PICO
Despite adherence to existing prevention protocols, there has been a noticeable increase
in the incidence of pressure ulcers among immobilized patients. Pressure ulcers are a source not
only of pain and long hospitalizations but also lead to increased general Hospital expenditures.
Therefore, the PICO Sentence is “In immobilized patients (P), does the administration of a
repositioning schedule at least every two hours (I), as compared to the current practice without a
strict repositioning schedule (C), cause a decrease in the incidence of pressure ul...
