Nova Southeastern University

• NSG 5111

• Nova Southeastern University Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing 1 NSG 5111: Evidence and Practice Activities and Assignments WEEK TOPICAL OUTLINE ACTIVITIES AND ASSIGNMENTS Week 1 Overview of Evidenced-Based Practice and Translation to Practice  Evidenced-Based Practice (EBP) related to improved outcomes  EBP and healthcare decisions  Components of EBP  Seven steps of EBP  Barriers and opportunities to EBP  PICOT question (Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Time) Review: Getting Started on Canvas Home Page. Review and print out the Syllabus and Activities & Assignment Note: Each week begins on Monday at 12:01 AM/EST and ends on Sunday at 11:59 PM/EST *** Note: For all written activities, discussion postings, and assignments, students may use the articles posted in the class only in addition to the required peer-reviewed scholarly journals and references. *** Readings: Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt: Chapters 1, 2, and 3 Recommended Reading: Echevarria, I. M. & Walker, S. (2014). To make your case, start with a PICOT question. Nursing, 44(2), 18-19. (Older but relevant article). Spruce, L. (2015). Back to basics: Implementing evidence-based practice. AORN, 101(1), 106-112. (Older but relevant article). Week 1 Content: Go to Modules on the Course Menu, click, and scroll down to Week 1 content Journal Articles: Ford, L. G. (2019). The underappreciated and misunderstood PICOT question: A critical step in the EBP process. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 16(6), 422-423. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12408 Mick, J. (2017). Call to action: How to implement evidence-based nursing practice. Nursing, 47(4), 37-43. Meet Your Classmates and Discussion Board Posting (3 points):  The focus this week is to practice, practice, practice writing a Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Time (PICOT) question, so it becomes second nature. By honing skills in writing a PICOT question, the clinical/administrative issue will be well defined and the search for evidence will be more successful. Each component of the PICOT question must be clearly articulated. Please post a short introduction on the board to the professor and classmates 5.2.19:11/4/19LS:3/30/20LS:10/2/2020LS Nova Southeastern University Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing 2 NSG 5111: Evidence and Practice Activities and Assignments  Formulate a PICOT question using the intervention format found in Box 2.2 on page 44 of the textbook  Each of the three replies to classmates should be a critique of the structure of the PICOT question. Is it in the correct PICOT format? Is the question specific enough? Is the patient population specific? Is the intervention a nursing intervention? Are there too many outcomes? Does the question make sense? Provide colleagues with suggestion on how to improve the PICOT question. No medical interventions! Faculty will provide the final approval.  Discuss one (1) strategy a master’s prepared nurse could do to cultivate a spirit of inquiry to overcome barriers from colleagues who are resistant in pursing evidence-based process. TOPICAL OUTLINE ACTIVITIES AND ASSIGNMENTS Week 2 Critically Searching and Appraising the Evidence  External evidence  Systematic reviews  Meta-analyses  Search strategies  Appraise qualitative evidence  Appraise quantitative evidence Readings: Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt: Chapters 4,