Collaborative identification and interpretation of practice problems is a requir

Collaborative identification and interpretation of practice problems is a requirement of professional practice (AACN, 2008). Locating and summarizing findings using credible online databases is necessary for evidence-based nursing (AACN, 2008; QSEN, 2020). This assignment provides a learning activity for students to experience a practice-based scenario and apply a process worksheet designed to assist in the identification of an independent nursing problem or concern, develop a PICOT clinical question, and search for evidence using credible online databases/sources.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

CO 1: Examine the sources of evidence that contribute to professional nursing practice. (PO 7)

CO 2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (POs 4 & 8)

CO 4: Evaluate published nursing research for credibility and significance related to evidence-based practice. (POs 4 & 8)

CO 5: Recognize the role of research findings in evidence-based practice. (POs 7 & 8)

Due Date

Submit the completed PPE Worksheet by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 3.

Total Points Possible

This assignment is worth 175 points.

Preparing the Assignment

Please use the completed Week 2 Check-In PICOT (revised with instructor-recommended changes) using the Assignment Practice Scenario below when completing the PPE Worksheet.

1. Download and use the required PPE WorksheetLinks to an external site..
2. Review the information provided in our library on how to search for journal articles hereLinks to an external site..
3. Review the information provided in our library on how to locate and copy a journal permalinkLinks to an external site..
4. You are required to complete the worksheet using the productivity tools required by Chamberlain University, which is Microsoft Office Word 2013 (or later version), or Windows and Office 2011 (or later version) for MAC. You must save the file in the “.docx” format. Do NOT save as Word Pad. A later version of the productivity tool includes Office 365, which is available to Chamberlain students for FREE by downloading from the student portal at http://my.chamberlain.eduLinks to an external site.. Click on the envelope at the top of the page.
5. Complete each section of the Problem/PICOT/Evidence (PPE) Worksheet. For the Clinical PICOT Question, use the NR439 Guide for writing PICOT Questions and Examples.Links to an external site. Use one of the templates/guides to write your Clinical PICOT Question using all of the PICOT elements. Be sure to include the PICOT letters in your question.
6. Be sure to use the PPE Worksheet rubricLinks to an external site. to make certain you are meeting all grading criteria of the PPE Worksheet.
7. Submit the completed PPE Worksheet on the Week 3 Assignment page.
8. Students, A short tutorial with tips for completing the Week 3 Problem/PICOT/Evidence Search (PPE) worksheet assignment may be viewed here.

Assignment Practice Scenario

Your Chief Nurse Executive (CNE) recognizes you are pursuing your BSN and has asked you to be a member of the nursing evidence-based practice (NEBP) committee. She has advised the members that the purpose is to conduct nursing research studies involving clinical practice problems. Increasing nurses’ awareness of quality and safety concerns will help develop an attitude of inquiry and asking questions (Sherwood & Barnsteiner, 2017). Baccalaureate nurses “collaborate in problem identification, participate in the process of search, retrieval, and documentation of evidence, and integrate evidence using credible databases and internet resources” (AACN, 2008, pp. 16-17).

The CNE has advised all members of the following areas of quality and safety clinical practice that each committee member needs to consider and choose only one as a priority area for conducting a research study. Sources of research problems come from nursing clinical practice (Houser, 2018):

Quality	Safety
Patient satisfaction Patient education	Falls
Non-pharmacological pain management	Errors. Examples include: Medication Patient identification Communication
Readmissions Length of stay Costs	Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs). Examples include: Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Surgical Site Infections (SSI) Sepsis (Screening or Prevention)
Discharge Teaching/Coaching Transitions of Care/Level of Care	Pressure Ulcers Skin Integrity

Your CNE has requested that you select ONLY one topic area and complete the PPE Worksheet using only one topic area. The committee will collaborate and decide as a team which nursing clinical problem area will be the priority focus of their next research study. Thank you for your valuable contributions to this important NEBP committee.

Best Practices

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Scholarly Sources and Citations 

• Use APA format in citations and references.

**Academic Integrity**

Chamberlain College of Nursing values honesty and integrity. All students should be aware of the Academic Integrity policy and follow it in all discussions and assignments.

By submitting this assignment, I pledge on my honor that all content contained is my own original work except as quoted and cited appropriately. I have not received any unauthorized assistance on this assignment.

References

American Association of Colleges of Nurses. (2008). Executive summary: The essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice. http://www.aacnnursing.org/Education-Resources/AAC…

Houser, J. (2018). Nursing research: Reading, using, and creating evidence (4th ed.). Jones and Bartlett.

Sherwood, G., & Barnsteiner, J. (2017). Quality and safety in nursing: A competency approach to improving outcomes (2nd ed.). Wiley-Blackwell.

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses. (2018). QSEN knowledge, skills, and attitude competencies. http://qsen.org/competencies/pre-licensure-ksas/

Rubric

NR439 PPE Worksheet Rubric

NR439 PPE Worksheet Rubric

Criteria	Ratings	Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeClinical Nursing Practice ProblemSelect and identify only one quality or safety clinical priority area from the assignment guidelines practice scenario. Summarize why you believe the nursing practice problem/issue is the most important. Summarize your rationale (why) for choosing the problem.	50 pts Selects and identifies one quality or safety clinical priority practice problem from the assignment guidelines practice scenario. Thoroughly summarizes why you believe the nursing practice problem/issueis the most important. Thoroughly summarizes the rationale (why) the problem was chosen. Provides details. 46 pts Criteria from the first column are mostly summarized or one criteria lacks details or is missing. 40 pts Criteria from the first column are minimally summarized or two criteria lack details or are not present. 19 pts Criteria from the first column are poorly summarized. 0 pts Criteria are not discussed.	50 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeClinical Nursing PICOT QuestionClinical Nursing PICOT Question Using the NR439 Guide for writing PICOT Questions and Examples located in the assignment guidelines, write out your PICOT question. Include each letter of the PICOT in your question. Use the instructor feedback from the Week 2 Check-In to develop your question.	15 pts PICOT question has 5 elements correct. Question is nursing related. 13 pts PICOT question has 4 elements correct or question is not nursing related. 12 pts PICOT question has 3 elements correct. 6 pts PICOT has 1-2 elements correct. 0 pts PICOT question with no elements correct or no PICOT question present.	15 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDefine PICOT ElementsDefine each of the elements from your above clinical PICOT question. Use the instructor feedback from the Week 2 Check-In.	15 pts 5 PICOT elements are correctly defined. 13 pts 4 PICOT elements are correctly defined. 12 pts 3 PICOT elements are correctly defined. 6 pts 1-2 PICOT elements are correctly defined. 0 pts PICOT elements are not correctly defined or elements are not present.	15 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeEvidence Retrieval Process and SummaryUsing only the Chamberlain College of Nursing library: (1) Locate evidence that is relevant to your chosen nursing practice problem. Explain how you believe the evidence is relevant to your chosen clinical nursing problem/issue. (2) Explain why you chose the evidence. (3) Provide a complete APA reference to the evidence (must include authors, year, title of the evidence, title of the resource). (4) Evidence must be published within the last 10 years. (5) Provide the permalink.	20 pts All of the 5 criteria are present. (1) Locates evidence relevant to chosen nursing practice problem. Explains how the evidence is relevant to your chosen clinical nursing problem/issue. (2) Explains why the evidence was chosen. (3) Provides a complete APA reference to the evidence (includes authors, year, title of the evidence, title of the resource). (4) Evidence must be published within the last 10 years. (5) Provides the permalink. 18 pts Missing 1 criteria or 1 criteria lacks details. 16 pts Missing 2 criteria or 2 of the criteria lacks details. 8 pts Missing 3-4 of the criteria. 0 pts Missing all five criteria from the A column or none of the criteria are present.	20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeImplications of the EvidenceSummarize what you learned from the evidence. Summarize why you believe the nursing evidence-based practice committee should focus their next research study on this practice problem.	40 pts Thoroughly summarizes what was learned from the evidence. Thoroughly summarizes why you believe the nursing evidence-based practice committee should focus their next research study on this practice problem. Excellent details provided. 35 pts Mostly summarizes the criteria in the first column or one criteria lacks details. 32 pts Fairly summarizes the criteria in the first column or one criteria is missing. Fair details are provided. 15 pts Poorly summarizes the criteria in the first column. Poor details are provided. 0 pts Criteria are not summarized or is missing.	40 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeEvidence Search TermsIdentifies 4 (or more) relevant searchable terms you used for your search for evidence.	10 pts Identifies 4 (or more) relevant searchable terms used for the search for evidence. 9 pts Identifies 3 relevant searchable terms used for the search for evidence. 8 pts Identifies 2 relevant searchable terms used for the search for evidence. 5 pts Identifies 1 relevant searchable term used for the search for literature. 0 pts No terms identified or terms are not present.	10 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeEvidence Search StrategiesIdentifies 4 (or more) relevant search strategies you used to narrow/limit your search for evidence.	10 pts Identifies 4 (or more) relevant strategies used to narrow/limit the search for evidence. 9 pts Identifies 3 relevant strategies used to narrow/limit the search for evidence. 8 pts Identifies 2 relevant strategies used to narrow/limit the search for evidence. 4 pts Identifies 1 relevant searchable term used for the search for evidence. 0 pts No strategies identified or strategies are not present.	10 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeScholarly Writing, Mechanics, Organization, Spelling, Sentence Structure, Grammar	8 pts Excellent writing, mechanics, organization, spelling, sentence structure, grammar. 1-2 errors noted. 6 pts Good writing, mechanics, organization, spelling, sentence structure, grammar. A few errors noted. 3 pts Fair writing, mechanics, organization, spelling, sentence structure, grammar. Some errors noted. 2 pts Poor writing, mechanics, organization, spelling, sentence structure, grammar. Many errors noted. 0 pts Very poor writing, mechanics, organization, spelling, sentence structure, grammar. Errors throughout are noted. Writing is difficult to understand or follow.	8 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAPA In-Text Formatting for Cited Sentences	7 pts Excellent APA formatting. Uses APA in-text citation formatting with no errors. 6 pts Good APA formatting. Uses APA in-text citation formatting with 1-2 errors noted. 4 pts Fair APA formatting. Uses APA in-text citation formatting with some errors noted or does not use in-text citation formatting. 3 pts Poor APA formatting with many errors noted. 0 pts Very poor APA with errors noted throughout.	7 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAssigned PPE Worksheet Used	0 pts 0 points deducted Assigned PPE Worksheet used for this assignment. 0 pts 17.5 points deducted (10%) Assigned PPE Worksheet NOT used for this assignment results in deduction.	0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLate deduction	0 pts 0 points deducted Submitted on time 0 pts Not submitted on time – Points deducted 1 day late=8.75 deduction; 2 day late =17.5 deduction; 3 day late=26.25 deduction; 4 day=35 deduction; 5 day=43.75 deduction; 6 day =52.5 deduction; 7 day =61.25 deduction; Score of 0 if more than 7 days late