Activity 4
Sample Selection and Application
You will enter Sentinel City® via the link to begin your virtual experience by taking a bus tour of Sentinel City®.
Sentinel City® is a city just like your neighborhood. People live there from culturally diverse backgrounds. They vary in age, gender, and income level. Nurse researchers are unable to study the entire world so they choose “groups” or populations to study that actually mirror the population of interest. Your role is to experience the city and identify the “neighborhood” or sample that would provide the best place to study:
Geriatrics – – NIGHTINGALE SQUARE 27.14% of the residents are 65 and older
South East Asians – – There is no specific information regarding South East Asians in Sentinel City
Poverty – – INDUSTRIAL HEIGHTS 15.65% of residents life below the poverty line
Pediatrics – – LAKEVIEW 30% of the residents are under the age of 18
Complete an analysis of any evidence-based practice intervention that applies to poverty and describe how you would implement this in the Sentinel City® neighborhood. Remember, use resources that are interprofessional, evidence-based and focus on improving health outcomes.
Helpful tips:
The researcher will often choose a population that contains the most number of subjects who have the study topic. For instance, to study children choose the area with the most children
Where does a nurse find evidence-based practice recommendations?
Visit the American Nurses Association
Question: What type of health promoting activity is interprofessional?
Think broadly consider nutrition (diet), Activity (exercise), Dental health, etc.
Review these core competencies:
Evidence-Based Practice – Core Competencies: Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of the research process and models for applying evidence to clinical practice.
Sample Selection: Participate in the process of retrieval, appraisal, and synthesis of evidence in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team to improve patient outcomes.
Interprofessional EBP Guidelines: Integrate evidence, clinical judgment, interprofessional perspectives, and patient preferences in planning, implementing, and evaluating outcomes of care.
Interprofessional EBP Guidelines: Collaborate in the collection, documentation, and dissemination of evidence.
Explore Research Literature for EBP Guidelines: Acquire an understanding of the process for how nursing and related healthcare quality and safety measures are developed, validated, and endorsed.
Application of the PICO Model to Nursing Care: Describe mechanisms to resolve identified practice discrepancies between identified standards and practice that may adversely impact patient outcomes.
