Question A

EBP and PICOT

Define the process of evidence-based inquiry and precisely what you have learned in this class from your own work and the work of your peers on this search. Provide 2–3 high-level references for your discussion

Directions

PICOT Question

 

In elderly patients living in long-term care facilities who are at significant risk of falls, how do frequent checks prevent falls compared with moving residents closer to nursing stations to reduce the incidences of falls over a month?

P – elderly patients aged 65 and above

I – frequent checks

C – moving close to the nursing station

O – reduces falls

T – in a month

 

1. The highlighted is my picot and in this class, we have been using databases such as PubMed, CINAHL, MEDLINE, Ebsco, and scholarly articles less than 5yrs old.
2. We did qualitative and quantitative research and identity our research articles’ levels of evidence according to John Hopkins evidenced based practice (I, II, III)
3. Follow the assignment requirements and rubric
4. 3 references less than 5yrs old
5. When discussing the reference needs to correlate with the picot and also the importance of research class and to use it in future life.