Health Medical Homework Help

Requirements:

1. Review the elements included in PICOT questions to guide evidence-based nursing practice.
2. Respond to the questions below using the PICOT Question Worksheet Template download.
3. Using a minimum of 3 scholarly nursing sources, current within 5 years:

• • Identify and describe one practice-related issue or concern. You may choose to build on the practice issue you identified in NR500NP/NR501NP.
  • Explain why the issue/concern is important to nurse practitioner practice and its impact on health outcomes.
  • Describe each element of your PICOT question in one or two sentences, being sure to address all of the following:
    • P-Population and problem– What is the nursing practice concern or problem and whom does it affect?
    • I–Intervention– What evidence-based solution for the problem would you like to apply?
    • C–Comparison– What is another solution for the problem? Note that this is typically the current practice, no intervention at all, or alternative solutions.
    • O–Outcome– Very specifically, how will you know that the intervention worked? Think about how you will measure the outcome.
    • T–Time frame– What is the Timeframe involved for the EBP initiative or the target date of completion?
  • Construct your PICOT question in the standard PICOT question format (narrative) and define each letter separately, such as:
    • P =
    • I =
    • C =
    • O =
    • T =
    • PICOT question written in full =

Please read below for topic being covered:

For my PICOT the population being addressed is that of a geriatric, with the issue being heart failure. The intervention in this case is whatever action that will be taken in efforts to fix the issue as compared to an alternative solution. The time frame is the length of time that will lapse in order to accommodate intervention. (Wright, 2018). As a nurse practitioner our goal is to help in improving clinical outcomes through providing the best information and teaching regarding medication regimen and lifestyle changes that can assist them in achieving and maintaining an overall best health.

Question: In patients with heart failure(p) how does education and lifestyle change influence better healthier (I) as when compared to no change in lifestyle (c) affect hospital readmissions (o) within 3 -6 months
P- Adult patients diagnosed with heart failure following up in primary care settings
I- obtaining better health through effective communication/education and lifestyle change
C- no change in lifestyle
O: improvements in patient compliance/ decreased hospital readmissions
T: 3 -6months