FNU Effects of Nurse Practitioners Patient Ratio on Patient Fall Discussion
Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum three paragraphs per DQ, with a minimum of three sentences each paragraph.
· All answers or discussions comments submitted must be in APA format according to Publication Manual American
Psychological Association (APA) (6th ed.) 2009 ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5
· Minimum of two references
PICOT Selection Guidelines
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Population
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- Choose a population that you have access to through your chosen site.
- Avoid directly sampling a vulnerable population. If your project involves a vulnerable population, consider how else you might impact care delivery without including the vulnerable population in the direct design of your project.
- Make sure you can link the population to a direct practice improvement that can be measured through patient and practice outcomes.
- Ensure you are specific enough that the inclusion and exclusion criteria are evident.
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Intervention
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- Remember, your intervention must be based on a sufficient amount of evidence. Do not base education, interventions, or practices on a concept that is not well-supported in literature. You are to translate existing knowledge into practice through your application of the intervention.
- Look for valid and reliable tools for your intervention.
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Comparison
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- Determine how you can compare your intervention to a lack of the intervention or standard of care.
- Ensure you are able to measure what happens when you introduce your intervention as compared to when it is not introduced or before it was introduced.
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Outcome
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- Determine if your outcome can be objectively measured.
- Select an established, valid, and reliable tool for measurement.
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Timeline
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- Determine if you can complete the project in a meaningful way without a lengthy implementation and data collection period.(any time from 4 to 10 weeks)
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