DQ Describe the difference between a nursing practice problem and a medical practice problem

DQ Describe the difference between a nursing practice problem and a medical practice problem

DQ Describe the difference between a nursing practice problem and a medical practice problem

PICOT is utilized by the health care community to identify and study a nursing practice problem. Consequently, PICOT examples that may provide insight into the use of the PICOT process may not be relevant to nursing practice as they are based on a medical practice problem.

Define evidence-based practice. Describe the difference between a nursing practice problem and a medical practice problem. Provide one example of each. Discuss why is it important to ensure your PICOT is based on a nursing practice problem.

Evidence-based practices are what healthcare professionals use to deliver healthcare practices that are proven to improve patient outcomes and increase patient satisfaction. These practices are based on clinical expertise, patient preferences, and values (American Journal of Nursing, 2016, para.1). Evidence-based practices are discovered by looking at nursing and medical research that has already been conducted. To determine evidenced-based practices researchers must gather the information that supports their hypothesis.

Nurses’ researchers utilize the PICOT acronym to gather and organize clinical information to determine evidence-based practices.  It is important for nurses to understand the differences between nursing practice problems and medical practice problems. Nursing practice problems are related to the emotional, spiritual and cognitive issues of a patients diagnoses (assingology, 2020). In contrast to the medical practice problems that are only the physiological state of the patient. One could use the diagnoses of diabetes to clarify the differences. When a patient has diabetes the medical practice problems are the patients’ physiological state when blood sugar get too high or to low; electrolytes become out of balance and patients become acidotic which affects respiratory and cardiac systems in the body. The nursing practice problems for a patient with diabetes deal with the way the diagnosis is going to affect their lifestyle, how the diagnosis makes them feel, and do they have the skills and necessities to manage their disease properly.

It is important that when a nurse is deciding to research an evidenced-based practice that they are asking PICOT problems that are based on nursing best practices because that is where they are going to have the biggest impact.

References:

American Journal of Nursing. (2016). Evidence-based practice step-by-step. Retrieved from https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/pages/collectiondetails.aspx?TopicalCollectionId=10

RESPOND HERE

I agree with you that evidence-based helps healthcare professionals to improve patient outcomes. At the same time, healthcare providers use evidence-based practices to increase patient satisfaction. Therefore, healthcare organizations ensure that they have incorporated evidence-based practice in their routine. These practices are based on clinical expertise, patient preferences, and values. Thus, healthcare professionals use their nursing research skills to obtain information on patient taste and preferences. The information is important in shaping evidence-based practices (Beckett et al., 2021). Unfortunately, some nurses have limited information on EBP. As a result, incompetent healthcare professionals experience challenges when using evidence-based practices. Nurses’ researchers utilize the PICOT acronym to gather and organize clinical information to determine evidence-based practices (Wood et al., 2019). The acronym provides a framework that enables healthcare providers to organize their activities and clinic information. Adhering to all the requirements of PICOT allows nurses’ researchers to obtain accurate clinical details. Asking PICOT problems restricts healthcare professionals to the scope of the nursing research.

References

Beckett, C. D., Zadvinskis, I. M., Dean, J., Iseler, J., Powell, J. M., & Buck‐Maxwell, B. (2021). An integrative review of team nursing and delegation: implications for nurse staffing during COVID‐19. Worldviews on Evidence‐Based Nursing, 18(4), 251-260.  https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12523

Wood, R. L., Migliore, L. A., Nasshan, S. J., Mirghani, S. R., & Contasti, A. C. (2019). Confronting challenges in reducing heart failure 30‐day readmissions: lessons learned with implications for evidence‐based practice. Worldviews on Evidence‐Based Nursing, 16(1), 43-50.  https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12336