Choose a topic from the topic list on the attached instructions.
Write a PICO question that relates to your topic.
Find a quantitative nursing research article. Make sure that it is actually nursing research. You may not use any of the following:
A retrospective study
A mixed methods study
A qualitative research article
A systematic review
A quality improvement article
An evidence based practice article
You may not use the article that is being used for the RACs in this course session.
If you are repeating the class, you may not use the article or topic that you used for your last attempt at this class.
You may receive help from librarians in finding an article, but you are ultimately responsible for whether it meets requirements or not.
Upload the worksheet and your article. The article must be in pdf format.
Topics
Addiction
Adherence
Alarm safety
Comfort
Delirium
Depression
Diabetes management
Discharge teaching
Falls
Functional ability
Health and wellbeing of nurses
Hospital readmission rates
Infection control
Mobility
Pain
Prenatal teaching
Prevention of post operative complications
Prevention of pressure ulcers
Sleep disturbances
P: Older adults (≥65 years old) admitted to the hospital with delirium
I: Music therapy intervention
C: Standard care
O: Delirium severity (measured using the CAM-ICU scale)
T: 7 days
This question is specific and answerable, and it is relevant to nursing practice. The population of interest is older adults who are admitted to the hospital with delirium. The intervention is music therapy, which is a type of non-pharmaceutical intervention that has been shown to be effective in reducing delirium severity in older adults.
The comparison intervention is standard care, which is the usual care that is provided to older adults with delirium. The outcome of interest is delirium severity, which is measured using the CAM-ICU scale. The time frame is 7 days, which is the length of time that the intervention is expected to have an effect.