NU-740 : Week 3 Discussion 1: SPP Research Question and Validated Instrument

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NU-740 : Week 3 Discussion 1: SPP Research Question and Validated Instrument

Value: 100 points

Due: In an effort to facilitate scholarly discourse, create your initial post by Day 3 and reply to at least two of your colleagues, on two separate days, by Day 7.

Grading Category: Discussions

Initial Post

After reading and reviewing Bradshaw and Vitale’s learning materials, you will develop your PICO question and look in the literature and explore a validated tool, which will be used in your study.

Review the PICO video, which describes the Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome. State your clinical/research question in the PICO format and post.
Review the following example.

  • Population describes the sample population.
  • Intervention names the clinical intervention or therapies of interest.
  • Comparison identifies a comparison intervention or the intervention is compared to usual care or procedure.
  • Outcome describes the outcome or consequences. NU-740 : Week 3 Discussion 1: SPP Research Question and Validated Instrument

For those who are working on a qualitative study, your PICO will not identify an intervention. Review Polit and Beck (2021, p. 34), for all types of PICO questions.

In preparation for our Zoom meeting next week, consider the following items to discuss:

  1. What is the problem you would like to investigate?
  2. Are you thinking about a quantitative study, where you will implement an intervention, or perhaps a qualitative study to assess the meaning or process? If you are unfamiliar with the types of research, take the time to review them in your research book prior to the Zoom session. Also, review the PICO question format in Polit and Beck (2021, p. 34).
  3. What is the population of focus?
  4. What type of intervention or treatment do you want to employ?
  5. How will you implement the intervention? How will this be delivered? Who will it be delivered to?
  6. What do you want to measure? Review the independent and dependent variables.
  7. How do you plan to translate your findings into practice?

Here is an example:

Let’s say you want to structure and investigate a telephonic management program to enhance self-care for adults with diabetes in rural areas and to compare to the usual care in an urban area.

  • P = adults with diabetes in rural area
  • I = telephonic management program
  • C = urban area
  • O = self-care (You will want to assess the education from the telephone session along with HgA1C and perhaps other measures.)

Therefore, PICO your question will be:

In adults with diabetes who live in rural areas, what is the effect of a telephonic management program compared to usual care in an urban area on self-care?

Once you conduct the study, how would you translate this into practice?

Would you go to the local health department, primary care office, or home care to implement a program? NU-740 : Week 3 Discussion 1: SPP Research Question and Validated Instrument

Also, you should begin to explore a tool that you will use in your study to measure the outcome variable of your PICO.

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Replies

Review other students’ initial posts to gain additional insight on the topic of the PICO Development discussion. Reply to at least two posts and offer insight on the PICO questions content and structure. Offer comments on the validated tools selected for the study.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

Posting to the Discussion Forum

  1. Select the appropriate Thread.
  2. Select Reply.
  3. Create your post.
  4. Select Post to Forum.

Week 3: Learning Materials

Readings

Required

  • Moran, K. J., Burson, R., & Conrad, D. (2020). The doctor of nursing practice project: A framework for success (3rd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
    • Chapter 6 Developing the DNP Project
    • Chapter 7: Aligning Design, Method, and Evaluation with the Clinical Question
    • Chapter 10: Creating and Developing the Project Plan
  • Moran Textbook PowerPoint – Chapter 6 (PPT)
  • Moran Textbook PowerPoint – Chapter 7 (PPT)
  • Moran Textbook PowerPoint – Chapter 10 (PPT)
  • Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2016). Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (10th ed.). Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins pp. 33-34
  • Bradshaw, M., & Vitale, T. (2020). The DNP Project Workshop: A Step-by-Step Process for Success, (1st ed.). Springer
    • Lesson 5.2 Formalizing a Question using PICOT pp. 137-140.
    • Lesson 7.8 Evaluation of Outcome and Process pp. 209-212.

Instructional Materials

The expectation is that you will explore and review all instructional materials to meet the criteria of the course, to further your understanding of course content, and to help you prepare for upcoming assignments and exams.

Video

PICO: A Model for Evidence-Based Research

PICO: A Model for Evidence-Based Research Video Transcript NU-740 : Week 3 Discussion 1: SPP Research Question and Validated Instrument