Professional nurses rely on research findings to inform practice decisions; they use critical thinking to apply research directly to specific patient care situations.

Think about an independent nursing practice problem you care passionately about and would be interested in searching for evidence.

The below problems should not be used:

*medical/doctor/physician problems such as medications, or medications administration or effects, diagnostics such as EKGs, labs, cardiac catherizations.

*staffing, nurse-to-patient ratios, workforce issues are organizational/system /political/administrative/multi-stakeholder problems which nursing cannot solve independently.

• Describe a significant nursing clinical issue, topic of interest, or practice problem that is important to you. Describe why you chose the problem/topic.
• Write your clinical question in the PICO(T) format for your nursing practice problem.
• *To write your clinical question in the PICO(T) format, use the NR439_Guide for writing PICOT Questions and Examples found in your required reading or access the following link:

NR439_Guide for writing PICOT Questions and Examples (Links to an external site.)

• List each of your PICOT elements.

Share why you care about this nursing practice problem and why you believe the problem would benefit from finding the best evidence.

Answer:

Working on a long-term care/short-term rehabilitation unit it is common to see patients presented with wounds but more commonly with pressure injuries. In the few months that I have been working on this unit I have found that there are special policies and procedures that must be followed when dealing with this type of patient. Most of the patients on my unit currently are not able to transfer themselves and require some type of help to get around. With that being said anyone suspected of being at risk for obtaining a pressure ulcer has a pressure alternating mattress or pressure alternating chair overlay, foam heel boots, and are on strict turn and position schedules. Pressure ulcers form when “lack of blood supply causes the skin tissue in this area to become damaged or die (Avsar et al., 2020)”. I chose to discuss about this question because some patients do not like being woken up every 2 hours to get repositioned…Please click the icon below to purchase the full answer at only $5.