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Week 6 Assignment: EBP Change Process form
ACE Star Model of Knowledge Transformation
Follow Nurse Daniel as your process mentor in the weekly Illustration section of the lesson.
Please do not use any of the Nurse Daniel information for your own topic, nursing
intervention, or change project. Nurse Daniel serves as an example only to illustrate the
change process.
Name: Kesha Clark
Star Point 1: Discovery (Identify topic and practice issue)
Identify the topic and the nursing practice issue related to this topic. (This MUST involve a nursing
practice issue.)
I have chosen frequent falls among elderly patients in the hospital. As a nurse it is my responsibility to
keep my patient safe from harm and when a patient falls there is a crack in the system to keep them safe.
A fall can drastically change the patients’ level of functioning and their quality of life.
Briefly describe your rationale for your topic selection. Include the scope of the issue/problem.
I feel that falls among the elderly is a common problem in many facilities. There are many reasons that
elderly patients fall in the hospital, from altered mental status to chronic health conditions that hinder the
patients balance which could cause the fall or maybe the room is cluttered, and they have fallen over a
blanket. There can be many reasons that they fall.
Star Point 2: Summary (Evidence to support need for a change)
Describe the practice problem in your own words and formulate your PICOT question.
Would early physical therapy to elderly patients on the medical surgical unit decrease the number
of falls that they may have.
In inpatient medical elderly patients, would early physical therapy, compared to no therapy plan,
decrease the amount of falls by 50%, within a 6-month time frame.
P inpatient medical elderly patients
I early physical therapy plan
C no rehab plan
O decrease the amount of falls by 50%
T within 6 months
List the systematic review chosen from the CCN Library databases. Type the complete APA
reference for the systematic review selected.
References
9.2019 Update. DLP
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Martinez-Velilla, N., Cadore, E., & Casas-Herrero, A. (2016). Physical Activity and Early Rehabilitation in
Hospitalized Elderly Medical Patients: Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials. Journal of
Nutrition, Health and Aging, 738-751.
List and briefly describe other sources used for data and information. List any other optional
scholarly source used as a supplement to the systematic review in APA format.
I found this source in the US National Library of Medicine. It discusses the frequent complications from
elderly falls in the hospital and what the general causes are.
Mazur, K., Wilczynski, K., & Szewieczek, J. (2016). Geriatric falls in the context of a hospital fall prevention
program: delirium, low body mass index, and other risk factors. Clinical Interventions in Aging,
1253-1261.
Briefly summarize the main findings (in your own words) from the systematic review and the
strength of the evidence.
Both articles are regarding elderly patients and frequent falls. One discusses the reasons that the patient
may fall, and my main article examines early rehabilitation in hospitalized elderly patients and the effects
it has on the functional outcome during their hospital visit and the exercises that they will be doing.
Outline one or two evidence-based solutions you will consider for the trial project.
Incorporating daily exercise routine for elderly patients to increase their strength to help decrease their
hospital stay.
Star Point 3: Translation (Action Plan)
Identify care standards, practice guidelines, or protocols that may be in place to support your
intervention planning (These may come from your organization or from the other sources listed in
your Summary section in Star Point 2).
Patients need to be kept safe, by following the fall precautions set in place this can be accomplished.
Following the fall precaution guidelines is necessary to have all precautions in place. Make sure no clutter
in patient room, proper lighting is on, bed alarm is in place.
9.2019 Update. DLP
This study source was downloaded by 100000825543056 from CourseHero.com on 06-12-2022 01:46:37 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/109135140/EBP-process-form-2-2020-Kesha-Clarkdocx/
Week 6 Assignment: EBP Change Process form
ACE Star Model of Knowledge Transformation
Follow Nurse Daniel as your process mentor in the weekly Illustration section of the lesson.
Please do not use any of the Nurse Daniel information for your own topic, nursing
intervention, or change project. Nurse Daniel serves as an example only to illustrate the
change process.
Name: Kesha Clark
Star Point 1: Discovery (Identify topic and practice issue)
Identify the topic and the nursing practice issue related to this topic. (This MUST involve a nursing
practice issue.)
I have chosen frequent falls among elderly patients in the hospital. As a nurse it is my responsibility to
keep my patient safe from harm and when a patient falls there is a crack in the system to keep them safe.
A fall can drastically change the patients’ level of functioning and their quality of life.
Briefly describe your rationale for your topic selection. Include the scope of the issue/problem.
I feel that falls among the elderly is a common problem in many facilities. There are many reasons that
elderly patients fall in the hospital, from altered mental status to chronic health conditions that hinder the
patients balance which could cause the fall or maybe the room is cluttered, and they have fallen over a
blanket. There can be many reasons that they fall.
Star Point 2: Summary (Evidence to support need for a change)
Describe the practice problem in your own words and formulate your PICOT question.
Would early physical therapy to elderly patients on the medical surgical unit decrease the number
of falls that they may have.
In inpatient medical elderly patients, would early physical therapy, compared to no therapy plan,
decrease the amount of falls by 50%, within a 6-month time frame.
P inpatient medical elderly patients
I early physical therapy plan
C no rehab plan
O decrease the amount of falls by 50%
T within 6 months
List the systematic review chosen from the CCN Library databases. Type the complete APA
reference for the systematic review selected.
References
9.2019 Update. DLP
This study source was downloaded by 100000825543056 from CourseHero.com on 06-12-2022 01:46:37 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/109135140/EBP-process-form-2-2020-Kesha-Clarkdocx/
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Martinez-Velilla, N., Cadore, E., & Casas-Herrero, A. (2016). Physical Activity and Early Rehabilitation in
Hospitalized Elderly Medical Patients: Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials. Journal of
Nutrition, Health and Aging, 738-751.
List and briefly describe other sources used for data and information. List any other optional
scholarly source used as a supplement to the systematic review in APA format.
I found this source in the US National Library of Medicine. It discusses the frequent complications from
elderly falls in the hospital and what the general causes are.
Mazur, K., Wilczynski, K., & Szewieczek, J. (2016). Geriatric falls in the context of a hospital fall prevention
program: delirium, low body mass index, and other risk factors. Clinical Interventions in Aging,
1253-1261.
Briefly summarize the main findings (in your own words) from the systematic review and the
strength of the evidence.
Both articles are regarding elderly patients and frequent falls. One discusses the reasons that the patient
may fall, and my main article examines early rehabilitation in hospitalized elderly patients and the effects
it has on the functional outcome during their hospital visit and the exercises that they will be doing.
Outline one or two evidence-based solutions you will consider for the trial project.
Incorporating daily exercise routine for elderly patients to increase their strength to help decrease their
hospital stay.
Star Point 3: Translation (Action Plan)
Identify care standards, practice guidelines, or protocols that may be in place to support your
intervention planning (These may come from your organization or from the other sources listed in
your Summary section in Star Point 2).
Patients need to be kept safe, by following the fall precautions set in place this can be accomplished.
Following the fall precaution guidelines is necessary to have all precautions in place. Make sure no clutter
in patient room, proper lighting is on, bed alarm is in place.
9.2019 Update. DLP
This study source was downloaded by 100000825543056 from CourseHero.com on 06-12-2022 01:46:37 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/109135140/EBP-process-form-2-2020-Kesha-Clarkdocx/
