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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: Ruchelle Brown
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.)
The topic will be the increase in the cases of surgical infections. Healthcare institutions and
professionals go at great lengths in order to ensure that no infections happen after a surgical
procedure. In essence, the presence of a surgical infection will render a treatment ineffective and
worse lead to a new illness. This means that it is imperative for healthcare professionals and
institutions to put in place effective intervention measures.
Briefly describe your rationale for your topic selection. Include the scope of the
issue/problem.
For both healthcare professionals and institutions, a positive patient outcome forms the overall
goal for any treatment measure taken. In order to achieve a positive and sustainable patient
outcome, there is need to implement all treatment interventions with due regard to the safety of
the patient. Surgical infections tend to go against the objective of safeguarding the safety of the
patient. In addition, surgical infections can complicate the process of providing treatment to a
patient and can even lead to the death of the patient. This means that there is an importance of
defining the specific problem, looking for the causes of that problem with the objective of
coming up with sustainable and safe solutions addressing the increased cases if surgical
infections.
Star Point 2: Summary (Evidence to support need for a change)
Describe the practice problem in your own words and formulate your PICOT question.
Surgical infections emerge when there is a failure to use Chlorhexidine in the manner it has been
prescribed in the guidelines. These are guidelines relate to unprofessionalism; pre-operative
procedures carelessness; common errors as well as negligence. The disturbing part is that there
are few intervention measures in place designed to prevent these infections, which are often as a
result of surgical errors and negligence.
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There are two PICOT questions as follows;
1. For adult surgical patients (population), how does the application of site surgical infection
bundle (intervention) in comparison to common standard of care (comparison) affects the
number of site surgical infections (outcome) within a 30 day post operation period (time)?
2. For adult surgical patients (population), what element of site surgical bundle (intervention)
does provide sufficient evidence (comparison) in the prevention of surgical infections (outcome)
with a day post operation period (time)?
List the systematic review chosen from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from
the Chamberlain library. Type the complete APA reference for the systematic review
selected.
De Luca, A., Green, W., Canobbio, M., & Hopley, C. (2017). Strategies to Effectively Prevent
Surgical Site Infections in Italian Hospitals: Economic Benefits. Value in Health, 20(9),
A782. doi:10.1016/j.jval.2017.08.2273
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.
Blake, D. P. (2019). Key Ways to Prevent Infection When There Is No “Building”: Aspects for
the Field. Surgical Infections, 20(2), 115-118. doi:10.1089/sur.2018.290
Spear, M. (2009). Evidence-Based Prevention Strategies for Surgical Site Infections. Plastic
Surgical Nursing, 29(3), 175-178. doi:10.1097/psn.0b013e3181b3e94f
Weiser, T. G., Forrester, J. D., & Forrester, J. A. (2019). Tactics to Prevent Intra-Abdominal
Infections in General Surgery. Surgical Infections, 20(2), 139-145.
doi:10.1089/sur.2018.282
Briefly summarize the main findings (in your own words) from the systematic review and
the strength of the evidence.
It is important to have standardized post-discharge surveillance of a patient that has undergone a
surgery. But before this happens, there is need to clearly identify all the risk factors that lead to
the occurrence of site surgical infections. For instance, the decision of which skin preparation
agent is most effective plays an important role in preventing the emergence of site surgical
infections.
Outline one or two evidence-based solutions you will consider for the trial project.
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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: Ruchelle Brown
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.)
The topic will be the increase in the cases of surgical infections. Healthcare institutions and
professionals go at great lengths in order to ensure that no infections happen after a surgical
procedure. In essence, the presence of a surgical infection will render a treatment ineffective and
worse lead to a new illness. This means that it is imperative for healthcare professionals and
institutions to put in place effective intervention measures.
Briefly describe your rationale for your topic selection. Include the scope of the
issue/problem.
For both healthcare professionals and institutions, a positive patient outcome forms the overall
goal for any treatment measure taken. In order to achieve a positive and sustainable patient
outcome, there is need to implement all treatment interventions with due regard to the safety of
the patient. Surgical infections tend to go against the objective of safeguarding the safety of the
patient. In addition, surgical infections can complicate the process of providing treatment to a
patient and can even lead to the death of the patient. This means that there is an importance of
defining the specific problem, looking for the causes of that problem with the objective of
coming up with sustainable and safe solutions addressing the increased cases if surgical
infections.
Star Point 2: Summary (Evidence to support need for a change)
Describe the practice problem in your own words and formulate your PICOT question.
Surgical infections emerge when there is a failure to use Chlorhexidine in the manner it has been
prescribed in the guidelines. These are guidelines relate to unprofessionalism; pre-operative
procedures carelessness; common errors as well as negligence. The disturbing part is that there
are few intervention measures in place designed to prevent these infections, which are often as a
result of surgical errors and negligence.
2.2019 Update. DLP
This study source was downloaded by 100000810282105 from CourseHero.com on 10-07-2022 10:49:49 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/77883328/Week-6-Assignment-Evidence-Based-Practice-Change-Process-Ruchelle-Browndoc/
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There are two PICOT questions as follows;
1. For adult surgical patients (population), how does the application of site surgical infection
bundle (intervention) in comparison to common standard of care (comparison) affects the
number of site surgical infections (outcome) within a 30 day post operation period (time)?
2. For adult surgical patients (population), what element of site surgical bundle (intervention)
does provide sufficient evidence (comparison) in the prevention of surgical infections (outcome)
with a day post operation period (time)?
List the systematic review chosen from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from
the Chamberlain library. Type the complete APA reference for the systematic review
selected.
De Luca, A., Green, W., Canobbio, M., & Hopley, C. (2017). Strategies to Effectively Prevent
Surgical Site Infections in Italian Hospitals: Economic Benefits. Value in Health, 20(9),
A782. doi:10.1016/j.jval.2017.08.2273
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.
Blake, D. P. (2019). Key Ways to Prevent Infection When There Is No “Building”: Aspects for
the Field. Surgical Infections, 20(2), 115-118. doi:10.1089/sur.2018.290
Spear, M. (2009). Evidence-Based Prevention Strategies for Surgical Site Infections. Plastic
Surgical Nursing, 29(3), 175-178. doi:10.1097/psn.0b013e3181b3e94f
Weiser, T. G., Forrester, J. D., & Forrester, J. A. (2019). Tactics to Prevent Intra-Abdominal
Infections in General Surgery. Surgical Infections, 20(2), 139-145.
doi:10.1089/sur.2018.282
Briefly summarize the main findings (in your own words) from the systematic review and
the strength of the evidence.
It is important to have standardized post-discharge surveillance of a patient that has undergone a
surgery. But before this happens, there is need to clearly identify all the risk factors that lead to
the occurrence of site surgical infections. For instance, the decision of which skin preparation
agent is most effective plays an important role in preventing the emergence of site surgical
infections.
Outline one or two evidence-based solutions you will consider for the trial project.
2.2019 Update. DLP
This study source was downloaded by 100000810282105 from CourseHero.com on 10-07-2022 10:49:49 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/77883328/Week-6-Assignment-Evidence-Based-Practice-Change-Process-Ruchelle-Browndoc/
