NR451 Assignment Week 6 EBP Change Process FORM

NR451 Assignment WeekWeek 6 Assignment: EBP Change Process form ACE Star Model of Knowledge Transformation 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.) Errors are very common in hospital settings. Errors have adverse effects and place the health of most patients at risk of illness and even death. The topic is the reduction of errors by nurses in health care institutions through the promotion of a safety culture Briefly describe your rationale for your topic selection. Include the scope of the issue/problem. Errors are common in hospitals. Errors have led to the death of millions of patients across the world. Errors are caused by multiple factors including recklessness, fatigue and failure to pay attention. Nurses are in a position to come up with measures that reduce or eliminate errors in the nursing practice. Star Point 2: Summary (Evidence to support need for a change) Describe the practice problem in your own words and formulate your PICOT question. The ever-increasing number of errors in healthcare settings makes up the practice problem. The errors range from missed care, patients hands-off, infections, falls and medication errors. Despite the fatal effects of errors, little has been done to promote a safety culture in healthcare settings and therefore improve patient outcomes. 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. Ammouri, A. A., Tailakh, A. K., Muliira, J. K., Geethakrishnan, R., & Al Kindi, S. N. (2015). Patient safety culture among nurses. International Nursing Review, 62(1), 102-110. 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. 6 EBP Change Process FORM