Clinical Research Model of Nurse-Driven Protocol in Diabetes Care Throughout the process of becoming a nurse, men and women are taught to rely on well-researched protocols and an ability to provide a proper analysis of current health situations. Without an inherent thirst for knowledge and the mind of a true researcher, nursing school would likely prove impossible. The format for nursing research is derived from the standard scientific method that children are taught in grade-school, but tweaked to provide maximum benefit to the nursing community. In nursing, we focus our research on what is called “evidence-based practice,” which is where an issue with current protocol is identified and evidence is gathered to create a more effective practice.
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Of course, a mistake at the hands of a nurse can have far more devastating consequences than one made by most other professionals. Because nurses often deal with matters of life and death, great care must be taken to follow the nursing principle of nonmaleficence which means we are to “do no harm.” Through constant evaluation of current nursing practice and outcomes, the protocols that are used daily are scrutinized for areas where improvement can occur. Upon noticing that a protocol is lacking in effectiveness, the clinical researcher will then question the cause of the inadequacy and begin the process of researching a more effective means of care. In most cases, the researcher will develop multiple questions about the current protocol in an effort to pinpoint the shortcomings. As the protocol is questioned, any issues in the process will be further researched to develop a more effective plan of care for the nursing community.
The model of research used in developing evidence-based practice for nursing protocol is represented by the mnemonic PICOT. This stands for the population of interest, issue of interest, comparison of treatment modalities, outcome of research, and the timeframe of the specific research. All of these elements are an integral part of the development of evidence-based practice protocols (Evans, 2014). Nursing researchers rely on this standardized model to validate their findings and promote the development of …show more content…
After these modules were provided to the participants, they were tested again with a comparison of both the pre- and post-test level of knowledge. Without the comparison of the nurses’ understanding of the protocols from before and after education, there would be no measurable progress, which would render the research without an outcome. If there is not a set time frame to the research study, or if it is still on-going at the time of initial publication, the outcome would be the last step of the PICOT model. This study, however, took place over two and a half years, with the publication occurring in May 2014 (Engvall, 2014). Evidence-based practice is the result of carefully documented research that is performed under controlled conditions and results in a predictable outcome. In nursing, I have been taught to expect the unexpected. Fortunately, we nurses have an unshakeable foundation built on research and protocol with documented evidence to cement it. Even in the most unexpected of situations, there is a high chance that someone before me has employed PICOT to develop a protocol for how to handle any curveball thrown my
Of course, a mistake at the hands of a nurse can have far more devastating consequences than one made by most other professionals. Because nurses often deal with matters of life and death, great care must be taken to follow the nursing principle of nonmaleficence which means we are to “do no harm.” Through constant evaluation of current nursing practice and outcomes, the protocols that are used daily are scrutinized for areas where improvement can occur. Upon noticing that a protocol is lacking in effectiveness, the clinical researcher will then question the cause of the inadequacy and begin the process of researching a more effective means of care. In most cases, the researcher will develop multiple questions about the current protocol in an effort to pinpoint the shortcomings. As the protocol is questioned, any issues in the process will be further researched to develop a more effective plan of care for the nursing community.
The model of research used in developing evidence-based practice for nursing protocol is represented by the mnemonic PICOT. This stands for the population of interest, issue of interest, comparison of treatment modalities, outcome of research, and the timeframe of the specific research. All of these elements are an integral part of the development of evidence-based practice protocols (Evans, 2014). Nursing researchers rely on this standardized model to validate their findings and promote the development of …show more content…
After these modules were provided to the participants, they were tested again with a comparison of both the pre- and post-test level of knowledge. Without the comparison of the nurses’ understanding of the protocols from before and after education, there would be no measurable progress, which would render the research without an outcome. If there is not a set time frame to the research study, or if it is still on-going at the time of initial publication, the outcome would be the last step of the PICOT model. This study, however, took place over two and a half years, with the publication occurring in May 2014 (Engvall, 2014). Evidence-based practice is the result of carefully documented research that is performed under controlled conditions and results in a predictable outcome. In nursing, I have been taught to expect the unexpected. Fortunately, we nurses have an unshakeable foundation built on research and protocol with documented evidence to cement it. Even in the most unexpected of situations, there is a high chance that someone before me has employed PICOT to develop a protocol for how to handle any curveball thrown my