The goal of the Leadership Project Proposal is to explore and creatively plan nursing strategies toward the alleviation of a health care problem by demonstrating professional nursing leadership skills
PICO(T) Question for Leadership Project Proposal
Hint: Review Grading Rubric
Student Name Tamia Dennis_________________
Define question using PICO(T) by identifying: Problem, Intervention, Comparison Group, Outcomes, and Time. Check Course Content to refresh your memory on writing a PICO(T)!
| Patient/Problem | Increased incidents of DVT's (deep vein thrombosis) on post op patients due to nurses not applying DVT prophylaxis to patients. |
| Intervention | DVT prophylaxis by wearing SCD's compressions while in bed. |
| Comparison | Are patients without DVT (deep vein thrombosis) prophylaxis in place more prone to get DVT's after surgery? |
| Outcome | Post op patients are wearing their SCD's and nurses are properly charting this intervention 100%. |
| Time |
Write out PICO(T) question: _
Will post op surgical patients have a decreased chance of getting a DVT after surgery if nurses used sequential compression devices while they are in bed to prevent blood clots?
Describe what you have in mind for the process or product you plan to develop and explain how the process or product will be sustained by the facility:
My plan is to continue checking my orders for SCD"s and to make sure that they are in place at the beginning of my shift. Every hour that a patient goes without mechanical therapy a blood clot could be formed.
