Part 2: DEVELOPING THE EBP QUESTION USING PICO
P – (Patient/population & problem) Ex: age, sex, setting, ethnicity, condition, disease, type of patient, or population
Post operative adults who are at risk for opioid addictions
I – (Intervention that the Team is suggesting) Ex: treatment, medications, education, tests or best practice(s)
Educating patients on signs and symptom of addiction, NSAIDs and non-pharmaceutical pain management
C – (Comparison) With other interventions or current practice – does not apply for us
O – (Outcomes – result expected from intervention)
Ex: decrease in fall rate or increase in patient satisfaction. What do you want to see? How will you know when you get there?
Reduce opioid usage and dependency in post operative surgical patients by
EBP QUESTION
Use this format: In (population & problem) what is the effect of (intervention) on (outcome)?
In post operative adults, who are at risk for opioid addictions, what is the effect of education on the signs of addiction, pain management and the use of NSAIDs in reducing opioid dependency in post operative surgical patients?
Part 3: SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE TO ANSWER THE EBP QUESTION
Database(s)
Used: at least 2 CINAHL Complete, PubMed, Medline, Cochrane library
Keywords: at least 4 search terms (from PICO) used to search for research evidence/journal articles Patient education
Opioid crisis/dependency
Post surgical patient/ post op
Pain management or opioids risk /opiates
Limits: at least 4 result ‘limits’ chosen before searching for evidence/journal articles. Year within 5 years (2016-2021)
Peer Review Journal/ Research Journal
Quantitative
Part 4: ARTICLES/EVIDENCE THAT ANSWER THE EBP QUESTION
Each TEAM member enters the citation of their ONE quantitative article.
NOTE: The 1st team member who enters the article appraises it. No duplicate articles allowed.
Use APA 7th edition format (Use ‘hanging indent’)
