Course Project Part 3: Translating Evidence into Practice

Course Project Part 3: Translating Evidence into Practice

Introduction

This is the final segment of this research project, which highlights the work done in the previous two assignments and determines how it can be translated into nursing practice. This paper connects the research evidence and findings with actual decision and tasks in order to highlight evidence based practice. This is highlighted in the following section.

Discussion

Overview of the previous work

PICO Question

According to Santos et.al, (2007) notes that evidence based practices propose that clinical problems that emerge from care practice, research or teaching can be organized through using the PICO strategy. The PICO acronym represents Patient, Intervention, Comparison and Outcome. These latter mentioned four components are essential part of the research question for evidence based practice. Moreover, this strategy can be used to understand several other research questions originated from different resources including the clinical practice. In addition, the PICO strategy also helps to construct the research question in such a manner that it helps to locate the most relevant scientific information available for review and usage in a study.

Conversely, the first part of this course project's report highlighted that with time new and complex forms of health issues and diseases are rising. Similarly, medical research is too advancing and new and innovative methods for diagnosing and treating different ailments are rising as well. This work reviewed the study by Robb et.al, (2009) and highlighted how using the PICO method the scholars could have researched differently. This was assessed in the following manner:

P-Patient: or population of this study was the adult cancer patients at advanced stages of their ailment and despite treatment did not show any signs of improvement. The TENS method was used to treat such patients.

I-Intervention: method used was a drug free method called the Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS).

C-Comparison: this included highlighting the merits and demerits of the TENS approach. However, it also allowed for evaluating that scholars lagging of comparing other drug-free cancer curing methods next to TENS.

O-Outcome: this aspect highlighted how Robb et.al, (2009) failed to prove the efficiency of TENS over other suggested methods of cancer pain treatment.

The second part of the project highlighted the literature review pertaining to breast cancer and the non-pharmacological interventions. In addition, it was highlighted that the latter mentioned interventions can potentially benefit all patients through a multi-disciplinary approach. Moreover, the approach of TENS was highlighted throughout this report. To review the two studies by Kaye (2011) and Polit & Beck (2008), where the former notes that TENS method is the latest and non-pharmacological approach in the field of relieving chronic pain. While, Polit & Beck (2008) highlighted an important aspect related to TENS that although this method is primarily used for cancer treatment, many other studies have highlighted its application and effectiveness amongst the non-cancer patients. However, this review highlighted the limited number of studies from which an adequate comparison of other types of non-pharmacological approaches with TENS could be ...