In patients recently discharged from the hospital following care for heart failure (P), do hand-off calls by the nurse to the primary care provider using the SBAR format (situation, background, assessment, recommendation) (I) compared to no calls (C) decr

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State your PICOT question.

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Indicate in parentheses after each segment, what part of PICOT the preceding words represent.

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For example: In patients recently discharged from the hospital following care for heart failure (P), do hand-off calls by the nurse to the primary care provider using the SBAR format (situation, background, assessment, recommendation) (I) compared to no calls (C) decrease readmission rates (O) over a one year period (T).

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Provide feedback to your classmates that focuses on:

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The use of correct PICOT format for the question to guide the literature search.

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Does the question reflect a clinical issue and one appropriate for an evidence-based practice project?

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Provide feedback to your classmates that focuses on:

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The use of correct PICOT format for the question to guide the literature search.

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Does the question reflect a clinical issue and one appropriate for an evidence-based practice project?

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Support a minimum of one and challenge a minimum of one.

As you work on your capstone project proposal, you will want to share your progress with your peers and instructor and seek or provide guidance or share insights. By the due date assigned, go to the Discussion Areaand post responses to the discussion question. All responses should be posted to the appropriate topic in this Discussion Area. It is important to support what you say with relevant citations in the APA format from both the course materials and outside resources. Include the South University online library in your research activities utilizing not only the nursing resource database, but also those pertaining to education, business, and human resources.