Discussion: Target Area Or Population
- In your original post consisting of thoughtful responses,
- Describe the target area or intended population to be served by your project
- Explain why you selected this target area or population.
- Discuss any issues you have identified in the target area or population that may impact your implementation.
Running head: 2-1 DISCUSSION: DEFINE YOUR PROJECT STATEMENT 1
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2-1 Discussion: Define Your Project Statement
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2-1 Discussion: Define Your Project Statement
A good ECLIPSE statement has fundamental elements that must be included for the question that arises to suit the clinical or healthcare standards (Saimbert, Pierce, & Hargwood, 2016). The elements that must be present in such a statement should satisfy the PICO acronym, in which case the letters P, I, C, O stand for Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome respectively (Hastings & Fisher, 2014). A statement such as “hand washing among healthcare personnel reduce hospital-acquired infections” can be framed in a question like “Does the practice of hand washing among healthcare personnel minimize the occurrence of hospital-acquired infections? This is a question that bears all the elements of a standard ECLIPSE statement in that it satisfies the provisions of the PICO acronym.
In this case, for instance, the P (population) in the PICO represents the population that the question refers to, which is the “healthcare personnel.” Therefore, the question or the statement is limited to this population and the research that can be carried out in this regard cannot deviate from the stated target population. The I (Intervention) is the “act or practice of washing hand” by the said workers, staff, or personnel in the healthcare environment. The third element, C (Comparison) is the comparison with the setup in which the act of hand washing is absent. There has to be a contradiction or comparison so that one is able to tell whether the investigation is objective enough and meets the desired outcome of establishing facts, something that is referred to as a control experiment in scientific inquiries. Finally, the O (Outcome) in the statement is the prospect of minimization of the cases of hospital-acquired infections.
References
Hastings, C., & Fisher, C. A. (2014). Searching for proof: Creating and using an actionable PICO question. Nursing management, 45(8), 9-12.
Saimbert, M., Pierce, J., & Hargwood, P. (2016). Developing Clinical Questions for Systematic Review. Comprehensive Systematic Review for Advanced Practice Nursing, 79.