NR 451 Week 6 Assignment: EBPChange

Process form

Star Point 1: Discovery (Identify topic and practice issue)

Identify the topic and the nursing practice issue related to this topic. (This MUST involve a nursing

practice issue.)

Hand hygiene protocol to address the clinical practice issue of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).

Briefly describe your rationale for your topic selection. Include the scope of the issue/problem.

The clinical practice problem of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) is increasingly becoming a concern

in the healthcare sector. The hands of the healthcare professionals serve as vectors for transmitting

infections from one patient to the other. With the enforcement of hand hygiene protocol within healthcare

settings, the challenges of HAIs would be addressed and the patients will be cushioned from the problem.

Star Point 2: Summary (Evidence to support the need for a change)

Describe the practice problem in your own words and formulate your PICOT question.

Most of the hospital-acquired infections that patients get are transmitted and caused by poor hand hygiene

of healthcare workers.

Population- Admitted patients

Intervention – Hand Hygiene Protocol

Comparison – Lack of hand hygiene

Outcome – Reduced HAs

Time – Admission period