Assignment: Elderly Patient Population and Problems

Assignment: Elderly Patient Population and Problems

While the implementation plan prepares students to apply their research to the problem or issue they have identified for their capstone change proposal project, the literature review enables students to map out and move into the active planning and development stages of the project.

A literature review analyzes how current research supports the PICOT, as well as identifies what is known and what is not known in the evidence. Students will use the information from the earlier PICOT Statement Paper and Literature

ORDER CUSTOM ASSIGNMENTS NOW

Evaluation Table assignments to develop a 750-1,000 word review that includes the following sections:

1. Title page
2. Introduction section
3. A comparison of research questions
4. A comparison of sample populations
5. A comparison of the limitations of the study
6. A conclusion section, incorporating recommendations for further researchPICOT STATEMENT 5PICOT Statement

   Grand Canyon University

   July 1, 2018

   PICOT Statement

   P- Elderly patients (aged 65 years and above)

   I.- Improving workflow and use of health information technologies

   C- Home-based care

   O- Improved quality of care and increased patient safety

   T- Two months

   Assignment: Elderly Patient Population and Problems

   Elderly patients (aged 65 and above) face many health problems within the primary care setting. Consequently, nurses and other health care professionals normally grapple with the challenge of improving quality of care and patient safety for this population (Boltz et al. 2016). Elderly patients are often vulnerable to many health hazards that might affect the quality of care and their safety. For instance, their cognitive functioning reduces as their age progress. In addition, they normally have a high propensity to avoid taking prescriptions and medications. Furthermore, elderly patients normally register high rates of allergic responses, coupled with falls and inability to request for assistance from nurses. Improving workflow within nurses’ working environments can help to reduce these health problems (National Council of State Boards of Nursing,2010). The work processes for nurse and physicians in primary healthcare settings might not be effective in taking preventive measures to ensure that elderly patients’ quality and safety are guaranteed. These include protection form hazards such as immobility, muscle atrophy, falls, and contractures.