Week 6 Assignment: EBP Change Process form

ACE Star Model of Knowledge Transformation

Follow Nurse Daniel as your process mentor in the weekly Illustration section of the lesson. Please do not use any of the Nurse Daniel information for your own topic, nursing intervention, or change project. Nurse Daniel serves as an example only to illustrate the change process.

Name: _

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.)

I want to look at the topic Reducing falls in the ICU for older patients

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

The rationale is that recently there has been a number of incidences of falls within the Intensive Care Unit. In this study, I want to determine the reasons for the rise in the number of falls in older adults and provide suggestions/recommendations as to how these falls maybe minimized....... Continue