Clinical practice problem

A Researchable Clinical Practice Problem
Name
Institution
Practice Issue
Workplace hazards is a major challenge faced by nurses in our practice setting. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (n.d.) defines a hazard as the potential for harm that could be physical or mental. Nurses are frequently exposed to several types of hazards such as needle-stick injuries, blood-borne pathogens, and cytotoxic medications in the course of their duties that pose significant threats to their health and safety. These hazards can be categorized into four main types including physical, biological, chemical, and psychological, and they have adverse outcomes on both the patients and nurses. According to Khamisa, Oldenburg, Peltzer, and Ilic (2015), occupational hazards can result in work-related stress among nurses that leads to increased burnout, job satisfaction and attrition from the profession. Therefore, it is important to identify effective strategies for minimizing occupational hazards in a nursing practice setting to improve health outcomes. This evidence-based practice (EBP) project will evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed intervention based on the best research evidence generated from the study findings of high quality as noted by Grove, Gray and Burns (2015).
Research Question
The research question based on a PICOT format will be: In hospital nurses, do education and training programs as compared to alternative strategies effective in reducing the incidence of exposure to workplace hazards after one month.

If this intervention is established to be effective, then it can be implemented in a hospital setting to improve health outcomes.
PICOT Table
Population (P) Hospital nurses
Intervention (I) Education and training programs
Comparison (C) Alternative strategies
Outcome (O) Reduced incidence of exposure to workplace hazards
Time (T) One month
References
Grove, S. K., Gray, J.R., & Burns, N. (2015). Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice. 6th ed. Elsevier Health Sciences.
Khamisa, N., Oldenburg, B., Peltzer, K., & Ilic, D. (2015). Work related stress, burnout, job satisfaction and general health of nurses. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(1), 652-666.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (n.d.). Hazard identification and prevention. Retrieved from https://www.osha.gov/dte/grant_materials/fy10/sh…/hazard_id_facilitatorguide.pdf.