Nursing

CONHCP: Doctor Of Nursing Practice Final PICOT-D Approval

The department has conducted a review of your PICOT-D question in an effort to support the development of your project. Please note that this review is a FINALAPPROVAL of the PICOT-D and will require permission by the DNP Program Lead for any changes to this statement beyond the date of this approved review. We highly discourage changes as they may prevent you from progressing.

PICOT-D Question: In the adolescent population with mental health problems in healthcare settings, how does PHQ-9 tool impact in-patient referrals to the mental health department for over 9 weeks?

In the adolescent population with mental health issues: To what degree would the implementation of the PHQ-9 depression screening tool increase the rate of referrals, as compared to current practices, among adolescents aged ______ years in a ________setting?

Are you an APRN? (mandatory question) I am an APRN having earned a graduate-level degree All projects must have a minimum of 3 original research studies to support the intervention. (One of the three original research articles to support your intervention need to come from the US or Canada). The other research studies can come from the UK, Denmark, India, New Zealand, or Australia (preferred) or from any of the 131 countries listed in the International Compilation of Human Research Standards 2020.

*** In DNP-955A You will be required to have a total of 15 research articles to support the intervention (3 from PICOT, plus other original research)

Original Research Articles (Use permalinks and attach a pdf copy of each of the quantitative original research articles):

Alvarez, C. (2022). Enhancing Depression Screening for the Adolescent Population in the Pediatric Emergency Department by Utilizing the Patient Health Questionnaire: A Quality Improvement Project. Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1020&context=dnp_projects

Costantini, L., Pasquarella, C., Odone, A., Colucci, M. E., Costanza, A., Serafini, G., … & Amerio, A. (2021). Screening for depression in primary care with Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9): A systematic review. Journal of affective disorders, 279, 473-483.: retrieved from: https://air.unipr.it/bitstream/11381/2881953/1/1-s2.0-S0165032720328287-main.pdf

Nandakumar, A. L., Vande Voort, J. L., Nakonezny, P. A., Orth, S. S., Romanowicz, M., Sonmez, A. I., … & Croarkin, P. E. (2019). Psychometric properties of the patient health questionnaire-9 modified for major depressive disorder in adolescents. Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology, 29(1), 34-40. Retrieved from: Psychometric Properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Modified for Major Depressive Disorder in Adolescents – PMC (nih.gov)

IMPORTANT PLEASE STOP AND READ:

This is your Final Approved PICOT-D statement. Please maintain this copy and please include it in each course ISP going forward, in addition, this is the FINAL approved statement to be shared with all DNP course instructors going forward.

If you need to make a change to this PICOT-D statement, you must work with your current course instructor to review and approve any possible changes and your instructor must notify the DNP Program Lead. Making a change to your PICOT-D statement past this date may lead to your delay and success in this program, there must be a valid significant reason to change this PICOT-D statement going forward. It will require you to stop and re-gain permission prior to progressing. This final approval is tracked in CRM.

You may not begin your intervention or collect any data related to your project until you have GCU IRB approval, which typically occurs in 960A. Prior to your project courses, you will be working on designing a project in preparation for the submission of your proposal in 955A. Ensure you are accessing the resources in the DC network and in the classroom. You do not need to resubmit your PICOT to the department.