NUR 590 Based on the PICOT you developed for NUR 550 Summarize the Intervention you are Proposing Example 2

Obesity is a growing health issue in the United States that can contribute negative outcomes with to other health conditions. It is seen as primary precursor to unhealthy outcomes and conditions as well as a major risk factor to chronic conditions.

Reducing obesity within populations can be an important intervention in increasing the overall health quality and increase preventative efforts. These efforts would include nutrition changes, weight loss programs, and physical activity programs (Pascual et al., 2019).

Based on this, my PICOT includes providing information and education about nutritious diets that would aim to reduce body mass index and produce a decrease in obesity rates. My formulated PICOT is as follows: In obese adults (P), does an education of nutrient dense diets (I) compared to individuals with no provided education (C) achieve a decrease in Body Mass Index (BMI) (O) within three months (T)?

Research based interventions is important in my role as an advanced registered nurse. Increasing the quality of health and wellness in the population is part of the obligation advanced nurses have to the public or populations. In the case of obesity, interventions to decrease obesity rates could lead to better health outcomes, prevention or treatment of chronic conditions and public health maintenance all of which can be advocated through advanced nurses (Al-Nimr, et al., 2020).

References:

• Pascual, R. W., Phelan, S., La Frano, M. R., Pilolla, K. D., Griffiths, Z., & Foster, G. D. (2019). Diet Quality and Micronutrient Intake among Long-Term Weight Loss Maintainers. Nutrients, 11(12), 3046. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11123046
• Al-Nimr, R. I., Wright, K. C. S., Aquila, C. L., Petersen, C. L., Gooding, T. L., & Batsis, J. A. (2020). Intensive nutrition counseling as part of a multi-component weight loss intervention improves diet quality and anthropometrics in older adults with obesity. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 40, 293–299. https://doi-org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2020.09.002