The DNP Clinician Is Interested in Exploring the Issue of Patient

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Essay

The DNP clinician is interested in exploring the issue of patient adherence to NPO guidelines during the 8-hour period prior to surgery. In particular, the DNP clinician suspects educating patients preoperatively about the life-threatening consequences of pulmonary aspiration may increase adherence to NPO guidelines. Formulate an acceptable evidence-based research question for this project that incorporates the five primary PICOT components.

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Definitions:

Gestalt Psychologist

A psychologist who studies how people integrate and organize perceptual information into meaningful wholes.

Behaviorist

A psychologist who studies and promotes theories that behavior can be explained through observable actions without the need to consider internal thoughts or feelings.

Endogenous Depression

A form of depression that is believed to result from internal physiological factors rather than external events or circumstances.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in psychology that involves modifying behavior through reinforcement and punishment after a response.