Nurses will offer resources in the form of educational materials tailored to rural populations to address patient’s limited access to care issues. Moreover, the patient will be educated about online support groups that overcome geographical barriers to social interaction with fellow patients of COPD (Siltanen et al., 2020). The consultations will be provided in regular virtual follow-up visits with an interprofessional team to monitor the patient’s progress remotely. For this purpose, telehealth technologies or remote monitoring of pulmonary function tests and oxygen saturation levels will be implemented. This real-time data can facilitate early intervention and prevent exacerbations (Cooper et al., 2020).
Further information is required in a detailed assessment of the patient’s current functional status, such as dyspnea severity, exacerbation history, and how he is experiencing exercise tolerance. It is also uncertain whether the patient’s home environment can trigger COPD symptoms due to smoking exposure. Additionally, the patient’s financial condition is unknown, requiring further information to plan the treatment accordingly.
Ways to Use and Apply Evidence-Based Practice Model
Evidence-based practice models help create effective care plans that are substantially correct. In designing an evidence-based care plan for COPD patients, I used the Iowa model, a systematic approach to integrate the best available evidence for tailoring a patient-centered care plan (Cullen et al., 2022). This model requires formulating a clinical question, which in the present case is effective management of COPD for patients in rural areas. Multiple research questions, such as optimal medication management, remote monitoring technologies, and pulmonary rehabilitation, guided the research.
The next stage of the model is searching for evidence in which the possible questions and key terms were searched using reputable databases. The evidence was critically appraised in the Iowa model’s third stage. In this step, the evidence obtained was thoroughly criticized, and potential biases were considered to determine the strength of the evidence. The next stage involved integrating evidence obtained from research with clinical expertise. This phase helped me discuss with interprofessional team members and share the evidence to curate an evidence-based and clinically relevant plan for patients with COPD.
The positive benefits to patient outcomes resulting from the care plan can be evaluated by measuring telemonitoring data or patient-reported outcomes such as daily symptom diaries and exacerbation histories (Afroz et al., 2020). Moreover, patient satisfaction scores can be obtained by seeking qualitative feedback. High patient satisfaction rates will indicate the practical results of the evidence-based care plan.
Evaluation of Relevancy and Usefulness of Evidence for Making Care Plan
The resource by Cooper et al. (2020) provides the most relevant and valuable evidence for making wise decisions for care plans for patients with COPD in rural areas. This resource describes the remote monitoring technology and its use to identify the exacerbations among COPD patients. By using remote monitoring services, the nurse will be able to analyze the exacerbation trends and detect any exacerbation episodes in the patient. This will lead to prompt management of exacerbations and timely improvement of COPD symptoms.
This intervention will enhance the quality of life as exacerbations impact patient safety among COPD patients. This article also overcomes the difficulty in traveling faced by the patient due to being a resident of a rural area. Therefore, this resource by Cooper et al. (2020) highlights the significance of remote monitoring of patients with COPD who experience geographical barriers to specialized care for COPD management. This resource is evaluated by using CRAAP criteria where currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose of resources are checked. The article is current as it was published in 2020.
The relevance of the resource is checked by the subject discussed in the article, which is remote monitoring for managing exacerbations among COPD patients. This is relevant to our patient scenario and issue. Moreover, the authors are experts in this field and show accurate results. This resource aims to improve the quality of life for rural patients with COPD.
Benefits and Strategies to Diminish Challenges of Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Interdisciplinary collaboration in remote teams has many benefits, such as delivering comprehensive and holistic care plans and addressing all aspects of a patient’s condition. Collaboration also fosters a sense of shared accountability among team members. In a remote context
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