Creating a novel research proposal is a time-consuming task. Approximately 15 pages, with each page dedicated to your role specialization. The project must include an intervention that is appropriate for nursing practice and consistent with the role option that you selected for your MSN.

Is it possible to prevent or reduce COPD exacerbations by administering a pneumococcal vaccine, an influenza vaccine, or smoking cessation counseling? If the writer believes that the research question is not answerable or feasible, he or she may modify the proposal.
The COPD Assessment Test will be used to identify patients with COPD who are over the age of 18 and who meet the other criteria for inclusion in the study (CAT).
1 Create a problem statement and a research purpose for your project.

2 Create a research question that is aimed at solving (a portion of) the problem, and include the following components that will help to focus the literature review on your topic.

The PICOT Question is:

If it’s a patient, a population, or a problem

1 What are the characteristics of the patient or the population being studied?

2 What is the condition or disease in which you are particularly interested?

Either intervention or exposure is possible.

What do you want to do with this patient (e.g., treat, diagnose, or just keep an eye on him/her)?

Comparison

What is the alternative to the intervention (for example, a placebo, a different drug, or surgical intervention?)

Outcome

5 What are the relevant outcomes (e.g., morbidity, death, complications) in this situation?

3. Check to see that the research question is answerable, feasible, and clinically applicable.

THANK YOU FOR COMPLETING THE LITERATURE REVIEW (PROVIDED) SECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RUBRIC PROVIDED. YOU MAY MAKE CORRECTIONS AS REQUIRED FOR THE SECTION ON LITERATURE REVIEW (PROVIDED). THE SELECTED ARE CHOSEN FROM A POPULATION BASED ON

any COPD patients over the age of 18 who have a COPD Assessment Test result in a positive result (CAT). For patients with COPD, the CAT is a self-completed instrument that complements existing approaches to assessing the disease, such as the measurement of FEV1. Designed to provide a straightforward and reliable measure of health status in COPD, it also aids patients and their physicians in quantifying the impact of COPD on the patient’s overall health and wellbeing. With good discriminant properties, the CAT is a validated, short (8-item), and single patient completed questionnaire that was developed for use in routine clinical practice to assess the health status of patients with COPD1. The fact that it has a small number of component items does not detract from the fact that it covers a wide range of COPD-related health effects. Patients with a score of 10 or greater on this assessment scale, regardless of their age, would be considered to be those who would benefit from non-pharmacologic intervention (American Thoracic Society, 2011).

According to the CAT, if a patient has a score of less than 10, then most days are good; however, COPD causes a few problems and prevents people from doing one or two things that they would otherwise do. They typically cough several times a week and become out of breath while participating in sports and games, as well as when carrying heavy loads. When walking up hills, they must slow down or stop, and when walking on level ground, they must hurry. They become exhausted very quickly (GOLDCOPD, 2011).
Listed below is my thought process, which can be modified to better suit the research question if necessary.

As an added bonus, I included some articles that could be used as references. I’ve attached the template as well as the detailed rubric.