(Solution) NR439 Week 2 Assignment: PICOT Question

Preparing the Assignment

Section 1: Credible Nursing Practice Problem

  1. Identify your selected nursing practice problem from the course announcement.
  2. Summarize why you believe this nursing practice problem is an issue in your current or past area of practice.
  3. Summarize current evidence identifying your selected nursing practice problem as a significant issue in nursing.
  4. Cite one scholarly source as proof that this is a significant practice problem.

Section 2: PICOT Question

  1. Define each PICOT element.
    1. P- (Population):
    2. I- (Intervention):
    3. C- (Comparison):
    4. O- (Outcome):
    5. T- (Time frame in months):
  2. Write out your PICOT question using the standard format: Use standard formatting: In _____ (P), how does _____ (I) compared to _____ (C) affect _____ (O) within _____ (T)?
  3. Describe how you selected the population, intervention, outcome, and time frame.

Section 3: Evidence Search Terms and Strategies

  1. Identify four relevant searchable words or phrases to be used in the search for evidence.
  2. Identify one search strategy using Boolean Operators and a quotation.
  3. Identify one search strategy using truncation.

Section 4: Evidence Retrieval

Locate one peer-reviewed journal article that is relevant to your chosen nursing practice problem and intervention published within the past 5 years.

  1. Provide the complete APA reference to the evidence, including the permalink. State which database you found your evidence in.
  2. Explain why the evidence is relevant to your selected nursing practice problem and intervention.
  3. Discuss how this evidence supports or does not support your population, intervention, outcome, and time frame in your PICOT question.
  4. Explain what changes need to be made to your PICOT question.

SOLUTION

Section 1: Credible Nursing Practice Problem

  • Identify your selected nursing practice problem from the course announcement.

Medication errors

  • Summarize why you believe this nursing practice problem is the most important in your current or past area of practice.

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