Assignment #1 Instructions:
Each member will utilize the AAACN template to write a PICOT question (ideally at the intervention or therapy level).
Then, as a group, you will evaluate all three (3) written questions and select one of the three questions to use as the basis of your search and evidence review for the rest of the semester.
Then, after the group selects a question, they will answer the following questions:
What is the background question or best practice question that leads to your PICOT?
What is the type of PICOT (intervention, therapy, prognosis/prediction, etiology, or meaning) and what is the rationale for the choice of question? *NOTE* I strongly suggest writing and intervention or therapy level PICOT question. This will facilitate all future assignments.
What are the PICOT elements?
What does P, I, C, O, T stand for and what are the specific P, I, C, O, and T elements of your question?
What is the written PICOT question? (in proper phrasing based upon the AAACN template)
What is the significance of the PICOT to clinical nursing practice?
Why does searching the evidence for this question matter? What are some statistics related to the population, intervention, outcomes? Is there a lack of clarity regarding the practice? Are you looking to see if an established practice should be changed? How could this impact the way that you provide nursing care?
You should have AT LEAST one academic citation in this section. In professional writing, you must have sources to support your claims. Without an identified source, what you are saying is just opinion. You are looking for something to legitimize the significance.
