Describe the practice-related issue and its impact on the nursing profession and/or healthcare delivery. How does this issue influence healthcare safety, quality, and/or health outcomes? What nursing intervention would you recommend to improve the issue? As you conduct a review of literature to better understand the issue and your proposed intervention, what search terms might be most helpful? Based upon your responses to the above, develop a PICOT statement that conveys the following elements. P-Population and Problem – What is the nursing practice issue or problem and who does it affect? I-Intervention – What evidence-based solution for the problem would you like to apply?
C-Comparison – what is another solution for the problem? (Note that this is typically the current practice, no intervention at all, or alternative solutions.) O-Outcome – Very specifically, how will you know that the intervention worked? What will be the indicator of success, and how will that outcome be measured? T-Timeframe – Target date for outcome achievement. Use a sentence format to construct your PICOT statement. Here is an example from the educational field (remember, your PICOT will address a nursing practice issue or problem): Do kindergarteners experiencing learning disabilities who are given a stress ball to squeeze experience improved academic performance in class when compared to those who don’t have a stress ball during the spring semester? Population – kindergartners Problem – learning disabilities impacting stress and academic performance I – stress ball C – no stress ball O – improved academic performance T – spring semester **PLEASE
