Preparing the Assignment
1. Review the elements included in PICOT questions to guide evidence-based
nursing practice.
2. Respond to the questions below using the PICOT Question Worksheet
TemplateLinks to an external site. Download PICOT Question Worksheet
Template.
3. Using a minimum of 3 scholarly nursing sources, current within 5 years:
• Identify and describe one practice-related issue or concern. You may choose to
build on the practice issue you identified in NR500NP/NR501NP.
• Explain why the issue/concern is important to nurse practitioner practice and its
impact on health outcomes.
• Describe each element of your PICOT question in one or two sentences, being
sure to address all of the following:
o P-Population and problem– What is the nursing practice concern or
problem and whom does it affect?
o I–Intervention– What evidence-based solution for the problem would
you like to apply?
o 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 O–Outcome– Very specifically, how will you know that the intervention
worked? Think about how you will measure the outcome.
o T–Time frame– What is the Timeframe involved for the EBP initiative or
the target date of completion?
• Construct your PICOT question in the standard PICOT question format (narrative)
and define each letter separately, such as:
o P=
o I=
o C=
o O=
o T=
o PICOT question written in full =
1. Abide by the Chamberlain College of Nursing Academic Integrity Policy.
2. At the graduate level, we like to see you synthesizing your ideas into your own
words. No direct quotes may be used in this worksheet.
1. Review the elements included in PICOT questions to guide evidence-based
nursing practice.
2. Respond to the questions below using the PICOT Question Worksheet
TemplateLinks to an external site. Download PICOT Question Worksheet
Template.
3. Using a minimum of 3 scholarly nursing sources, current within 5 years:
• Identify and describe one practice-related issue or concern. You may choose to
build on the practice issue you identified in NR500NP/NR501NP.
• Explain why the issue/concern is important to nurse practitioner practice and its
impact on health outcomes.
• Describe each element of your PICOT question in one or two sentences, being
sure to address all of the following:
o P-Population and problem– What is the nursing practice concern or
problem and whom does it affect?
o I–Intervention– What evidence-based solution for the problem would
you like to apply?
o 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 O–Outcome– Very specifically, how will you know that the intervention
worked? Think about how you will measure the outcome.
o T–Time frame– What is the Timeframe involved for the EBP initiative or
the target date of completion?
• Construct your PICOT question in the standard PICOT question format (narrative)
and define each letter separately, such as:
o P=
o I=
o C=
o O=
o T=
o PICOT question written in full =
1. Abide by the Chamberlain College of Nursing Academic Integrity Policy.
2. At the graduate level, we like to see you synthesizing your ideas into your own
words. No direct quotes may be used in this worksheet.
