NMNC 1110 VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE
P(PICOT) - Answers - patient population of interest
I (PICOT) - Answers - intervention of interest
C (PICOT) - Answers - comparison of interest
O (PICOT) - Answers - outcome
T (PICOT) - Answers - time
Evidence Based Practice steps - Answers - 0. Cultivate a spirit of inquiry
1. Ask a clinical question
2. Collect the most relevant/best evidence.
3. Critically review and evaluate evidence.
4. Integrate evidence with your clinical expertise, pt preferences, and values in making a
practice decision or change.
5. Evaluate the practice decision or change.
6. Share results.
Abstract - Answers - a brief summary that tells if the article is research or clinically
based
Introduction - Answers - purpose of the article and brief supporting evidence
Literature review - Answers - what led the author to conduct the study
Purpose Statement - Answers - explains the focus or intent of a study
Methods or design - Answers - explains how a research study was organized and
conducted to answer the research question or test the hypothesis
Results or conclusion - Answers - Clinical implications or results of a research study
Historical Research Method - Answers - a qualitative research method used to answer
questions about linkages in the past to understand the present or plan the future
Exploratory Research - Answers - Initial study designed to develop or refine the
dimensions of phenomena or to develop or refine a hypothesis about the relationships
among phenomena
evaluation research - Answers - research that describes or identifies the impact of social
policies and programs
P(PICOT) - Answers - patient population of interest
I (PICOT) - Answers - intervention of interest
C (PICOT) - Answers - comparison of interest
O (PICOT) - Answers - outcome
T (PICOT) - Answers - time
Evidence Based Practice steps - Answers - 0. Cultivate a spirit of inquiry
1. Ask a clinical question
2. Collect the most relevant/best evidence.
3. Critically review and evaluate evidence.
4. Integrate evidence with your clinical expertise, pt preferences, and values in making a
practice decision or change.
5. Evaluate the practice decision or change.
6. Share results.
Abstract - Answers - a brief summary that tells if the article is research or clinically
based
Introduction - Answers - purpose of the article and brief supporting evidence
Literature review - Answers - what led the author to conduct the study
Purpose Statement - Answers - explains the focus or intent of a study
Methods or design - Answers - explains how a research study was organized and
conducted to answer the research question or test the hypothesis
Results or conclusion - Answers - Clinical implications or results of a research study
Historical Research Method - Answers - a qualitative research method used to answer
questions about linkages in the past to understand the present or plan the future
Exploratory Research - Answers - Initial study designed to develop or refine the
dimensions of phenomena or to develop or refine a hypothesis about the relationships
among phenomena
evaluation research - Answers - research that describes or identifies the impact of social
policies and programs
