PICOT Question: Appraising the Evidence

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For this course, the individual projects will build from one week to the
next. At the end of the course, the student will have developed a paper
proposal for a possible change to practice or policy based on the
evidence research by the student. NOTE: You will not be collecting any
data for this project. You will only be developing the idea and proposal.

The last assignment (due in unit 4 Individual Project) will consist of a
final paper which is the culmination of work completed in the Discussion
Board in Units 2 & 4, and all Individual Projects. The paper will be
graded by the faculty.

PICOT Question: Appraising the Evidence

Each week, you will complete parts of the final paper. It is outlined below:

Part I. The PICOT question & explanation of the selected population
Part II. The intervention – what is the intervention and why it is selected?

Part III. The comparison – what is currently being done or other
possible interventions to consider?

Part IV. The outcome(s) & time frame – what is the anticipated outcome
from the change in intervention? And, over what period of time?
Part V. Finalizing the proposal & development of the PowerPoint
Complete a literature review of 8 supporting evidence -based research
articles based on your population, intervention, comparison, outcome,
and time (PICOT) research question you developed in Unit 1. Use the
Literature Review template to complete this assignment.

Complete the following:

PICOT Question: Appraising the Evidence

Using your PICOT research question, use the CTU Library to locate at
least 8 scholarly articles that will support your PICOT question. The
articles should not be more than 5 years old.

After you have identified the articles to support your research
question, use the provided literature review template to break down the
articles, gather the important points of the article, and determine how
the article directly supports your PICOT question. The goal of
completing this template is to use it as a resource when developing your
final project, rather than having to refer back to all of the articles.
The content that you add to the content does not have to be in APA
format, with the exception of actual reference article you are using to
support your PICOT question. Take care to be thorough when completing
the table. This will become a valuable resource to use when working on
the final assignment if done correctly. An example is provided in the
template that is to be used.

PICOT Question: Appraising the Evidence

Complete each cell in the table by providing all of the required
information for each column. An example is provided in the literature
review template to help guide you as you review your selected articles.
You must complete at least 8 article reviews. Further instructions are
available on the template.

Textbook : EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE IN NURSING AND HEALTHCARE by Melnyk
and FIneout-Overholt 3rd ed.

PICOT Question: Appraising the Evidence

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