FORMULATE AND REFINE CLINICAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS RELEVANT TO ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING.
The student will develop a PICOT-formatted question that is based on a quantitative process for investigation. It should be systems oriented.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcome.
CO 1: Formulate and refine clinical research questions relevant to advanced practice nursing. (PO #3)
CO 10: Employ an evidence-based practice model for quality improvement. (PO #5)
Points: This assignment is worth a total of 325 points.
Requirements
- Write your scholarly paper using APA format. Include a cover page and headers.
- Write an introduction.
- Your paper must be no more than five pages in length (not including the cover page or references page).
- The body of your report should include a heading titled with your PICO question.
- Break out the main ideas according to the rubric. Include sections that are labeled with headings.
- All Chamberlain College of Nursing policies related to plagiarism must be observed.
- Post questions about this assignment to the weekly Q & A Forum.
Directions and Grading Criteria
| Category | Points | % | Description |
| PICOT question | 30 | 9 | State the quantitative clinical question in PICO format clearly and concisely. |
| Population of interest | 35 | 11 | Describe your population of interest. |
| Intervention of interest | 50 | 15 | Describe your intervention of interest. Evidence from the literature must be present with a minimum of 3 scholarly references to support the evidence based practice intervention? Remember you are not completing primary research but taking an evidence-based intervention and applying it to a problem in your current role. |
| Comparison of interest | 35 | 11 | Describe your comparison of interest. Remove the rest of it that states or if no comparison as there should be a comparison |
| Outcome of interest | 35 | 11 | Describe your outcome of interest. Is it measurable? Is the tool that you will utilize to measure outcomes proven to be reliable and valid? |
| Design | 35 | 11 | Identify the appropriate design for the study. |
| Feasibility in reference to time frame of app. 16 weeks for intervention | 30 | 9 | The design of the study is feasible within the practice setting and population. |
| Identification (micro, meso, macro) system and appropriate integration with practice question. | 30 | 9 | The correct identification and application of the system is identified and integrated with the PICO question. |
| APA formatting, scholarly writing | 45 | 14 | Follow APA formatting guidelines and use correct grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and so forth. Writes in a scholarly manner. |
| Total | 325 | 100% | A quality paper will meet or exceed all of the above requirements. |
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