Research Paper Assignment
Each assignment will also indicate which of the Melnyk et al. (2010) steps you are satisfying with that assignment. In that regard, you have already begun by being curious, and this assignment directs you to ask the clinical question.
In future assignments, you will search for the best evidence, appraise that evidence, and use that evidence to support the approach your project advocates.
Then you will make decisions about how to evaluate the results of your project and share your findings with the wider nursing community. As you work on each part, be sure you refer back to your original question and the research you have gathered along the way. You’ll find that everything works together to build a cohesive EBP or QI project.
Requirements
In a document of between 700 and 1100 words (3 to 4 pages), identify an evidence-based problem from a clinical setting (such as long-term care, home care, or community agency).
Develop a well-written clinical question using the PICOT, PICO, or PIO method (P = Population, I = Implementation, C= Comparison, O = Outcome, T = Time).
In your assignment, be sure to include the following:
An introduction to the problem, including your personal connection to this problem and a brief summary of relevant background information
Information about the population who will be affected by the resulting project
Relationship of one of the theoretical or conceptual models to your study of this problem
A well-written PICOT/PICO/PIO question, including your rationale for why this is an EBP or QI question and not a research question
An assessment of the feasibility of, and potential barriers to, the change you're proposing
Identification of the stakeholders involved in the practice change or quality improvement (for example, the agency from whom you would need permission to complete the project)
A note about the question: Learners sometimes have problems writing an EBP/QI question but write a research question instead. An EBP/QI question should never use the words how or why. Those terms belong in a research question.
