student will identify an issue, problem or concern that can negatively impact patient care, nursing services or the
institution as a whole.
PICOT Statement:
Using the PICOT Question Template, the student will devise a PICOT question that will guide the
student’s research into the issue.
Literature Review:
The student will find three peer-reviewed research articles from Nursing Journals that address
ways to correct or improve the issue using evidence-based practice. The articles must be within
the last five years and must be actual research articles, not editorials or summaries of articles.
Paper:
The student will prepare a three to four page paper that includes the PICOT statement,
summarizes the three research articles, and discusses how implementing the evidence based
practice could improve the situation. The paper will be written using APA format and Times
New Roman font, 12 pt. A properly formatted cover page is required. However, an abstract is
not needed.
In-text citations and Reference Page:
The paper will have a minimum of four in-text citations that match the corresponding journal
article listed on the reference page.
The reference page will have a minimum of three peer-reviewed nursing journals that are no
older than five years.