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PICOT Question . Development of PICOT Question
PICOT Question . Development of PICOT Question
PICOT question development- In potentially septic pediatric patients in the emergency room (P), will the administration of antibiotics after a lumbar puncture (I), compared to before a lumbar puncture (C), affect the CSF cultures, incidence of morbidity, mortality, and patient outcomes (O)?
and then the Search Tables. PICOT Paper I is your PICOT Question, identification of all variables along with any
synonyms used in the search, purpose of the paper, the significance of the question to your practice, the
background and a narrative of how the search was conducted in each database and a conclusion summarizing
the main points. You will include a title page and reference page, but an abstract is not needed for this paper.
Please title your paper with a relevant title based on the topic of your PICOT- Do NOT title the paper as “PICOT
Paper I. The page requirement for the paper is between 4-5 pages, excluding title page, references, and
Appendix (search tables)-abstract is not needed. The narrative of the search will be within the body of the
paper where you will describe each database search. The search tables will be located after the references as
an appendix. Include four to six (no more than six) references for this paper to support the background and
significance. Use headings from the grading rubric to organize the paper. **the heading of “introduction” is
not used in APA, just begin with title of the paper. Follow APA-6
th edition and the APA, formatting, and style
part of the grading rubric. (See pp. 41-60 in your APA Manual for a sample paper to view style and format.)
Your PICOT question is not final, you can revise it up until your final assignment, which a majority of students
do. You will not discuss any specific articles; this is all about conducting the search. Please follow the Grading
Rubric for the assignment to ensure you have included all required elements.
Some important points for PICOT Paper I:
1. You are NOT doing research, so please do not say you are doing research or researching, but rather you
are seeking evidence to support your PICOT question.
2. Follow APA format. Look at PurdueOwl or the sample paper in the 6
th edition for help:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/apa_s
ample_paper.html
3. No Direct Quotes – paraphrase instead.
4. Four peer reviewed references required for paper and no more than six peer reviewed references that
are five years old or less.
**Please note: Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis cannot be used for this course; so do not use Cochrane
as one of your databases. Additionally, Quality Improvement Projects will not be acceptable options to answer
your PICOT since the Level of Evidence is very low.
**Please note: Looking forward: Final Projects submitted using Systematic Reviews, Meta-analysis, or
Quality Improvement Projects are not acceptable and must be revised based on approved “Keeper articles”.
Points will be deducted for late submission.
Assignment 4: Description and Grading Rubric: Completed Critical Appraisal Tools, Evidence, and Synthesis
Tables (Week 7)
The purpose of this assignment is to complete the appropriate critical appraisal tool for each of your “keeper
studies/articles”, then create your Evidence and Synthesis Tables in order to have the necessary information
to answer your PICOT question and begin writing your Final PICOT assignment. Please upload your four
completed Critical Appraisal Tools and the four “keeper” articles into Blackboard under “Assignments”. You
must submit the four actual articles-no Hyperlinks will not be accepted. There is no need for title page or
reference page with the articles or the Critical Appraisal Tools. Upload your completed Evidence and Synthesis
Tables as one document (both Tables in one Word document) under the assignment area. Your Tables
document should have a title page and the full citation for each “keeper” article in proper APA format on a
Reference page following the tables. Your title will be reflective of your topic and NOT Evidence and Synthesis
Tables. You will include the PICOT question at the beginning of the tables. There are three links under the
assignment tab for this assignment:
1) Critical Appraisal Tool (CAT) for each article with citation at top of each CAT;
2) Four Keeper articles (not hyperlinks) identified by author last name and date;
3) Evidence and Synthesis Tables with title page and references.
Below is the Grading Rubric for the Evidence and Synthesis Tables. There is a required template to use for
these tables under Weeks 6-7 > Synthesizing the Evidence folder.
Important point: Cite correctly in synthesis of articles, do not number articles and discuss articles in tables by
number. You must cite correctly using author(s) last name and date-see APA resources in course. For example:
Incorrect method would be “Articles 1, 2, and 3 stated….”; Correct method would be “Smith (2019) found
that……, while the study by Jenkins (2017) found that…….”
**Please note: Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis cannot be used for this course, so do not include these
as keeper articles-See explanation in the Black Board course. Additionally, Quality Improvement Projects are
unacceptable options to answer your PICOT since the Level of Evidence is very low.
Efficacy of Existential-Humanistic Therapy for Clients
Efficacy of Existential-Humanistic Therapy for Clients
Develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy*
Evaluate efficacy of existential-humanistic therapy for clients*
Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders*
Analyze clinical supervision experiences*
For Part 1, select a client whom you observed or counseled this week (White female 38 years old
with Borderline personality disorder). Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:
Describe the client and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed
medications.
Using the DSM-5, explain and justify your diagnosis for this client.
Explain whether existential-humanistic therapy would be beneficial with this client. Include
expected outcomes based on this therapeutic approach.
Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling this client.
Support your approach with evidence-based literature.
For Part 2, reflect on your clinical supervision experiences. Then, address the following in your
Practicum Journal:
How often are you receiving clinical supervision from your preceptor?
What are the sessions like?
What is the preceptor bringing to your attention?
How are you translating these sessions to your clinical practice?
(Support with 3 peer review references to support the paper)
Will send example to use as a guideline only
Medication Errors Reduction. Reduction of Medicatioon Errors
Medication Errors Reduction. Reduction of Medicatioon Errors
This week, you will submit summaries of quantitative and qualitative studies. The purpose of this
assignment is to become familiar with published research, research designs, and methodologies.
For the assignment, you will select one quantitative research study and one qualitative study
related to the field of nursing and write a summary of each study. Each summary must be
accurate, succinct, and clear. These articles should be somewhat related to your PICOT
questions which is the following. please pick one but if it is too hard pick something close to
medication errors reduction
1) For nurse administering medication, (P) will implementing a “ Quiet zone” (I) as compared to
no intervention (C) reduce interruptions and distractions, decrease medication errors and
improve medication safety (O) during the 9am medication pass time (T)?.
2)For nurses who works in emergency department administering high-risk medications such as
insulin or heparin (P), will practicing double-checking (I) , as compared to giving those
medications without double-checking (C), reduced medication errors (O) while patients are in the
E.D (T)?”.
3)In patient over 65 years old (P), will practicing medication conciliation by asking the patient to
bring a bag of all their medication including herbal and over the counter drugs (I), as compared to
usual care by just asking questions ( C ) reduce medications errors (O) while patient are
hospitalized (T)?
Ensure the following questions are addressed in each summary:
1. What type of research is it (quantitative, qualitative, and design)?
2. What was the research question(s) or hypothesis?
3. What is the sample, the sample size, and sample attributes?
4. What was the setting of the study?
5. What were the researcher’s findings? (Identify one.)
You must submit the research study articles along with your summaries.
Each summary should be between 150–250 words.
Use current APA format to style your paper and to cite your sources.
For the Quantitative and Qualitative Abstract Assignment (due week 4) you should:
Select a topic in nursing or medicine
Select one original research article that is quantitative and one which is qualitative. NOTE: The
articles should not be a mixed-method, review article, a meta-analysis, a Meta-synthesis or a
systematic review.
Summarize the articles
Both abstracts should be combined into one single Word document.
For a manuscript to be considered an original research article, the following conditions need to
be met:
It should be written by the researchers who actually conducted the study.
It should include the hypothesis or research question, the purpose of the study, and the details of
the research methods.
The research findings should be reported.
These findings should be interpreted and possible implications discussed.
Your paper should include:
A title page
Body
Reference page listing your sources