Evidence-based practice involves a great deal more than simply reading nursing periodicals on a regular basis. Nurses can
take a more proactive approach to evidence-based practice by identifying authentic problems and concerns, and then using
that to guide their inquiries into current research. In this way, nurses can connect the results of relevant research
studies to their nursing practice.
For the Course Project, you identify and apply relevant research to a specific nursing topic or problem. You begin by
formulating an answerable question that is relevant to nursing and evidence-based practice. In later weeks of this
course, you continue the Course Project by conducting a literature review and then determining how the evidence from the
literature can be applied to nursing practice.
Before you begin, review the Course Project Overview document located in this week’s Learning Resources.
Note: This Course Project will serve as the Portfolio Assignment for the course. In addition to submitting portions of
this Project in Weeks 2 and 5, you will turn in all three deliverables in Week 10.
Project: Course Project: Part 1—Identifying a Researchable Problem
One of the most challenging aspects of EBP is to actually identify the answerable question.
—Karen Sue Davies
Formulating a question that targets the goal of your research is a challenging but essential task. The question plays a
crucial role in all other aspects of the research, including the determination of the research design and theoretical
perspective to be applied, which data will be collected, and which tools will be used for analysis. It is therefore
essential to take the time to ensure that the research question addresses what you actually want to study. Doing so will
increase your likelihood of obtaining meaningful results.
In this first component of the Course Project, you formulate questions to address a particular nursing issue or problem.
You use the PICOT model—patient/population, intervention/issue, comparison, and outcome—outlined in the Learning
Resources to design your questions.
To prepare:
Review the article, “Formulating the Evidence Based Practice Question: A Review of the Frameworks,” found in the Learning
Resources for this week. Focus on the PICOT model for guiding the development of research questions.
Review the section beginning on page 75 of the course text, titled, “Developing and Refining Research Problems” in the
course text, which focuses on analyzing the feasibility of a research problem.
Reflect on an issue or problem that you have noticed in your nursing practice. Consider the significance of this issue or
problem.
Generate at least five questions that relate to the issue which you have identified. Use the criteria in your course text
to select one question that would be most appropriate in terms of significance, feasibility, and interest. Be prepared to
explain your rationale.
Formulate a preliminary PICO question—one that is answerable—based on your analysis. What are the PICO variables
(patient/population, intervention/issue, comparison, and outcome) for this question?
Note: Not all of these variables may be appropriate to every question. Be sure to analyze which are and are not relevant
to your specific question.
Using the PICOT variables that you determined for your question, develop a list of at least 10 keywords that could be
used when conducting a literature search to investigate current research pertaining to the question.
To complete:
Write a 3- to 4-page paper that includes the following:
A summary of your area of interest, an identification of the problem that you have selected, and an explanation of the
significance of this problem for nursing practice
The 5 questions you have generated and a description of how you analyzed them for feasibility
Your preliminary PICOT question and a description of each PICOT variable relevant to your question
At least 10 possible keywords that could be used when conducting a literature search for your PICOT question and a
rationale for your selections
This Project Assignment is due by Day 7. It will also be a component of your Portfolio Assignment for this course, which
is due by Day 7 of Week 10.
Reference:
Davies, K. S. (2011). Formulating the evidence based practice question: A review of the frameworks. Evidence Based
Library and Information Practice, 6(2), 75–80. Retrieved from
https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/viewFile/9741/8144
Please use 4 more academic resources
* Use the following format. Please also include titles for each paragraph so the paper I easier to follow and understand
• Introduction paragraph.
The last phrase of the paragraph should say: “the purpose of this paper is to examine…”
• Body
• Summary
It should start with “the purpose of this paper was to analyze …”
• References
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