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Homework: Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome (PICO)
For your Evidence-Based Practice Mini-Project (Research Proposal)
Overview:
For your Evidence-Based Practice Mini-Project Step 1, you will submit your PICO question, identify 5 research articles from Levels of Evidence I-V, and write the following for your Mini-Research Proposal: Your introduction, Problem Statement, Purpose Statement, Significance of your Mini-Research Proposal, your Research Question, and which theory supports your Mini-Research Proposal.
Details:
For this homework, you will write part of Section 1 of your Mini-Research Proposal.Use the discernment gained from your Week 1 Discussion of identifying a problem or area of interest and writing a PICO question as a basis for beginning your Section 1. Review Chapter 2 (Manuscript Structure and Content) and Chapter 3 (Writing Clearly and Concisely) from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.).
Note, you will submit a 2 to 3 pages paper plus your Title Page and Reference Page that clearly identifies the following areas:
1) PICO Question;
2) 5 Research articles with Levels of Evidence of I-IV;
3) Your introduction, problem statement, purpose statement, and significance of your Mini-Research Proposal, along with the theory undergirding your PICO and Problem statement.
PICO Question: Describe the Problem/Population (P); Your Intervention (I); your Comparison (C), andOutcomes (O).
Research Articles between I-IV Levels of Evidence. Identify the level of evidence of each article after the reference citation that goes at the end of this Homework submission.
Introduction, Problem Statement, Purpose Statement, and Significance of your Mini-Research Proposal. Your problem statement provides an overview of your Mini-Research Proposal topic and a clear statement of the need for this Mini-Research Proposal topic. The 5 articles that you have selected should provide rationale for the need for this Mini-Research Proposal. Your purpose statement justifies the need for your Mini-Research Proposal and is supported in the literature. The significance of your Mini-Research Proposal is clearly stated and supported by the literature. The research question is clearly presented. Your selected theory may be based on pathophysiology, a nurse theory, or from any health-related discipline.