Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 439 PICOT Worksheet PICOT Worksheet – Week 3
PART 1: PICOT QUESTION
Name: Jada Davis
Date: May 21, 2017
Your Instructor’s Name:
Purpose: To identify a problem or concern that nursing can change and develop a PICOT question to
guide the change project.
Directions: Use the form below to complete the Week 3 Assignment PICOT Evidence Worksheet. This
includes filling in the table with information about your research question and your PICOT elements and
the second part is filling in the Evidence Worksheet.
Step 1: Select the key PICO terms for searching the evidence. Clearly define your PICOT question. List
each element P (problem, population, or problem), I (intervention), C (Comparison with other
treatment/current practice), and O (Desired outcome), T (Time Frame). Is the potential solution
something for which you (as nurse or student) can find a solution through evidence research? Look in
your book for guidelines to developing your PICOT question and also read the required articles.
Step 2: Identify the problem. What have you noticed in your work or school environment that isn’t
achieving the desired patient or learning outcomes? What needs to change in nursing, what can you
change with the support of evidence in the literature? Describe the problem or practice issue that you
want to research. What is your practice area; clinical, education, or administration? (This is NOT where
you will list your PICOT question)
Step 3: How was the practice issues identified? How did you come to know this was a problem in your
clinical practice? Review the listed concerns and check all that apply.
Step 4: What evidence must be gathered? What sources of reliable information will be helpful for your
particular question?
Step 5: What terms will you use in order to make sure that your search is wide enough to obtain
required information but narrow enough to keep it focused? How will you narrow your search if
needed? NR439 PICOT Worksheet 4/19/17 jw 1 Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 439 PICOT Worksheet PICOT Question
What is the PICOT question?
Does the bariatric adolescent experiencing gastric bypass have better continuity of medical care
perioperatively and postoperatively when the medical attendant is an essential individual from the
multidisciplinary group versus when the medical attendant is an optional part whose lone part is in
giving perioperative care and has no particular training?
Define each element of the question below:
P- (Patient, population, or problem): Bariatric teenagers considering or experiencing gastric bypass
surgery.
I- (Intervention): The medical attendant's part as an essential individual from the multidisciplinary
group with respect to perioperative care of the bariatric juvenile patient.
C- (Comparison with other treatment/current practice): The attendant's part as an primary member
from the multidisciplinary group with no particular preparing and is just required in perioperative care
of the bariatric adolescent.
O- (Desired outcome): When the medical caretaker is included as one of the essential individuals in the
multidisciplinary group approach, the bariatric adolescent patient has better progression of care.
T- (Time Frame): perioperative including the month and a half post recovery. What is the practice issue/problem? What is the scope of the issue? What is the need for change?
The issue is if the juvenile patients after bariatric surgery are qualified enough. Are the outcomes better
when the patient are cared for by trained medical professionals? NR439 PICOT Worksheet 4/19/17 jw 2 Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 439 PICOT Worksheet What is the practice area?
_x__ Clinical ___ Administration ___ Education ___ Other How was the practice issue identified?
(check all that apply)
___ Difference between hospital and community practice
___ Safety/risk management concerns
_x__ Clinical practice issue is a concern
___ Unsatisfactory patient outcomes
___ Procedure or process is a time waster
___ Wide variations in practice
___ Clinical practice issue has no scientific base
___ Significant financial concerns
___ Other: What evidence must be gathered? (check all that apply) ___ Literature search __x_ Clinical Expertise ___ Guidelines ___ Financial Analysis ___ Expert Opinion ___ Standards (Regulatory, professional, community) _x__ Patient Preferences ___ Other Search terms/How to narrow the search?
Juvenile bariatric patients, trained preop/postop professionals NR439 PICOT Worksheet 4/19/17 jw 3 Chamberlain College of Nursing NR439 PICOT Worksheet 4/19/17 jw NR 439 PICOT Worksheet 4

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