Week 3The PICOT Question: A Building Block of the DNP Project
What You Will Learn
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Discussion
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to examine a PICOT question, which will serve as the mechanism for the development of the DNP practicum project.
Instructions
Reflect on your readings this week and respond to the following:
- State your proposed DNP practicum project PICOT question.
- Examine how your PICOT question addresses the identified practice problem.
- Evaluate how the outcome identified in your PICOT question aligns with the evidence-based intervention.
Please click on the following link to review the DNP Discussion Guidelines on the Student Resource Center program page:
- Link (webpage): DNP Discussion Guidelines (Links to an external site.)
Course Outcomes
This discussion enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
- Apply clinical scholarship methodologies for designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating quality improvements and the translation of evidence-based practice, to improve healthcare outcomes at the micro, meso, or macrosystem level. (POs 3, 5, 9)
- Appraise and synthesize the highest level of evidence available to improve the quality, cost-effectiveness, and healthcare outcomes of diverse populations. (POs 4, 5, 6, 8)
