CLAY-DNP-Week 3The PICOT Question: A Building Block of the DNP Project

Week 3The PICOT Question: A Building Block of the DNP Project

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: 

1. State your proposed DNP practicum project PICOT question.
2. Examine how your PICOT question addresses the identified practice problem.
3. 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:

1. 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)
2. 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)