Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 439 PICOT Worksheet
PICOT Worksheet – Week 3
PART 1: PICOT QUESTION
Name:
Date:
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?
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, Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 439 PICOT Worksheet
PICOT Question
What is the PICOT question?
If for the three months, there is implementation of Fall Prevention Programs then is there
reduction in the hospital falls of elderly patients?
Define each element of the question below:
P - ( Population, patient or problem): Patients in the hospital who are elderly
I - (Intervention): To reduce falls in hospitals by making use of Fall Prevention Program. For
this it is essential that elderly patients are provided with alarms and rounds are taken by the
nurses in each hour.
C- (Comparison with other treatment/current practice): There is no implementation of fall
prevention programs.
O - ( Desired outcome): The desired outcome is to reduce the number of falls in hospitals
T - (Time for which Fall Prevention Program is implemented): 3 months
What is the practice issue/problem? What is the scope of the issue? What is the need for
change?
Practice Issue
The practice issue is the fall that is experienced by the elderly patients. In the healthcare
facilities, there is more concern related to the health care provided to the patients as the falls in
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