Week 3
The PICOT Question: A Building Block of the DNP Project
DISCUSSION
PURPOSEThe purpose of this assignment is to examine a PICOT question, which will serve as the mechanism for the development of the DNP practice change project.
INSTRUCTIONSReflect on your readings this week and respond to the following:
State your proposed DNP practice change 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 GuidelinesLinks to an external site.
PROGRAM COMPETENCIESThis discussion enables the student to meet the following program outcomes:
Integrates scientific underpinnings into everyday clinical practice. (POs 3, 5)
Applies organizational and system leadership skills to affect systemic changes in corporate culture and to promote continuous improvement in clinical outcomes. (PO 6)
Uses analytic methods to translate critically appraised research and other evidence into clinical scholarship for innovative practice improvements. (POs 3, 5)
Appraises current information systems and technologies to improve health care. (POs 6, 7)
Analyzes health care policies to advocate for equitable health care and social justice to all populations and those at risk due to social determinants of health. (POs 2, 9)
Creates a supportive organizational culture for flourishing collaborative teams to facilitate clinical disease prevention and promote population health at all system levels. (PO 8)
Leads others in professional identity, advanced clinical judgment, systems thinking, resilience, and accountability in selecting, implementing, and evaluating clinical care. (POs 1, 4)
COURSE OUTCOMESThis 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. (PCs 1, 3, 5; 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. (PCs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8; POs 4, 5, 6, 8)
Professor question
“What are you most interested in exploring for your project to narrow the focus to one specific intervention?”