Week3Assigment.docx

Week 3 Assignment: Problem/PICOT/Evidence Search (PPE) Worksheet (graded)

Purpose

Collaborative identification and interpretation of practice problems is a requirement of professional practice (AACN, 2008).  Locating and summarizing findings using credible online databases is necessary for evidence-based nursing (AACN, 2008; QSEN, 2020).  This assignment provides a learning activity for students to experience a practice-based scenario and apply a process worksheet designed to assist in the identification of an independent nursing problem or concern, develop a PICOT clinical question, and search for evidence using credible online databases/sources.

Directions

Please use the completed Week 2 Check-In PICOT (revised with instructor-recommended changes) using the Assignment Practice Scenario below when completing the PPE Worksheet.

1. Download and use the  required  .

2. Review the information provided in our library on  .

3. Review the information provided in our library on  .

4. You are required to complete the worksheet using the productivity tools required by Chamberlain University, which is Microsoft Office Word 2013 (or later version), or Windows and Office 2011 (or later version) for MAC. You must save the file in the ".docx" format. Do NOT save as Word Pad. A later version of the productivity tool includes Office 365, which is available to Chamberlain students for FREE by downloading from the student portal at  . Click on the envelope at the top of the page.

5. Complete each section of the Problem/PICOT/Evidence (PPE) Worksheet. For the  Clinical PICOT Question, use the  . Use one of the templates/guides to write your Clinical PICOT Question using all of the PICOT elements. Be sure to include the PICOT letters in your question.

6. Be sure to use the  to make certain you are meeting all grading criteria of the PPE Worksheet.

7. Submit the completed PPE Worksheet on the Week 3 Assignment page.