PICOT

The PICOT statement will provide a framework for your Capstone Project (The project students must complete during their final course in the RN-BSN program of study).

Review the PICOT article “Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step: Asking the Clinical Question: A Key Step in Evidence-Based Practice.”

The first step of the EBP process is to develop a question from a practice problem. Start with the patient and identify the clinical problems or issues that arise from

clinical care.

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After completing this unit, you should be able to:

Choose between Boolean operators and ʺlimitsʺ when conducting systematic reviews.
Describe three unique features of the PubMed database.
Apply three key questions to be used when deciding which database to use for information search.
Plan a systematic review.