Nursing Practice Problem

This assignment is designed for you to learn how to report only essential elements for clinical decision making and is teaching you aspects of scholarly writing. Review the assignment details and keep the rubric close by when developing your paper. Watch your word count. Please use the following headings in the rubric so that you do not get off track such as:

Nursing Practice Problem and PICOT Statement

Background

Methods

Results

Ethical Considerations

**PICOT Statement, Research Article, and Nursing Practice Problem Link

**Proposed Evidence-Based Practice Change

Conclusion (the two sections above with the ** can be wrapped up in the conclusion if you would like or you can complete them separately and add a conclusion. (Either way if fine).

Please do not submit your paper with a turnitin score greater than 20% as it will be returned for revisions.  I know you can do this!! As you write your paper, if you have any questions, please let me know.

Final Paper

Remember NO HIV. Thanks. Continue with Hypertension.

Prepare this assignment as a 1,500-1,750 word paper using the instructor feedback from the Topic 1, 2, and 3 assignments and the guidelines below.

PICOT Statement 

Revise the PICOT statement you wrote in the Topic 1 assignment.(HYPERTENSION) not HIV

The final 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).

Research Critiques

In the Topic 2 and Topic 3 assignments you completed a qualitative and quantitative research critique. Use the feedback you received from your instructor on these assignments to finalize the critical analysis of the study by making appropriate revisions.

The completed analysis should connect to your identified practice problem of interest that is the basis for your PICOT statement.

Refer to “Research Critique Guidelines.” Questions under each heading should be addressed as a narrative in the structure of a formal paper.

Proposed Evidence-Based Practice Change

Discuss the link between the PICOT statement, the research articles, and the nursing practice problem you identified. Include relevant details and supporting explanation and use that information to propose evidence-based practice changes.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

RUBRIC. Please follow it.

Nursing Practice Problem and PICOT Statement

PICOT statement clearly articulates a nursing practice problem using substantial supporting information from numerous reliable sources.

Background of Study

Background of study including problem, significance to nursing, purpose, objective, and research questions is thorough with substantial relevant details and extensive explanation.