PICOT / Evidence Table
Guidelines
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is twofold. First, the student will share their PICOT question and provide elaboration on its key components, as well as examine its feasibility as a future DNP Scholarly Project. Additionally, this assignment provides the student an opportunity to critically appraise selected literary evidence, using a systematic template. This will serve as the foundation for building an evidence table to further develop their future DNP Scholarly Project.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Formulate and refine clinical research questions relevant to advanced practice nursing. (PO #3)
CO 4:Compare and contrast differences and similarities with selected characteristics of qualitative and quantitative research designs. (PO #3)
CO 9:Differentiate between quality improvement, system change, research, and/or evidence-based practice initiatives. (PO #5)
CO 10: Employ an evidence-based practice model for quality improvement. (PO #5)
Due Date:Submit to the Dropbox by Sunday of the end of Week 6 at 11:59 p.m. (MT).
Points:This assignment is worth a total of 200 points.
General directions
1. You will submit one (1) paper as part of this assignment; however, there are two components of the assignment:
a. PICOT (written/narrative)
b. Evidence Table
2. Your scholarly paper must follow APA format. Include a cover page and headings per 6th edition APA guidelines.
a. Download and use the Week 6 PICOT/Evidence Table Template provided for you, which is located in Doc Sharing.
PICOT (written/narrative):
3. The PICOT (written/narrative)Component of the assignment should be no more than 5-7 pages (not including the title or references pages; nor the Evidence Table).
4. Include the following components in the PICOT part of your scholarly paper:
a. Title Page
b. Introduction
c. Problem Statement
d. PICOT Question
e. Project Planning
f. Evidence Summary
g. Conclusion
h. References Page* (see #5 below)
5. The PICOT component of the assignment (does not include the Evidence Table) must be no more than 5-7 pages in length (not including the cover page or references page).
Evidence table:
6. *Following the References Page, the Evidence Tablepart of the assignment is to be filled out in its entirety.
a. Identify a minimum of five original research studies from the literature review begun in NR700 to build a literature review for your project proposal.
b. To complete this assignment, you may again need to access to the following databases: CINAHL, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and the Joanna Briggs Institute.
7. All Chamberlain College of Nursing policies related to plagiarism must be observed.
8. Post questions about this assignment to the weekly Q & A Forum.





