Question

	Which statements are accurate about the PICO acronym and EBP question
a	African Americans with hypertension is an example a ‘P’ Definition of ‘P’:
b	The EBP Team uses PICO to form the EBP Question Rationale:
c	Improved health related behaviors is an example of an ‘I’ Definition of ‘I’:
d	Education about healthy eating and weight management is an example of an ‘O’ Definition of ‘O’:
e	The “C” stands for “Current Practice” Definition of ‘C’:
	You are designing a mixed methods study investigating what it is like to be a 2nd degree accelerated BSN student. During data collection you will ask the participants two questions/prompts: one quantitative and one qualitative. Your first question is “What is your first bachelor’s degree?” What are possible options for the second question/prompt:
a	What area or specialty in nursing practice would be your first-choice Rationale:
b	Describe what influenced you to return to school for a nursing degree Rationale:
c	How many years have you been in college Rationale:
d	Explain your biggest challenges in the nursing program Rationale:
e	Discuss how you think being a 2nd degree student impacts your educational experience Rationale:

Answer 1

a.African Americans with hypertension is an example a ‘P’ Definition of ‘P’: ANS: P – Patient, Problem or Population

b.The EBP Team uses PICO to form the EBP Question

Rationale:

ANS:The PICO process (or framework) is a mnemonic used in evidence based practice (and specifically Evidence Based Medicine) to frame and answer a clinical or health care related question. The PICO framework is also used to develop literature search strategies, for instance in systematic reviews.

C.Improved health related behaviors is an example of an ‘I’ Definition of ‘I’: ANS: I – Intervention (action taken to improve a medical disorder.)

D. Education about healthy eating and weight management is an example of an ‘O’ Definition of ‘O’: ANS: O – Outcome(s) (e.g. pain, fatigue, nausea, infections, death)(The result of something, or the consequence of it, is the outcome.)

E. The “C” stands for “Current Practice”

Definition of ‘C’:

ANS: C – Comparison, control or comparator

a	What area or specialty in nursing practice would be your first-choice Rationale: Infection control nursing is the wing of nursing practice that i would like to select first.it has the scope of overall control and containment of an infectious diseases in a patient care area.

b	Describe what influenced you to return to school for a nursing degree Rationale: Nursing is a field were satisfaction from patient care and its results spreading smile to a person who is ill is an influencial aspect to select nursing carrier.

c	How many years have you been in college Rationale: i have been there for 4 years inmy college

d	Explain your biggest challenges in the nursing program Rationale: Acquiring practical skills during patient care was one of the toughest situation faced during nursing carrier

Discuss how you think being a 2nd degree student impacts your educational experience Rationale: as a second degree student had the opertunity to acquire some relevant knowledge.