Step 1

• Please refer to last weeks work

• State your PICOT question.
• Indicate in parentheses after each segment, what part of PICOT the preceding words represent.
• For example: In patients recently discharged from the hospital following care for heart failure (P), do hand-off calls by the nurse to the primary care provider using the SBAR format (situation, background, assessment, recommendation) (I) compared to no calls (C) decrease readmission rates (O) over a one year period (T).

• Provide feedback to your classmates that focuses on:
• The use of correct PICOT format for the question to guide the literature search.
• Does the question reflect a clinical issue and one appropriate for an evidence-based practice project?

Step 2

• The use of correct PICOT format for the question to guide the literature search.
• Does the question reflect a clinical issue and one appropriate for an evidence-based practice project?