Assessment Traits Requires Lopes Write Assessment Description The PICOT model (Population/Problem, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, and Time to achieve the outcome) is a method that helps clarify the qualities needed to create a good nursing clinical question out of a nursing clinical issue or problem. This information can then be used to create a descriptive summary of the nursing clinical problem. Additionally, the information derived from a good PICOT makes it easier to perform a literature search in order to find evidence-based sources that can be used to address the clinical problem. Use a national quality health care database to research quality indicators. Choose a quality indicator to identify a nursing clinical problem or issue that you want to explore pertaining to nursing care. Use this quality indicator to formulate a PICOT question. Consider your selection of a nursing clinical problem and PICOT question carefully since ideally you will continue the work you start here in your capstone course. Submit your proposed PICOT question/nursing clinical topic to the instructor in the Messaging Forum for approval. No assignments will be accepted without prior approval of your nursing clinical question. Once your topic has been approved via the Messaging Forum:

1. Perform a literature search and identify five peer-reviewed health care or nursing research articles (published within the last 5 years) that support your nursing clinical question.
2. Use the "PICOT Question Template" to gather clinically relevant information about the nursing clinical problem.
3. Use the information from your completed template to create a 250-500 word descriptive statement that provides details and support for the information expressed in your PICOT question.

Submit the literature search, completed "PICOT Question Template," and descriptive statement. Both documents must be submitted. While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. 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 Lopes Write. A link to the Lopes Write technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance. Attachments NSG-324 PICOT Question Template.docx Please contact Assignment Samurai for help with NSG 324: PICOT and Descriptive Statement / NSG 324: Research and Evidence-Based Practice or any other assignment. Email: assignmentsamurai@gmail.com