This assignment enables the student to meet the following Course Outcomes. CO4: Develops and outlines a scientific, systematic decision-making process to integrate critical thinking with clinical...

This assignment enables the student to meet the following Course Outcomes.

CO4: Develops and outlines a scientific, systematic decision-making process to integrate critical thinking with clinical judgment to assure safe and effective outcomes. (PO #4)
CO8: Selects evidence for best practice when planning professional nursing care for individuals, families, aggregates, and communities. (PO #8)
POINTS
Milestone #1 is worth 175 points (75 points for the PICO worksheet and 100 points for the evidence appraisal worksheet).
DIRECTIONS
1.    Read this document including the grading rubrics below.
2.    Download the PICO/Evidence Appraisal worksheets form from Doc Sharing. Consider what is the nursing problem or issue that you have uncovered. Make sure it is related to nursing, i.e., one that a nurse can solve independently. Do not select a medical problem that is dependent upon a medical professional to resolve. Completion of PICO worksheet will offer a tool for your literature search.
3.    For the evidence appraisal worksheet, find AT LEAST FOUR sources to support the need for change and the potential intervention you have selected to solve the problem. Three of these sources must be peer-reviewed articles while one can be a reliable professional source.

4.    Submit the completed PICO/Evidence Appraisal worksheet to the Week 2 Dropbox.