1. What is the problem?

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2. Why is the problem important and relevant? What would happen if it were not addressed?

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3. What is the current practice?

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4. How was the problem identified? (Check all that apply)

☐Safety and risk-management concerns

☐Quality concerns (efficiency, effectiveness, timeliness, equity, patient-centeredness)

☐Unsatisfactory patient, staff, or organizational outcomes

☐Variations in practice within the setting

☐Variations in practice compared to community standard

☐Current practice that has not been validated

☐Financial concerns

5. What are the PICO components?

P – (Patient, population, or problem)

I – (Intervention)

C – (Comparison with other interventions, if foreground question)

O – (Outcome measures to determine success)

6. Initial EBP question ☐Background ☐Foreground

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Appendix B: Question Development Tool

Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice

Appendix B Question Development Tool

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7. List possible search terms, databases to search, and search strategies.

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8. What evidence must be gathered? (Check all that apply)

Use this topic to develop a PICOT question. Please see attached documents for the rubrics and the PICOT question development tools. Also provide 10 articles that are peer reviewe first appeared on Aca Homework.