Category: Nursing

Problem Statement (PICOT)

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Develop a 59 page problem statement that presents information related to the problem-intervention-comparison-outcome-time (PICOT) approach to nursing research. You will also be required to submit your completed practicum hours using Capella Academic Portal.

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Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.

For the first section of your final capstone project, you will develop a proposal for an intervention plan to fulfill a need within a specific population. This assessment is meant to capture your initial thoughts about the need and impacting factors to help focus your in-depth analysis later on in the course.

First you will brainstorm and crystallize some of your ideas for this assessment, specifically ideas around needs, a target population, and some initial support from the literature and other sources of evidence. The problem statement is an important part of your capstone project as it will help illustrate the importance of your project, as well as help to clarify your project’s scope.

Note: You must submit a minimum of 40 confirmed hours with each assessment deliverable to receive a grade for the entire assessment.

Preparations

• Read . This document is designed to give you questions to consider and additional guidance to help you successfully complete this assessment.
• Refer to to search for potential topic ideas.
• As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.
• What population do you feel has the greatest need, as you reflect on your work in the field? Why? Is the need across the population, or within a specific setting?
• What interventions already exist for the selected population? Are they effective? Why or why not?
• How will site support from your practicum and your preceptor support your goals and objectives?

Context

For the first section of your final capstone project, you will develop a proposal for an intervention plan to fulfill a need within a specific population. This assessment is meant to capture your initial thoughts about the need and impacting factors to help focus your in-depth analysis later on in the course. The discussion from Week 1 will have helped you brainstorm and crystallize some of your ideas for this assessment, specifically ideas around needs, a target population, and some initial support from the literature and other sources of evidence. The problem statement is an important part of your capstone project as it will help illustrate the importance of your project, as well as help to clarify your project’s scope.

Some examples of appropriate projects are:

• Community-based intervention to address teen pregnancy among rural communities.
• School-based intervention to address opioid use and overdose prevention.
• Educational program to help nurses implement IV best practices in the emergency room.
• Policy proposal to remove barriers for access to health care and health equity in specific communities.
• Training program for new nurses regarding psychological personal protective equipment.
• Curriculum to educate young Latina women, ages 1824, about HIV prevention.
• Development of mobile technology and mental health interventions to address the rise in depression and anxiety during the pandemic.

Instructions

Note: The assessments in this course are sequenced in such a way as to help you build specific skills that you will use throughout your program. Complete the assessments in the order in which they are presented.

Your problem statement will focus on presenting information related to the problem-intervention-comparison-outcome-time (PICOT) approach to nursing research. You will also present a brief literature review that supports the need you identified in your problem statement and the appropriateness of your broad intervention approach. Provide enough detail so that the faculty member assessing your problem statement will be able to provide substantive feedback that you will be able to incorporate into the other project components in this course, as well as into the final draft of your project.

At minimum, be sure to address the bullet points below, as they correspond to the grading criteria. You may also want to read the rubric and the to better understand how each criterion will be assessed.

Reminder: These instructions are an outline. Your heading for this section should be titled Problem Statement and not Part 1: Problem Statement.

Part 1: Problem Statement (23 pages)

Need Statement (1 paragraph).

• Analyze a health promotion, quality improvement, prevention, education or management need.

Population and Setting (12 paragraphs).

• Describe a target population and setting in which an identified need will be addressed.

Intervention Overview (12 paragraphs).

• Explain an overview of one or more interventions that would help address an identified need within a target population and setting.

Comparison of Approaches (12 paragraphs).

• Analyze potential interprofessional alternatives to an initial intervention with regard to their possibilities to meet the needs of the project, population, and setting.

Initial Outcome Draft (1 paragraph).

• Define an outcome that identifies the purpose and intended accomplishments of an intervention for a health promotion, quality improvement, prevention, education, or management need.

Time Estimate (1 paragraph).

• Propose a rough time frame for the development and implementation of an intervention to address and identified need.

Part 2: Literature Review (1015 resources, 36 pages)

• Analyze current evidence to validate an identified need and its appropriateness within the target population and setting.
• Evaluate and synthesize resources from diverse sources illustrating existing health policy that could impact the approach taken to address an identified need.

Address Generally Throughout

• Communicate a problem statement and literature review in a way that helps the audience understand the importance and validity of a proposed project.

Practicum Hours Submission

You have been tracking your completed practicum hours each week using the timesheet. By placing the hours into CAP, you will ensure you are accumulating all hours that are needed to meet the requirements for your specialization and degree.

Submit your CAP practicum hours timesheet showing a minimum of 40 confirmed hours per assessment.

Reminder: Only confirmed hours will be considered for grading.

You will not receive a grade for this assessment without a practicum hours timesheet showing a minimum of 40 confirmed hours for the time period of this assessment. Your faculty will review your hours to date and will contact you if they have any questions or concerns.

Additional Requirements

• Length of submission: 59 pages, double spaced.
• Number of resources: Minimum of 1015 resources. (Your final project submission will require 1218 unique sources across all sections.)
• Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style. Header formatting follows current APA levels. Refer to for more guidance.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Lead organizational change to improve the experience of care, population health, and professional work life while decreasing the cost of care.
• Analyze a health promotion, quality improvement, prevention, education, or management need.
• Propose a rough time frame for the development and implementation of an intervention to address an identified need.
• Demonstrate completion of hours toward the practicum experience.
• Competency 2: Evaluate and apply the best available evidence for use in clinical and organizational decision making.
• Analyze current evidence to validate an identified need and its appropriateness within the target population and setting.
• Competency 3: Drive process improvements to lead a culture of safety and quality.
• Explain an overview of one or more interventions that would help drive quality and safety improvement related to an identified need within a target population and setting.
• Competency 4: Design person centered and population centered care to improve health outcomes and advance health equity.
• Describe a target population and setting in which an identified need will be addressed.
• Define an outcome that identifies the purpose and intended accomplishments of an intervention for a health promotion, quality improvement, prevention, education, or management need.
• Competency 5: Integrate strategies to improve communication and collaboration among team members to optimize care and strengthen outcomes.
• Analyze potential interprofessional communication and collaboration strategies in an initial intervention overview with regard to their possibilities to meet the needs of the project, population, and setting.
• Competency 7: Evaluate how health policy, advocacy, legal standards, and ethical practice advance the nursing profession.
• Evaluate and synthesize resources from diverse sources illustrating existing health policy, legal standards, and ethical practices that could impact the approach taken to address an identified need.
• Competency 8: Communicate effectively, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
• Communicate problem statement and literature review in a way that helps the audience to understand the importance and validity of a proposed project.
• Correctly format the assessment, citations, and references using APA style.

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INSTRUCTIONS ATTACHED

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This component of the Hallmark Assignment includes the objective: Create a PowerPoint presentation reflective of a comprehensive teaching plan for a client newly diagnosed with preeclampsia. This week you will build on your previous research and simulation experience to now care for a client newly diagnosed with preeclampsia. Research, design, and submit a ‘Client Teaching Assignment’ PowerPoint presentation for client Amy based on the scenario and guidelines below. This assignment should also follow 7th edition APA guidelines including in-text citations and references. Amy is a healthy 28-year-old female, Gravida 2 Para 1001, who presents to the providers office at 33 weeks gestation complaining of a 3-day history of severe headaches and blurry vision. She reports normal fetal movement. Vital signs were assessed with BP measuring 160/100. Examination reveals a soft non-tender abdomen, 2+ DTRs, and absent clonus. Urinalysis shows 2+ proteinuria. Amys provider diagnoses her with preeclampsia and admits her to the hospitals high-risk antepartum unit for further testing, fetal surveillance, and expectant management. Assignment Instructions: Conduct thorough research to support your content and findings. Ensure your information is presented clearly on the slides. Speakers notes should elaborate on the key points mentioned in the slides. Submit 10-15 PowerPoint slides including speaker notes. Slides should include the following: Title page Pathophysiology: Provide an overview of the pathophysiology of preeclampsia. Recognize Cues: Describe signs/symptoms, client statements, lab work, or assessment findings you would recognize as specific to a client with this disease process. Generate Solutions: List at least 3 SMART goals for this client. At least one goal should be short-term; at least one goal should be long-term. Take Actions: What nursing interventions would you implement for Amy? At a minimum, include the following topics with the rationale for each intervention. Expectant management or serial assessments and testing Pharmacology management (include at minimum labetalol, hydralazine, betamethasone, magnesium sulfate, and calcium gluconate) Describe each medication use, desired effects, and adverse reactions. Are any pre-assessment required before administering each medication? Activity level Evaluate Outcomes: What signs will point to improving, declining, and unchanged status? Reference slide Slide Content Key points: Utilize concise phrases (maximum 8 words, 5 lines) on each slide. Visual Aids: Incorporate graphs, images, or diagrams to enhance understanding and engagement.

Please use this article for the paper and follow the directions and rubric exactly. Use a freshman tone, simple vocabulary, avoid advanced wording, explain straightforwardly, and with some grammatical errors.

I attached the quantitative research article critique worksheet as a guide

Spiller, K., Ossenberg, C., Takashima, M., & Henderson, A. (2025). Comparable achievement of workplace performance of student and graduate nurses: A quantitative cohort evaluation. Nurse Education in Practice, 82, 104205.

The purpose of this assignment is to help you develop skills in critically analyzing a quantitative nursing research study for its rigor, reliability, validity, and relevance to evidence-based practice (EBP). You will evaluate the research articles design, methods, findings, and implications while demonstrating professional writing and APA formatting skills.

Instructions

1. Select a peer-reviewed quantitative nursing research article published within the last five years. (Systematic reviews, Mixed Method or Qualitative studies will NOT be accepted nor valid for grading)

• Ensure the topic aligns with nursing practice or healthcare delivery.
• Students who do not meet the quantitative nursing research article are subject to receive a zero on this assignment.
• Attach a PDF copy of the article to your submission or provide a link from the college library database for the instructor to view the article.

1. Use the Quantitative Research Article Critique Worksheet as a guide to help you with your paper.

• Please ensure that your Quantitative Research Article contains vital components from your worksheet and your rubric.

1. Write a 36 page paper (excluding title and reference pages) addressing each of the areas below.
2. Format your paper in APA 7th edition style.

• Include a title page, headers, in-text citations, and a reference page.
• Use clear, professional, and scholarly writing.
• Nursing faculty will monitor AI usage, and any elevated percentage will warrant point deductions.

1. Assignment will be accepted and graded via Turnitin. Submitting your assignment through other methods will not be accepted (email, in-person delivery, Canvas Messenger, etc.).

Formatting Requirements

• Length: Max of 6 pages (excluding title page and references). Those exceeding the length will have points deducted as per assignment rubric.
• Please note that no Abstract is needed.
• Format: APA 7th edition
• Font: 12-point Times New Roman, double-spaced
• References: Include the article and any additional scholarly sources used to support your thoughts, or rationales. (You may use your book but ensure you cite it appropriately.)

Purpose of the Study

The student evaluates how clearly the studys purpose and explains why the research was necessary and relevant to nursing practice.

10 to >8.0 pts

Exemplary

Purpose clearly stated; strong justification and relevance to nursing practice

8 to >6.0 pts

Proficient

The purpose is somewhat clear, but the justification is limited.

6 to >0 pts

Needs Improvement

Purpose unclear or missing

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Hypotheses

The student assesses whether the studys hypotheses or research questions, discusses their testability, and connects them to prior research or theory.

5 to >4.0 pts

Exemplary

Clearly stated, testable, supported by theory/literature

4 to >3.0 pts

Proficient

Fairly clear, but it lacks a solid theoretical foundation.

3 to >0 pts

Needs Improvement

Unclear or missing hypotheses

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Methodology

The student is able to describe and evaluate the quantitative research design, explaining why it was appropriate (or not) for the study and noting its strengths and weaknesses.

15 to >12.0 pts

Exemplary

Quantitative design appropriate and well-explained

12 to >9.0 pts

Proficient

The design is suitable, but the details are limited and not very clear.

9 to >0 pts

Needs Improvement

The design is either inappropriate or not clearly described.

15 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Sample

The student describes the target population, sampling method, and sample size, as well as the generalizability of the findings.

5 to >4.0 pts

Exemplary

The population and sampling methods are clearly outlined and applicable to broader contexts.

4 to >3.0 pts

Proficient

The sample is partially explained, with minor restrictions mentioned.

3 to >0 pts

Needs Improvement

The sample is either poorly described or biased.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Measures

The student accurately identifies independent and dependent variables, explains how they were measured, and evaluates the validity and reliability of the instruments used.

15 to >12.0 pts

Exemplary

The variables are clearly defined, and the student provides a thorough explanation of the tools used, including their reliability and accuracy.

12 to >9.0 pts

Proficient

The student’s description highlights certain reliability or validity concerns while appropriately referencing the instruments used.

9 to >0 pts

Needs Improvement

The student’s variable descriptions are vague or inaccurately measured, and there is an insufficient explanation of the tests or instruments used within the study.

15 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Procedures and Data Analysis

The student explains the data collection process, ethical safeguards, and evaluates the strengths or weaknesses of the study’s methods. They demonstrate their understanding of statistical tests, assessing whether they fit the data type and exploring if alternative approaches could have improved the analysis.

15 to >12.0 pts

Exemplary

The student clearly explains the data collection steps, provides an excellent description of ethical implications, and includes appropriate evaluations of data collection. Statistical tests are clearly described, and the study’s results are well explained.

12 to >9.0 pts

Proficient

Certain steps for data collection are vague, with minor ethical or procedural concerns highlighted. The tests are somewhat appropriately described but lack sufficient explanation.

9 to >0 pts

Needs Improvement

The description lacks clarity about the data collection process, presents weak ethical considerations, and/or fails to properly evaluate the data collection methods. Tests were vaguely described, and the study’s results are unclear.

15 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Results

The student interprets and explains the studys findings, connects them to the hypotheses, and discusses implications for nursing practice.

10 to >8.0 pts

Exemplary

Findings are clearly presented and align well with the hypotheses, with strong implications for nursing practice.

8 to >6.0 pts

Proficient

The description of results are somewhat clear but offers only a limited discussion on how they relate to the hypothesis and their implications for nursing practice.

6 to >0 pts

Needs Improvement

Provides unclear findings in the results or missing implications for nursing practice. The discussion lacks sufficient focus on how the hypothesis connects to the findings.

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Summary/Conclusion

The student summarizes the study clearly, assess its overall value, and suggest logical next steps for future research.

15 to >12.0 pts

Exemplary

Offers a brief summary of the study, emphasize its significance, and suggest future directions for nursing research.

12 to >9.0 pts

Proficient

Offers a partial summary that doesn’t clearly convey the study’s impact, lacks depth, and provides vague recommendations for future research.

9 to >0 pts

Needs Improvement

The conclusion/summary is weak or missing and fails to outline the next steps for future research.

15 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

APA Format & Scholarly Writing

Assesses adherence to APA 7th edition formatting, organization, clarity, and academic tone. Grammar, punctuation, and professional writing style are evaluated here.

10 to >8.0 pts

Exemplary

Adheres to APA 7th edition meticulously, presenting clear, concise, and scholarly writing with no grammatical errors. AI content percentage remains below 20%.

8 to >6.0 pts

Proficient

There are minor APA 7 or writing errors were noted, but the overall writing is clear and well-organized. The AI percentage ranges between 20 and 35%.

6 to >0 pts

Needs Improvement

The writing contains significant APA errors and poor-quality writing, making it hard to follow. The AI detection percentage exceeds 35%.

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Scholarly Resource Criteria

0 pts

Full Marks

A minimum of two scholarly, peer-reviewed sources should be used to provide background context, ensuring the resources are from within the last five years.

0 pts

No Marks

5 point deduction for using less than 2 scholarly, peer-reviewed sources for background context or used articles greater than 5 years.

0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Assignment Length Criteria

0 pts

Full Marks

0 Points Given: The length of the assignment meets the criteria: Minimum of 3 page in length; Maximum of 6 pages in length. (Not including Title or Reference Pages)

0 pts

No Marks

5 Points Deducted: The assignment fails to meet the requirement for length or exceeds the maximum page length. (Not including title or reference pages

Instructions

Choose one scenario you would implement based on the patient’s specific health needs, lifestyle, and challenges. The map should include:

• Primary health concerns (e.g., chronic conditions, risk factors).
• Health promotion goals (e.g., improve nutrition, increase physical activity).
• Interventions (e.g., education, referrals, lifestyle changes).
• Barriers to implementation (e.g., socioeconomic, cultural, psychological factors).
• Expected outcomes (e.g., improved health status, prevention of disease progression).

Scenario : Emma Thompson (Age 35, First-Year Nursing Student)

Medical History: Emma is a healthy 35-year-old nursing student with no significant medical history. She is in her first year of the nursing program and is adjusting to the demands of coursework, clinical rotations, and personal responsibilities.

Social History: Emma is a single mother to a 2-year-old and lives in an off-campus. She is balancing her academic workload with full-time work as a nursing assistant to support her family. Due to limited family support, she is primarily responsible for childcare, which adds significant stress to her schedule. Emma often feels overwhelmed by the coping demands of being a nursing student, a single mother, and working full-time. She struggles with time management and experiences stress, fatigue, and occasional anxiety, which has been impacting her focus and academic performance.

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