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Assignment -

PICOT PAPER - The main focus of this paper is to help you identify and describe your problem. The Problem should be explained, background given and why it impacts your clinical area (tell me why this is important, what would happen if not treated/changed etc) 2-3 pages.

Topic: For patients with psychiatric diagnosis (P) how does proper discharge and placement (I) compared to lack of proper discharge and placement (c) influence the risks of increased mental health symptoms and readmission to psychiatric facilities (O) during the first 6 months after a psychiatric diagnosis.

The Intervention is what you have found in the literature to support fixing your problem ie the best evidence based solution. If you find that there are several options then present the top 3 practices that are noted. 1-2 pages.

Use evidence based articles/database/ journals that are not more than 5 years old to support your evidence.

For this paper just describe in a paragraph how you might collect the data.

PICOT Paper - First step: Select your topic on which to write a paper 3-5 pages maximum not including title page and references. Write the paper to argues for need of a practice guideline. Refer to Chapter 2 of Melnyk to help you in selection of your topic. Below are guidelines for different types of PICOT questions.

Write a 3-5 page summary paper. In your paper, identify the need for guideline development in this area, with support and references from the literature. Outline your intended (or actual) search strategies for finding evidence to support development of your evidence-based practice guideline.

Using a 'keyword' strategy for searching is not adequate; you need to use MeSH headings to search more effectively for research studies related to your topic.

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