Week 2: The Purpose of the PICO Question

After studying Module 2: Lecture Materials & Resources, discuss the following:

• Discuss the purpose defining the purpose of the PICO question for the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.

• Explain the purpose of your selected PICO question advanced practice psychiatric nurses or the patients or the populations they treat.



Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in the current APA style.

• Provide support for your work from at least five academic sources less than 5 years old. Visit Purdue OwlLinks to an external site.
 for specific examples on how to create in-text citations and cite references using the current APA format.

• Students will use this PICO question when creating the abstract and academic poster.

• Students may not duplicate the PICO question of another student at St. Thomas University.

• Your initial post is worth 8 points.


https://stu.instructure.com/courses/53903/pages/module-2-lecture-materials-and-resources
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html