Nursing

Newhouse, R. P., Dearholt, S. L., Poe, S. S., Pugh, L. C., & White, K. M. (2008). Johns Hopkins nursing evidence-based practice: model and guidelines. Indianapolis: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

PICO:

Patient, Population or Problem

Intervention

Comparison

Outcomes

PICO is helpful in developing an answerable question in EBP in order to be focused appropriately on locating evidence.

Richardson, W., Wilson, M., Nishikawa, J., & Hayward, R. (1995). The well-built clinical question: A key to evidence-based decisions.  ACP Journal Club, 123, A12-A13.