Assessment Description The first step of the evidence-based practice process is to evaluate a nursing practice environment to identify a nursing problem in the clinical area. When a nursing problem is discovered, the nurse researcher develops a clinical guiding question to address that nursing practice problem. For this assignment, you will create a clinical guiding question know as a PICOT question. The PICOT question must be relevant to a nursing practice problem. To support your PICOT question, identify six supporting peer-reviewed research articles, as indicated below. The PICOT question and six peer-reviewed research articles you choose will be utilized for subsequent assignments. Use the "Literature Evaluation Table" to complete this assignment. Select a nursing practice problem of interest to use as the focus of your research. Start with the patient population and identify a clinical problem or issue that arises from the patient population. In 200–250 words, provide a summary of the clinical issue. Following the PICOT format, write a PICOT question in your selected nursing practice problem area of interest. The PICOT question should be applicable to your proposed capstone project (the project students must complete during their final course in the RN-BSN program of study). The PICOT question will provide a framework for your capstone project. Conduct a literature search to locate six research articles focused on your selected nursing practice problem of interest. This literature search should include three quantitative and three qualitative peer-reviewed research articles to support your nursing practice problem. Note: To assist in your search, remove the words qualitative and quantitative and include words that narrow or broaden your main topic. For example: Search for diabetes and pediatric and dialysis. To determine what research design was used in the articles the search produced, review the abstract and the methods section of the article. The author will provide a description of data collection using qualitative or quantitative methods. Systematic Reviews, Literature Reviews, and Metanalysis articles are good resources and provide a strong level of evidence but are not considered primary research articles. Therefore, they should not be included in this assignment. While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

While information can point to certain truths and reveal gaps in care that should be addressed, information is neutral until it is assigned a purpose. As you progress in your career, you will continually return to the Triple Aim, which ensures quality management in its clear focus on improving the patient experience, improving the health of populations, and improving the cost of care for patients. This week you consider the best application for information you have learned from your data analyses.Part I: Plotting Data on a MapRead the following scenario:Now that you know where the outbreaks are located and which age groups are most affected, your organization wants to map out the areas that pose the highest exposure risk.Create a symbols map using Microsoft Excel and the data provided in the High Risk Areas spreadsheet to determine the areas of the country with the most risk.Review the “Plotting Data onto a Map in Microsoft Excel” document for instructions on completing this portion of the assignment.Write a 350- to 525-word analysis of the data that answers the following questions:Which cities (states) are high risk and low risk?Which areas of the country are high risk and low risk?What else can be deduced after evaluating the chart?Include your map with your analysis, not separately. Label as a “Figure” according to APA formatting.Part II: Information AnalysisCompare the charts and graphs you created for the reports in previous assessments and determine conclusions based on the analysis of the data.Select a health care facility or service (e.g., hospital, physician practice, long-term care facility, ambulance service, pharmacy, or skilled nursing facility).Write a 700- to 1,050-word analysis, addressing the following:Describe how your selected health care facility or service can benefit from the information you gathered and analyzed in the previous assessments.Examine any conflicts of interest, ethical considerations, or community health effects that may factor into the benefits identified.Identify any points that can be served by further research into either the facility, a service it provides, or the given data.Reference data, graphs, and charts to support your claims.Cite at least 2 scholarly references to support your assignment. Feel free to use supplemental readings from peer-reviewed journals as references. Do not use ".com" commercial, ".edu" education, ".org," or ".net" proprietary sources. You may use one .gov reference, such as the CDC or NIH.Compile Part I and Part II into a report that could be submitted to the leadership in your organization.Format your report according to APA guidelines.Submit your assignment.