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Evidence-Based Practice Nursing Toolkit

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PICOT

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Points to Ponder

  • Asking a focused clinical question guides the literature search and saves time. PICOT is an acronym that stands for Population, Intervention, Comparative intervention, Outcome and Time. This is one method that serves to provide a framework to guide your literature search.
  • The references at the bottom of this page provide more  information about the PICOT method.