Think about a question or approach to patient care for a specific type of patient pertinent to the population of the course, i.e., a patient with schizophrenia and medication non-adherence.
The PICO method can help you formulate a specific question and guide your library/literature research. The PICO method is short for:
Patient or Problem
Person’s with diagnosis of schizophrenia and/or medication non adherence
Intervention
Specific teaching
Comparison
This is an optional section – motivational interviewing
Outcome
Medication adherence or Increased function
Patient or Problem: For person with Schizophrenia does specific medication teaching increase medication adherence? (This question has no comparison). After a library search, you may learn about motivational interviewing and change your question – for example: For persons with Schizophrenia does specific medication teaching or motivational interviewing increase medication adherence? (This question has a comparison).
For more info on the PICO method visit http://www.med.yale.edu/library/nursing/education/clinquest.html
Process for developing the paper – bolded items are important and/or required content for the paper.
You shouldreview the Nursing literature for nursing research articles related to this question/topic. Be sure to include scholarly resources from your library research. If you cannot find at least one nursing research article (nursing study/meta-analysis) select another topic. If there is no nursing research (study/meta-analysis)utilized the paper will receive a grade no higher than an F. See Note above re: Nursing research.
After examining the literature,formulate a thesis statement or question regarding nursing care for this type of patient or problem, usually about a nursing intervention or specific nursing role. A thesis statement/question must be included in the paper.The topic of this statement/question must relate to the persons with mental illness, dying, or the family.
