Review the PICO model as it relates to nursing research and think about a nursing topic or issue relevant to your practice area. Select a nursing topic or issue of interest relevant to your current practice area. State the topic or issue and

Module 1 Pre-Assessment Submission

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Instructions

Module Pre-Assessments are your opportunity to practice
applying module content before final submission of your Competency
Assessment. Use the Module 1 Pre-Assessment Performance Task Submission Template to
complete the Pre-Assessment.

For your Module 1 Pre-Assessment, respond to the following
prompts. These prompts match those in your Final Assessment. This
pre-Assessment prompt includes only parts of your final Assessment. For a
full description of the final Assessment and relevant directions, please
refer to the final Assessment area.

Prompts:

Applying the PICO Model to an Issue in Nursing

Review the PICO model as it relates to nursing research
and think about a nursing topic or issue relevant to your practice area.

Select a nursing topic or issue of interest relevant to
your current practice area. State the topic or issue and explain why and how
it is relevant to your practice area.

Use the Performance Task Template to apply the PICO model
to the nursing topic or issue you selected.

Once you submit your responses, assess yourself using the
rubric provided. Use your Pre-Assessment submission and any feedback you may
garner to improve and refine your responses.

Use the following rubric to assess your response to the
prompt:

Rubric Criteria

Masters Expectations

Achieves Expectations

Does Not Meet Expectations

Module 1: PICO Model and its Application to Issues in
Nursing Practice

Select a nursing topic or issue relevant to a current
practice area. State the topic or issue and explain why and how it is
relevant to your practice area.

Learning Objective 1.1: Select a nursing topic or issue
relevant to a current practice area

Response provides selection of a nursing topic or issue,
including a fully developed explanation of its relevance to a current
practice area.

Response provides selection of a nursing topic or issue,
including an adequately developed explanation of its relevance to a current
practice area.

Response does not provide selection of a nursing topic
or issue; does not include an adequate explanation of its relevance to a
current practice area. 

Use the Performance Task Template to apply the PICO
model to the nursing topic or issue you selected. 

Learning Objective 1.2: Apply the PICO model to a
nursing topics or issues in a current practice area

Response provides a complete and accurate PICO Concept
Map based on the nursing topic or issue selected.

Response provides an adequately complete and accurate
PICO Concept Map based on the nursing topic or issue selected.

Response does not provide an adequately complete and
accurate PICO Concept Map based on the nursing topic or issue selected.