. 1. Provide an example of a PICOT question. Please label each component (PICOT) within your question. 2. What is research? What is evidence-based practice? What does each include? How are they similar/different? 3. What is an independent variable? What is a dependent variable? Provide an example of each. Part Two: Please read Dr. Swanson’s research article posted on blackboard. Please answer the following questions. Briefly answer the following questions regarding Dr. Swanson’s article 1. What information is contained in the abstract? Is the abstract clear and informative? 2. What is the purpose of the study? 3. What was the research method used for this study? Describe this method briefly. 4. Briefly describe the results of the study. Are the results useful? Why or why not? 5. What are the strengths and limitations of this study? 6. Dr. Swanson describes the caring processes (below). Give an example from your nursing career of each of the 5 processes. a. Knowing b. Being with c. Doing for d. Enabling e. Maintaining belief Part Three: Please read Dr. McKelvey’s article posted on blackboard. Dr. McKelvey, used Swanson’s article as theoretical foundation for her work with teaching nursing students. Please reflect on the article (1-2 paragraphs). Does Swanson’s theory effectively relate to nursing education.
