Clinical problem: interesting/challenging clinical problem/patient care issue appropriate to professional nursing practice; relates to patient care issues that were identified for use in the instructions.
Scope: discusses and provides evidence re how big problem is; citations in APA format
Significance: why is this an important issue for nurses to address? Consider impact on the patient/family, nurse, organization, society.
Contributing factors: What contributes to this problem? Your list will not be exhaustive but should include issues related to patient, environment, organization/institution, etc.
Next steps: given what you know about this problem now, what other research might you need to look at; what kind of evidence-based project might you undertake?
APA references: two or three correctly formatted for the articles that you are referencing; these must be research articles you are using for the scope, significance & contributing factors evidence
