A Nurse Is Developing a Clinical Question in a PICOT

question 5

Multiple Choice

A nurse is developing a clinical question in a PICOT format.What components are included in the question? (Select all that apply.)

• A) Patient
• B) Comparison
• C) Outcome
• D) Implementation
• E) Time

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Definitions:

Stimulus

Any event or situation that evokes a response from an organism.

Sensation

The method through which sensory receptors and the nervous system detect and depict external environmental stimuli.

Gestalt Psychology

A theory of mind and brain proposing that the operational principle of the brain is holistic, parallel, and analog, with self-organizing tendencies; or, the idea that the whole is more than the sum of its parts.

Parapsychology

A field of study concerned with investigating paranormal and psychic phenomena that are not yet explainable by science.