This guide is for NURS 716 Week 2 Assignment 1 Developing a Clinical Question, start to submission. Discuss Scripture's influence on the imperative to use current evidence for safe care, then use the Iowa Model to identify a problem and write a researchable PICO question from the provided scenario.
NURS 716 is Applications of Evidence-Based Care, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's DNP. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS716; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 716 Applications of Evidence-Based Care |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 2 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | Not set in the guide; check the Canvas instructions |
| Sources | Scripture, the textbook and scholarly sources on the Iowa Model |
| Faith integration | Discuss the influence of Scripture on using current evidence for safe, quality care |
| Format | Current APA |
What NURS 716 Week 2 Assignment 1 Developing a Clinical Question asks for
You discuss the influence of Scripture on the imperative for using current evidence to deliver safe, quality patient care. You then use the Iowa Model as a framework to identify a problem and develop a researchable PICO question based on a clinical scenario. It is due in Module/Week 2 with Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt chapters 2 and 3, one presentation and one website. Worth 100 points.
Where it fits in NURS 716
In the published schedule, Assignment 1 Developing a Clinical Question is one of 9 graded written assignments in NURS 716. It follows Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1 and comes before Week 3 Assignment 2 Initiating the Literature Review.
How NURS 716 Week 2 Assignment 1 Developing a Clinical Question is graded
Liberty grades Assignment 1 Developing a Clinical Question with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% of the course's 1,010 points. The rubric rows are the real instructions. Draft against them, and you will rarely be surprised by the grade.
Course grades in NURS 716 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 716 Week 2 method, step by step
Read this part against the whole
Before drafting Assignment 1 Developing a Clinical Question, read ahead to the later parts. Each part builds on the last, and a decision that looks fine now can box you in two weeks later.
Lock the topic and the question early
Commit to one problem and one answerable question. In NURS 716, the parts that follow depend on that question, so time spent sharpening it here is saved later.
Write to the headings the part names
Mirror the instructions: each element the part names becomes a heading. It makes the grading easy to follow and makes it obvious when something is missing.
Support every claim with current evidence
Cite as you write (Scripture, the textbook and scholarly sources on the Iowa Model). Prefer peer-reviewed sources from the last five years and say what each one contributes; a citation that only decorates a sentence adds little.
Keep the draft consistent with earlier parts
Reuse the same terms, population and question you used before, and fix anything your instructor flagged in feedback on the previous part. Graders notice when a proposal changes its question halfway through.
Check length and APA before submitting
Confirm the length (Not set in the guide; check the Canvas instructions), the APA format and the reference list. Then read the rubric for this part once more and match each row to a heading.
A structure for NURS 716 Week 2 Assignment 1 Developing a Clinical Question
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,100 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | The scenario and its problem in brief. | ~110 words |
| Scripture and evidence-based care | Why faith supports using the best evidence. | ~220 words |
| The Iowa Model applied | Trigger, priority and team, applied to the scenario. | ~330 words |
| The PICO question | Each element named, then the full question. | ~310 words |
| Conclusion | How the question sets up the literature review. | ~130 words |
A topic angle that works
Write the PICO elements in a short table and then the full question in one sentence. Keep the population and outcome narrow enough that ten recent articles exist, because Assignment 2 depends on it.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Applying the Iowa Model, the trigger is a problem-focused one: the scenario's unit reports a rise in catheter-associated urinary tract infections over two quarters.1 The resulting PICO question is: in adult medical-surgical inpatients with indwelling urinary catheters (P), does a nurse-driven catheter removal protocol (I), compared with physician-ordered removal (C), reduce CAUTI rates (O)?2 The question is narrow enough to search and matters to the organization, which the Iowa Model asks you to confirm before forming a team.3
- Identifies the Iowa trigger type.
- Writes every PICO element explicitly.
- Confirms the priority step.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 716 Week 2
- A PICO question missing the comparison.
- Skipping the Scripture discussion.
- A question too broad to search.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Not set in the guide; check the Canvas instructions
- Sources: Scripture, the textbook and scholarly sources on the Iowa Model
- Faith integration: Discuss the influence of Scripture on using current evidence for safe, quality care
- Matches the topic and question used in the earlier parts
- Instructor feedback on the previous part applied
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
What framework does NURS 716 Assignment 1 use?
The Iowa Model, to identify a problem and develop a researchable PICO question from the provided clinical scenario.
How many points is NURS 716 Week 2 Assignment 1 Developing a Clinical Question worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 716, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 716 Week 2 the same in every section of NURS 716?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 716. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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