Medical Practice Problem and Nursing Practice Problem

Medical practice problem deals with the condition of a disease. It focuses on the physiological state of the patient or the patient’s medical condition. The problem practice involves the doctor making a diagnosis on the illness itself. The medical practice problem, therefore, provides the avenue for the provision of the right prescription of the illness — the medical treats with the response to the disease itself. Conversely, the nursing practice problem involves the human response and the potential problems in health and the life processes affecting people (Zaccagnini & Pechacek, 2019). The nursing practice problem looks at the clinical judgment of an individual patient, family, or community and their response to the actual health problem they are exposed to. The nursing practice problem offers a basis through which nurses select the appropriate intervention to realize a particular outcome.

PICOT is the acronym of patient population, intervention or issue of interest, comparison issues of interest, outcomes, and time for the intervention for realizing the outcome. PICOT helps find answers to the clinical questions in the realization of the perceived outcome (Zaccagnini & Pechacek, 2019). PICOT is essential in nursing practice problem as it involves the focus on the human response to the treatment. It gives the answers to the problem through the evidence-practice. As such, the PICOT question is formed; there occur a systematic review and the answer to the clinical problem provided.

ReferenceZaccagnini, M., & Pechacek, J. M. (2019). The doctor of nursing practice essentials: A new model for advanced practice nursing. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.