During the implementation of evidence-based practice, a nurse researcher using medline databases collects published scientific studies and uses picot questions when conducting the search for evidence. what would be the next step performed by the nurse researcher?

He/she must conduct a pilot study if the evidence he/she obtained from the varied research is not enough to apply in practice. a pilot study, is a research carried out in small scale. other options such as carrying out systemic reviews involve tedious process that may take long to obtain the desired result.

After coming up with picot questions, which are more specific than general questions, the nurse researcher would then look at medicine databases to find studies which address the picot questions, giving her the answers she needs to complete the research.