pico research in nursing 1
Criteria
Levels of Achievement
Accomplished
Proficient
Needs
Improvement
N
ot
Acceptable
PICO question
6 to 6 points
Question is
written in the
correct format
and includes
each of the 4
necessary areas
4 to 5 points
Question is
written in the
correct format
and includes 3 of
the necessary
areas
1 to 3 points
Question is
written in the
correct format
and includes 2
of the
necessary
areas
0 to 0 points
Question is
not written in
PICO format
Importance of
PICO Questions
3 to 3 points
Fully discussed
at least three or
more elements of
the importance
of PICO
questions
2
–
1 points
Discussed at
least two
elements of the
importance of
PICO questions
1 points
Discussed
only one
elements of
the
importance of
PICO
questions
0
No
discussion
Identification of
each
part of
PICO
13 to 13
points
Each of the 4
areas identified
correctly
10 to 13
points
3 of the 4 areas
are correctly
identified
4 to 9
points
1-2 of the
areas are
correctly
identified
0 to 0 points
No areas are
identified
correctly
APA Citation
and References
8 to 8 points
Citations are
made
appropriately;
formatted
correctly in APA
style in all
instances;
references page
is complete and
correctly
formatted
5 to 7
points
Most citations are
made
appropriately and
formatted
correctly in APA
style; reference
page is missing 1-
2 sources but is
formatted
correctly
1 to 5 points
Very few
citations are
made
appropriately
or citations
are not
formatted
correctly in
APA style;
references
page is
missing
several
sources or is
not formatted
correctly
0 to 0 points
No citations
are used or
no attempt at
APA style
citation was
made;
references
page is
missing the
majority of
sources
and/or is not
formatted
correctly, or
is absent