I have an idea of a PICO question for my EBP paper but don't know if its good

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Specializes in LTC, Med-surg.

I hope its okay if I ask people for help on this. I'm not really too keen about research in general, I've had several bad research papers in the past that made me have a bad feeling about it. I know thats bad since being a consumer of research is so ideal in nursing because using evidence-based practice ensures patients get the best quality care according to whats out there.

Anyway, after thinking about my interests and thats not a lot haha, I was interested in a paper on comparing antidepressant medications, circumcision and its prevention of diseases, and aromatherapy on cancer patients. I really like CAM and think its interesting so I decided to choose acupuncture and laboring women. I figure since I'm taking maternity nursing it would be more relevant and keep me focused haha. Anyway here is the question...

In ___pregnant women in labor____(P), what is the effect of __acupuncture_____(I) on ____pain symptoms__(O) ?

Please provide comments, suggestions, feedback. Any feedback is good feedback to me!

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I hope its okay if I ask people for help on this. I'm not really too keen about research in general, I've had several bad research papers in the past that made me have a bad feeling about it. I know thats bad since being a consumer of research is so ideal in nursing because using evidence-based practice ensures patients get the best quality care according to whats out there.

Anyway, after thinking about my interests and thats not a lot haha, I was interested in a paper on comparing antidepressant medications, circumcision and its prevention of diseases, and aromatherapy on cancer patients. I really like CAM and think its interesting so I decided to choose acupuncture and laboring women. I figure since I'm taking maternity nursing it would be more relevant and keep me focused haha. Anyway here is the question...

In ___pregnant women in labor____(P), what is the effect of __acupuncture_____(I) on ____pain symptoms__(O) ?

Please provide comments, suggestions, feedback. Any feedback is good feedback to me!

P = population - women in labor

I = intervention - accupuncture

C = Comparison - no accupuncture

O = Outcome - what outcome do you think will happen?

Is there enough information out there or scholarly articles available for you to gather information for your research paper?

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