Writing of good PICOT question

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I have to write a PICOT question re:"In patients with an indwelling urinary catheter, does the implementation of nursing bundles compared to no nursing bundles, decrease the risk of catheter associated urinary tract infections during the hospital stay?"

I am at a loss of how to put this together. Can anyone help please? Feeling over whelmed.

Thank you

Specializes in Hospice, Palliative Care.

Good day, Znurse4

Does PICO questions and http://www.usc.edu/hsc/ebnet/ebframe/PICO.htm help?

Thank you.

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

Welcome to AN!

To formulate questions in Evidence Based Practice and use the PICOT format.

PICOT stands for:

  • Population/ Patient Problem: Who is your patient? (Disease or Health status, age, race, sex)
  • Intervention: What do you plan to do for the patient? (Specific tests, therapies, medications)
  • Comparison: What is the alternative to your plan? (ie. No treatment, different type of treatment, etc.)
  • Outcome: What outcome do you seek? (Less symptoms, no symptoms, full health, etc.)
  • Time: What is the time frame? (This element is not always included.)

Your PICOT question should fall under one of these types:

  • Therapy/Prevention
  • Diagnosis
  • Etiology
  • Prognosis

PICOT - Nursing - Research Guides at Lansing Community College Library

PICO questions

'P I C O' examples

PICO

Wait ... what's a nursing bundle?

Wait ... what's a nursing bundle?

Hmmm...I had to look it up. Didn't see this covered in undergrad or graduate curricula. It's basically a multidisciplinary approach to packaging sets of interventions that improve patient outcomes.

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

Just like the Sepsis bundles, DVT bundles, PNA bundles for better patient outcomes...the new catch phrase is Nursing bundles...here is an example.

http://www.stjosephhealth.org/documents/Students-Instructors/PVH-Patient-Care-Bundle.pdf

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

[h=3]Health Care–Acquired Urinary Tract Infection - AHRQ ...[/h]

[h=3]Appendices - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention[/h]

Oh, fergawdsakes...another name for a canned plan of care, then? or a dumbed-down way of saying "standard of care" or "best practice"? You can tell I'm all for plainer language most of the time. :)

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
Oh, fergawdsakes...another name for a canned plan of care, then? or a dumbed-down way of saying "standard of care" or "best practice"? You can tell I'm all for plainer language most of the time. :)
I know right???? :rolleyes:
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