Writing of good PICOT question

[Znurse4]

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

[pmabraham, BSN, RN]

Good day, Znurse4

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

Thank you.

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

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

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

Wait ... what's a nursing bundle?

[HarryTheCat, MSN, RN]

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.

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

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

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

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

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

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

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. :)

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

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????