A nurse's manager has suggested that she formulate a PICO question to clarify her topic before doing a literature review. The acronym PICO stands for which of the following?
A. Policy, information, comparison, outcome
B. Patient, information, collection, outcome
C. Patient, intervention, comparison, outcome
D. Patient, intervention, communication, outcome
C
P: Patient population of interest. Identify patients by age, sex, ethnicity, disease, or health problem.
I: Intervention of interest. What is the intervention the nurse wants to use in practice (e.g., a treatment, diagnostic test, educational approach)?
C: Comparison of interest. What is the usual standard of care or current intervention used in practice now?
O: Outcome. What result is desired to be achieved or observed as a result of an intervention (e.g., change in patient behavior, physical finding, patient perception)?
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