The nurse is developing a PICO question related to whether her patient's blood pressure is more accurate while measuring with the patient's legs crossed versus with the patient's feet flat on the floor
With P being the population of interest, I the intervention of interest, C the comparison of interest, and O the outcome, the nurse determines that this is a. A true PICO question, because the outcome always comes before the intervention.
b. A true PICO question regardless of placement of elements.
c. Not a true PICO question, because the comparison comes after the intervention.
d. Not a true PICO question, because the outcome comes after the population.
B
Note that a well-designed PICO question does not have to follow the sequence of P, I, C, and O. The aim is to ask a question that contains as many of the PICO elements as possible.
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