A nurse has written a PICO question as follows: Are there specific urinary catheter care practices that decrease infection in the intensive care population? What element of the question is missing?
a. Comparison
b. Intervention
c. Outcome
d. Population
A
The elements of a PICO question include population (intensive care patients), intervention (urinary catheter care practices), comparison (missing), and outcome (decrease infection).
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