What type of PICOT question would you create for each of these scenarios?.
Practice Creating a PICOT Question Scenario 1: Youre a recent graduate with two years experience in an acute care setting. Youve taken a position as a home health care nurse and you have several adult patients with various medical conditions. However, youve recently been assigned to care for hospice patients. You dont have experience in this area, and you havent experienced a loved one at the end of life whos received hospice care. You notice that some of the family members or caregivers of patients in hospice care are withdrawn. Youre wondering what the family caregivers are going through, so that you might better understand the situation and provide quality care. Scenario 2: Youre a new graduate whos accepted a position on a gerontology unit. A number of the patients have dementia and are showing aggressive behavior. You recall a clinical experience you had as a first-year nursing student in a longterm care unit and remember seeing many of the patients in a specialty unit for dementia walking around holding baby dolls. Youre wondering if giving baby dolls to your patients with dementia would be helpful. What type of PICOT question would you create for each of these scenarios? Select the appropriate templates and formulate your questions.
What type of PICOT question would you create for each of these scenarios?
