Instructions: Formulate one well-defined clinical question that will yield the most relevant and best evidence. This will be the question that will be used for the rest of the written assignments for this course. Describe the background of the question, present the question using the PICOT format, and why this is the question you have selected. The response length needs to be a minimum of 500 and maximum of 750 words. APA format must be used.
I would like to use the topic below:
PICOT:
Population – Ventilated patients
Intervention – Oral care every 6 hours
Comparison – Daily oral care
Outcome – Reduction in ventilator acquired pneumonia (VAP) rates
Time – During hospital stay in the ICU
PICOT Question:
For ventilated patients, does oral care every 6 hours reduce the risk of ventilator acquired pneumonia (VAP) more than daily oral care during hospital stay in the ICU?