{"id":23088,"date":"2023-07-05T18:23:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/picot-question-for-healthcare-workers-does-hand-washing-reduce-the-amount-hospital-acquired-infections-compared-to-hand-sanitizer\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T18:23:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:23:04","slug":"picot-question-for-healthcare-workers-does-hand-washing-reduce-the-amount-hospital-acquired-infections-compared-to-hand-sanitizer","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/picot-question-for-healthcare-workers-does-hand-washing-reduce-the-amount-hospital-acquired-infections-compared-to-hand-sanitizer\/","title":{"rendered":"PICOT question: For healthcare workers, does hand washing reduce the amount hospital acquired infections compared to hand sanitizer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Using the PICO, you formulated in discussion board # 1 write a 2\u20133-page literature review on your topic using the 4-peer reviewed nursing research journal articles.The articles must be research studies atleast 2 of the articles must be authored by nurses and published in the last 5 years. &nbsp;No biological or animal studies are allowed. No systematic reviews or meta analysis may be used.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">The requirements for the paper are:<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">\n<ol style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Based on the peer and faculty feedback on your PICO question revise your PICO and write a short paper, your paper must be in APA format and include a Title page per APA format. It is your responsibility to make sure that you select 4 peer reviewed reseach studies.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">Include the following as sub heads.&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ol style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; cursor: auto;\">Background and Significance (why is this topic important? how prevalaent is this topic? What are the statistics on this topic?)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; cursor: auto;\">PICOT question<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; cursor: auto;\">Literature Review<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; cursor: auto;\">A brief review of each study. Your paper will synthesize the 4 articles you have chosen and add the information to follow:<\/span>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; cursor: auto;\">Purpose (discuss the purpose of the study it is stated upfront in each reearch article, aldo add why it is important in the context of your PICO)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; cursor: auto;\">Sample size (how many participants?)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; cursor: auto;\">Recruitment criteria for participants (Inclusion and exclusion criteria)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; cursor: auto;\">Ethics, IRB (what do the researhers say about how they adhered to reseach ethics? A statement about what they mentioned<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;about IRB is sufficient )<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">\uf0a7 &nbsp; &nbsp;Keep in mind that it is not the study that conducted the research but the researchers\/authors so please cite the authors, and do not make statements such as the study found XXX, it is the author who found XXX<br style=\"cursor: auto;\">\uf0a7 &nbsp; &nbsp;Cite the studies\/authors (when in doubt cite). The title of the article is not to be mentioned in the body of the paper, it is to be placed only in the reference page. In the body of the paper, you will only cite the authors\/researchers, for example Lobiondo-Wood, (2022).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">Conclusion (discuss similarities and dissimilarities of the 4 studies)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">APA format, correct grammar and spelling<span style=\"font-size: 13px; cursor: auto;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\"><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">Reference page&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 13px; cursor: auto;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using the PICO, you formulated in discussion board # 1 write a 2\u20133-page literature review on your topic using the 4-peer reviewed nursing research journal articles.The articles must be research studies atleast 2 of the articles must be authored by nurses and published in the last 5 years. &nbsp;No biological or animal studies are allowed. 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