″The purpose of a PICOT question is simple: It is the mechanism to identify the terms to be used to search for the best evidence to answer a burning clinical question. In other words, the PICOT question is the search strategy. The search strategy leads to an unbiased and effective search. The unbiased and effective search leads to the evidence. The evidence answers the question and underpins the evidence-based recommendation, decision, or practice. Instead of uncovering hundreds of studies, most of which do not answer the clinical question because of a poorly designed PICOT question, use of a correctly formed PICOT question when conducting a search allows for a small number of relevant studies to be discovered to answer the question (Ford & Melnyk, 2019, para. 3).
The correctly written PICOT question to yield the most efficient search would be:
For patients 65 years and older (P), how does the use of an influenza vaccine (I) compared to not received the vaccine (C) influence the risk of developing pneumonia (O) during flu season (T)?
″A bibliography [or ″References″] is a list of sources (books, journals, Web sites, periodicals, etc.) one has used for researching a topic…An annotation is a summary and/or evaluation. Therefore, an annotated bibliography includes a summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources″ (Purdue University OWL, n.d., para 1.) Here is an example of an APA-formatted annotated bibliography ( https://www.bibliography.com/apa/developing-an-apa-annotated-bibliography/ ) and ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v＝XSONgRgXgQA&t＝11s )
Surgical site infection (SSI) rates have increased significantly at your hospital. As the unit manager, you have been tasked with reviewing the literature and making subsequent recommendations to determine if a chlorhexidine/alcohol combination skin scrub prior to surgery will decrease your SSI rates as compared to your current practice of betadine skin scrub.
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For this assignment:
Create a PICOT question based on the information above. question guides can be found in the atteched files named (PICOT Question template).
Research your PICOT question using at least 4 -5 peer-reviewed journals. Sources should be less than 5 years old. no older than that
Create an APA-formatted annotated bibliography of the references you used to research your PICOT question. Use the template on the atched files named (Annotated Bibliography Template).
Create your PICOT question on a Word document and an annotated bibliography on the provided template submit both documents
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