CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION
Development of evidence-based question that can lead to a practice change
1 Choose a clinical area, determine a clinical practice problem ( clinical area ICU, and problem is CAUTI, ” catheter-associated urinary tract infection”)
2 Background as the rationale for choice of question
3 Develop a ” researchable” question Using the PICOTS
Methods ( in chapter 11 of Evidence-based Nursing Sarah Jo
Brown Third Edition)
4 Conduct your research on the literature to find out the best
evidence available and assess the strengh of the evidence ( in chapter 10, Box 3, Box 10-4, and chapter 12 and 13.)
