Running head: PICOT STATEMENT
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PICOT Statement Paper
Kelsey Skidmore
NRS-490
January 15, 2019
PICOT STATEMENT
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PICOT Statement Paper
P: Adults on an Acute Care floor
I: Required education on the Braden Scale
C: Standard Practice
O: Decrease in Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers
PICOT QUESTION: Does required education on the Braden scale increase nursing interventions
for Adult patients on an acute care floor at risk of developing pressure ulcers during
hospitalization?
The clinical problem that many hospitals are faced with is hospital acquired pressure
ulcers. This situation costs the hospitals thousands of dollars a year to take care of these patients.
Lots of research has been done on how to prevent pressure ulcers in the hospital and there has
been a few implementations that have cut down on hospital acquired pressure injuries including
the Braden Scale. The research that this nurse is proposing is how to better use the Braden Scale
