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jlmhmf · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A nurse's manager has suggested that she formulate a PICO question to clarify her topic before doing a literature review. The acronym PICO stands for which of the following?

A. Policy, information, comparison, outcome
B. Patient, information, collection, outcome
C. Patient, intervention, comparison, outcome
D. Patient, intervention, communication, outcome

Question 2

Which of the following patients should a nurse consider as being the most ill?

A. A 25-year-old patient with cystic fibrosis who is attending yoga classes
B. A 12-year-old adolescent with newly diagnosed diabetes who is concerned about checking his blood sugar at school
C. A 43-year-old patient with breast cancer who has recently adopted a vegetarian diet
D. A 77-year-old patient with AIDS and hepatitis who attends weekly AA meetings

ecox1012 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
P: Patient population of interest. Identify patients by age, sex, ethnicity, disease, or health problem.
I: Intervention of interest. What is the intervention the nurse wants to use in practice (e.g., a treatment, diagnostic test, educational approach)?
C: Comparison of interest. What is the usual standard of care or current intervention used in practice now?
O: Outcome. What result is desired to be achieved or observed as a result of an intervention (e.g., change in patient behavior, physical finding, patient perception)?

Answer to Question 2

B
Illness is not synonymous with disease; it includes not only the disease but also the effects on functioning and well-being in all dimensions. Illness is a state in which a person's physical, emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired compared with previous experience.