Submit a 2-3 page paper that explores the background of your issue. For this paper #1 you will be defining this issue or disease using the literature. It will end with the PICOT question.
Introduction
Definition
Epidemiology
Clinical Presentation
Complications
Diagnosis
Conclusion with PICOT Question
State your PICOT question.
Indicate in parentheses after each segment, what part of PICOT the preceding words represent. For example: In patients recently discharged from the hospital following care for heart failure (P), do hand-off calls by the nurse to the primary care provider using the SBAR format (situation, background, assessment, recommendation) (I) compared to no calls (C) decrease readmission rates (O) over a one year period (T).
This is my PICO question:
PICO Question: In adult patients with heart failure living in the United States of America, will their enrollment in heart failure clinics decrease the incidence of hospital readmission?
P: Population/patient = Patients with heart failure living in the United States of America
I: Intervention/indicator = Frequent hospital re admissions in heart failure patients
C: Comparator/control = No treatment
O: Outcome = Decrease the recurrence of hospital readmission related to exacerbation of heart failure by cultivating a partnership between patients and heart failure clinics
