Are patients who have a port at more increase risk for infection compare with patients with a picc line?
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Directions
1. Identify a prevalent patient care related problem or a situation in your clinical experience where you identified a problem in which you feel change is indicated.
2. Discuss the problem with your instructor and obtain approval to proceed with your topic.
3. Select the key PICOT terms for searching the evidence.
Clearly define your PICOT question. List each element P (population, or problem), I (intervention), C (Comparison with other treatment/current practice), and O (Desired outcome), T (Deferred). Can the hypothesis be proven or disproven through evidence research?
