Discussion Board

 Write a clinical question to address the problem using the PICOT format. For example:

• Population/Patient/Problem: Elderly in nursing home for those prone to skin tears
• Intervention (action or treatment): Use of protective barrier skin cream daily
• Comparison/Control: Use of DermaTuff Sleeve to high risk area
• Outcome Desired/Objective: Decrease number of skin tears by 25%
• Time Frame: Within 6 months
• Describe these types of research methods: Qualitative, quantitative, & mixed.  What type of research method would you use to investigate your clinical question?
• Provide research to show the importance of this issue and why change is necessary.
• For this post, you must show research in your writing using in-text citations and show your reference in 7th. ed. APA.