Picot question for cauti

To complete this week, after reading chapter two in Melnyk and reviewing the lectures you 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. The parts of your paper should include:

Introduction
Definition
Epidemiology
Clinical Presentation
Complications
Diagnosis
Conclusion with PICOT Question
PICOT Question: In hospitalized geriatric patients (P), does incorporating educational strategies into the patient’s plan of care and use of medicated urinary catheters (I), compared to use of a medicated urinary catheters alone (C), decrease incidence of inpatient catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI’s) (O) over a three-month period (T).

All references must be in APA format and no older than 2013. References must contain a DOI or weblink to where it was found. Must use in-text citations as well. Please use proper grammar, capitalization, and punctuation. Below I have posted a few references that I have been using along the way for my research.

Justus, T., Wilfong, D. N., & Daniel, L. (2016). An innovative educational approach to reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections: A case study. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 47(10), 473-476. doi:http://dx.doi.org.southuniversity.libproxy.edmc.ed...

Nicolle, L. E. (2014). Catheter associated urinary tract infections. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 3, 23. http://doi.org/10.1186/2047-2994-3-23

Rowe, T. A., & Juthani-Mehta, M. (2013). Urinary tract infection in older adults. Aging Health, 9(5), 10.2217/ahe.13.38. http://doi.org/10.2217/ahe.13.38

Vincitorio, D., Barbadoro, P., Pennaccheitti, L., Pellegrini, I., David, S., Prospero, E., & Ponzio, E. (2014). Risk factors for catheter-associated urinary tract infection in Italian elderly. American Journal of Infection Control, 42(8), 898-901. Doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.05.006