Chronic Pain Control in Inpatient and Outpatient Settings

Identify PICO components and provide an evidence-based practice question for the problem of chronic pain control in inpatient and outpatient settings.

Discuss the impact of chronic pain control in inpatient and outpatient settings problem on the patient or patients and the organization it affects. Identify each of the following PICO components of the clinical practice problem:

  • P: patient, population, or problem;
  • I: intervention;
  • C: comparison;
  • O: outcome.

Develop an evidence-based practice (EBP) question based on the clinical practice problem discussed and the PICO components identified.