The assisgnment is on:  the three components of evidenced based practice include patient preferences and values, clinical expertise and rigorous research. All three aspects must be applied when making decisions that lead to improved patient outcomes (Melynk & Fineout-Overholt, 2015). Speak to each of these as they relate to your PICOT question.

The PICOT question is : Patients with ventilation associated pneumonia, will evidence-based practice methods e.g. hand hygiene help in reducing spread of nosocomial infections is the question under study

1. This assignment needs to be one page long
2. 4 references from peer-reviewed nursing articles that are less than 5 years old