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Thepurposeofthis initial paper is tobrieflydescribeyour search strategieswhenidentifyingtwoarticlesthat pertaintoan evidence–based practicetopic of interest. Examinethesourcesof knowledgethatcontributetoprofessional nursing practice. Applyresearch principlestotheinterpretation of thecontentof published researchstudies.
The topic of this paper is the Prevention of Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infection
REQUIREMENTS
Thepaperwillincludethefollowing.
A Clinical Question that should describe the problem. Whatisthefocusof your group’swork?
The Significanceof problemintermsof outcomesorstatistics What health outcomesresultfromyourproblem?Orwhatstatistics documentthisisa problem? Youmayfind supportonwebsitesfor governmentor professionalorganizations.
A PICOTquestion? Your PICOTquestionshouldsupportthegrouptopic
A Purpose ofyour paper.Whatwillyour paper doordescribe?
This is similar toaproblemstatement.“Thepurpose of this paper isto . . .”
a. Levelsof Evidence
a. Typeof questionasked
b. Bestevidencefoundtoanswerquestion
b. Search Strategy
a. Searchterms
b. Databasesused(youmayuseGoogleScholarin additiontothe librarydatabases;startwith theLibrary)
c. Refinementdecisionsmade
d. Identificationof twomostrelevantarticles
c. Format
a. Correctgrammarandspelling
b. Useof headingsforeachsection
c. Useof APAformat(sixthedition)
d. Pagelength:three to fourpages
e. Should have a reference page included in APA Format
DIRECTIONSANDASSIGNMENTCRITERIA
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Assignment Criteria |
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Description |
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ClinicalQuestion |
45 |
30 |
1. Problemisdescribed. Whatisthefocusof your group’swork? 2. Significance oftheproblemis described.What health outcomesresultfromyourproblem?Orwhatstatistics documentthisisa problem? Youmayfind supportonwebsitesfor governmentor professionalorganizations. 3. WhatisyourPICOTquestion? 4. Purpose ofyour paper.Whatwillyour paper doordescribe? This is similar toaproblemstatement.“Thepurpose of this paper isto . . .” |
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Levels of Evidence |
30 |
20 |
1. Whattypeof question areyou asking (therapy,prognosis, meaning,etc.)? 2. Whatisthebesttypeofevidencetobefound toanswerthat question (e.g., RCT, cohortstudy,qualitativestudy)? |
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Search Strategy |
45 |
30 |
1. Search topic(s)provided.Whatdid you useforsearch terms? 2. Whatdatabase(s)did you use?Link your search withthe PICOT question described above. 3. Asyou did your search,whatdecisionsdidyoumakein refinementtogetyourrequired articlesdown toa reasonable number for review? Wereanylimitsused? Ifso,what? 4. Identifythetwo mostrelevantand helpful articlesthatwill provide guidancefor yournextpaperand thegroup’swork. Whywerethesetwoselected? |
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Format |
30 |
20 |
1. Correctgrammar andspelling 2. Useof headings for each section:Clinical Question,Level of Evidence,Search Strategy,Conclusion 3. APA format(sixth ed.) 4. Paper length:three to fourpages
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Total |
150 |
100 |
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