Wednesday 21 August 2013

Locating the evidence


At the beginning, please, I would like you to find out as a searchable question using the PICO format for three topics as acute care for patient then send them to me before you start doing this assignment to get the final approval from my lecturer to choose one of them, then I can allow you to start it.
This assignment about evidence base practice: Please follow the assignment instructions:
1. Identify and discuss an inconsistent or little known approach
to clinical practice in your area of practice (Acute Care) or a health policy
you wish to investigate to determine whether it is based on
evidence, tradition or misconception. Justify and support your
rationale for selecting this problem/ issue to investigate.
2. Express this area of concern as a searchable question using
the PICO format. Identify the domain in which your question
fits. Please, look at what I attached for you as an example for PICO format.
3. Formulate a search strategy using relevant key search terms
and search for the best available evidence to answer your
searchable question. Attach a one page printout of your search
history.
4. Identify five (5) research journal articles that address the
inconsistent/little known practice or policy. For each article,
identify its place on the NH&MRC hierarchy of evidence. I recommend using this website http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
to find out some articles.
5. Justify and support your rationale for choosing each article,
addressing the PICO terms and question domain. Note: One of
these articles MUST be a systematic review or evidence-based
guideline that you will use in assessments for the remainder of
the unit.

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