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Evidenced Based Literature: Search and
Organization
Conduct
research, create a PRISMA diagram, and write a 1-2 page narrative paper to
describe the review process.
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Introduction
How do
you find the best evidence to answer PICO(T) questions? In EBP, it is essential
to use your PICO(T) question and its components as the foundation of your
search for the most relevant, best evidence to answer the question and address
a health care challenge. Peer reviewed journals contain research studies with
evidence to:
1.     
Support the need to
improve the health care challenge you have identified in the PICO(T) question.
2.     
Substantiate potential
interventions that will improve the problem you have identified. Make sure the
identified strategies and interventions are supported by the evidence-based
literature and other credible sources. The strength of the evidence should be
from a credible, peer reviewed source and evaluated for merit.
Use
the PICO(T) question to conduct a thorough review of the literature. Likewise,
it is crucial to master your skills using health care databases to conduct the
search. Also, utilize the Capella library resources.
This
assessment is a continuation of the steps of the EBP process. The purpose of
the next step is to identify information available regarding the patient safety
issue by obtaining literature to support potential interventions. The
acquisition of literature starts with the search.
Scenario
As we
have discussed previously, in this course we are focusing on a patient safety
issue of your choice and working through the six steps of the EBP process. We
explored the step of “Ask the clinical question” with the first assessment and
now we will look at the second step “Acquire the best evidence.”
Keeping
with the previous scenario and your role as the Director of Clinical Operations
and Nursing Excellence, it is your responsibility to ensure that the best
practices and protocols are implanted throughout the medical center. Your
primary goals are to focus on problems in health care safety and how to solve
them with evidence-based interventions as a quality improvement (EBP/QI)
project.
Instructions
Conduct
research, create a PRISMA diagram, and write a 1-2 page narrative paper to
describe the review process, using the following steps:
1.     
Review the Capella
library guide, Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Health Sciences.
2.     
Review the resource on
how to use and create a PRISMA diagram.
3.     
Using keywords derived
from your PICO(T) question, use the available search engines to locate four EBP
articles.
o   
Use filters, such as:
items with full text online, peer-reviewed publications, and publications
within the last five years.
4.     
Use library tools,
PRISMA, the Research Log spreadsheet, and RefWorks to organize and keep track
of your search process.
o   
Be prepared to explain
in a brief narrative report the steps in the process that you followed to find
your literature sources.
5.     
Create a PRISMA diagram
to illustrate your research process.
o   
Complete the PRISMA 2020
flow diagram for new systematic reviews, including searches of databases and
registers only.
§  PRISMA. (2021). PRISMA flow diagram. http://www.prisma-statement.org/PRISMAStatement/FlowDiagram.aspx
§  You will use this to complete the diagram required for your
assessment.
§  University of North Carolina Health Sciences Library.
(2021). Creating a PRISMA flow diagram. https://guides.lib.unc.edu/prisma
§  This library guide gives step-by-step instructions for how
to create a PRISMA flow diagram.
o   
Or create your own
diagram using the PRISMA Flow Diagram Shinny App.
o   
Include this document as
an appendix after your reference page.
6.     
Create a 1-2 page paper
to describe your exhaustive search process and include a PRISMA diagram.
Include the following in your paper:
o   
A brief statement of the
patient safety issue and the research question in the PICO(T) format for the
EBP/QI project you have been investigating.
§  Identify evidence related to a gap or problem in a health
care or public health situation.
§  Explain how the evidence was gathered.
o   
Create a narrative
paragraph describing the literature search process, as illustrated in your
PRISMA diagram.
§  Include details of your exhaustive search process.
§  List all keywords or search phrases, filters used, each
database used, and how many articles were found with each search.
§  Explain what the inclusion/exclusion criteria for the
articles were.
§  Explain how many articles were retained and why.
PLEASE INCLUDE AI AND TURN IT IN REPORTS!
REFERENCES MUST BE SCHOLARLY PUBLISHED IN LAST 5 YEARS