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Thepurposeofthis initial paper is tobrieflydescribeyour search strategieswhenidentifyingtwoarticlesthatpertaintoan 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. What is the focus of your group’s work?

 

 

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

 

Assignment Criteria	Points	%	Description
ClinicalQuestion	45	30	1.   Problemisdescribed.  Whatisthefocusof your group’swork? 2.   Significance oftheproblemis described.Whathealth outcomesresultfromyourproblem?Orwhatstatistics documentthisisa problem?  Youmayfind supportonwebsitesfor governmentor professionalorganizations. 3.   WhatisyourPICOTquestion? 4.   Purpose ofyour paper.Whatwillyour paper doordescribe? This is similar toaproblemstatement.“Thepurposeof this paper isto . . .”
Levels of Evidence	30	20	1.   Whattypeof question areyou asking (therapy,prognosis, meaning,etc.)? 2.   Whatisthebesttypeofevidencetobefound toanswerthat question (e.g., RCT,cohortstudy,qualitativestudy)?
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?
Format	30	20	1.   Correctgrammar andspelling 2.   Useof headings for each section:Clinical Question,Levelof Evidence,Search Strategy,Conclusion 3.   APA format(sixth ed.) 4.   Paper length:three to fourpages
Total	150	100

 

 

 

I uploaded a sample paper as a guide on how to write this paper.