Assignment: Statistics and Evidence-based practice
Title: The effectiveness of education to reduce risk of infection during clinical placement for student nurses (700words)
1. Discuss the concept of evidence based practice
2. Recognise the importance of evidence based practice in nursing.
3. Choose a topic from the given list. Identify the MOST important issue from the topic and develop a guiding/ clinical (answerable) question using the nursing PICO(T) clinical questioning model.
4. Locate the evidence and document your process
EBP Topics list
• Hand hygiene
Possible headings
• Introduction
• Problem and answerable question
• Locating the evidence
• Conclusion
• References
Introduction
• Introduce topic - EBP
• Context/significance to nursing (definition/context will likely be referenced)
• Purpose - the purpose of this assignment
• Structure - briefly outline the steps of the process
Problem and answerable question
• Justify the problem/topic that you had chosen and explained why is it important to address.
• Give some background on why you choose this topic and include your answerable question in a question format.
Example:
Pressure ulcers pose significant pain, discomfort to the patients. They can increase healthcare costs for patients as well as the health care system. Nurses spend additional time to treat PU in addition to their load of care (Cite reference, Year the research was done).
Locating the evidence
• Explain/document your search strategy/your process to find the evidence/best practice for your question
• Thread the process through your essay and reference where needed
• What is the strategy/plan for your search?
• Key concepts/word combinations etc.
• You can use Google Scholar to get an overview and help key words but you must use the nursing databases - at least 2 or 3 databases (e.g. CINAHL, Medline, Joanna Briggs, Cochrane library)
Locating the evidence
• Indicate how you have refined your search limits (peer reviewed, guidelines, date range, language, etc)
• Skim/scan search results for key word. At this stage you will not read in depth every article.
• Explain how you have chosen what to keep/discard.
• Refine search results to eventually get a small pool of articles or guidelines (no set number but around 2-5 will give you enough to appraise without going too big.)
Locating the evidence
• Indicate how you have refined your search limits (peer reviewed, guidelines, date range, language, etc)
• Skim/scan search results for key word. At this stage you will not read in depth every article.
• Explain how you have chosen what to keep/discard.
• Refine search results to eventually get a small pool of articles or guidelines (no set number but around 2-5 will give you enough to appraise without going too big.)
References
• Only use scholarly, credible sources from library databases
• Majority should be peer reviewed journal articles, systematic reviews or clinical guidelines.
• Cite contemporary sources not older than 7 years
• Reference any ideas that are not your own.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.